The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-08

O:-Will please give detailed explanation as to
how made determine the great depths of
the ocean?-U. II. Y.
A:-Deep sea soundng made with wire and the ma
chney is perfect that soundngs may made with
cuacy in the depths. We quote the new International
Encyclopedia: I'm the operation of sounding nsu-
ments sent down with the we thermometer takes the
temperature at the botom closing cylinder brings up speci
men OF the bottom water for analysis and the sounding cyn-
der at the end of the line brings up specimen of the bottom
mud or ooze for examination of the bottom
10 the sounding cylinder is attached the snker-a sixty
pound iron ho-which deaches itself on striking bottom
An indicator attached the deck shows the num-
Der OF athoms of wire that have After sounding the
wire is reeed in by 1t takes about hour to make
sounding three miles deep and get instruments back on
board
Q:-Please explain how person Catches cold
A cold frequently arises from change in clothing
putting on thinner garment sitting in cool place. or
draft when heated The skin becomes chilled and
ton checked The pores closed the blood is driven to
the lungs for publication Oppression the lungs enues
breathing becomes difficult and mucus is thrown off
by coughing From this condition fever headache
mia, or pleurisy developed
Q:-Pease explain the general plan conducting the
Confederate the of the government and why is it
claimed that the defeat of the troops at Bull Run
proved advantageous to the cause of the union
A-lst: To confne the military operations within the
Confederate States 2nd To enforce the blockade of the
Southern 3rd To Richmond the Confederate
capital the result of the Battle of Bull convinced the
Northern people that the of could be ac-
comPished only by the most gigantic struggle After bat
tie extraordinary efforts measures and upAinchine de-
termination characterized every people, the govern
ment and the army till the great work pleted.
Q-Can tell me if any steamboat was built previ-
to Fultons Ceremont?-O S.
A:-The first trial of John Fich's pioneer side wheel
steamboat made the Delaware August o. 1887 antic
pang Fuons Clermon by 20 years. was native of
Connecticut and prior building his steamboat been an
armorer in the military service during Revolution survey
or in Virginia, and manufacturer in Trenton In
1885 he commenced work his first steamboat after expert
menting with skf propelled by This pioneer craft
was hed with engine of 12nch cylinder though the
boat did not attain sufficient speed the purpose
packet the trial proved ccncuvey the efficiency
motive power for vessels In 1888 Fitch built second steam
boat which made several passages between Philadelphia and
Burlington at the rate of four miles hour 1870 third
craft was built and was passenger craft
ware making during the than 1000 at an
average speed of and onehaf miles hour Although
John Fitch scored the first practical navigation
ne was failure financially and in 1898 committed suicide
Bardstown KY.
Q:-Please explain the various calibers of guns-W H.
A-Confuson meaning the term caliber arises
chiefly from its adjective indicate LENGTH as when
"a so caber, inch gun word calber as ap-
piled to artillery signifies the diameter the bore of gun
Numerically from race to face OF the bore, of
somewhat larger.
gun then, of six inch calber gun whose bore is lust
SIX inches For convenience and because power of
when its bore has been decided upon depends so
greatly its length arties the habit of defining
the length of the gun in terms of the calber.
Thus the twelve inch United naval gum which is
forty feet in length, spoken of 40 caber twelve nch
the length being just forty times the BORE inch rapid
fire is tre under twenty-five length and is there
fore known a so caber gum
In the of small the caber expressed in hun
dredth of an inch when say % caliber revolver
we with bore that has diameter of twentvwo
one hundredhs of an inch