Arizona republican., 1921-07-25
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 c. What is the Iightest gas known? F. O. C.
 A The bureau of standards says that hydrogen occurs in the atmos- phere to some extent. This is the lightest gas known. The second light est gas. helium, also occurs in small amounts. Nitrogen is the lightest gas occurring in sufficient quantity to materially effect the density of the air.
 O. Are there any labor adjustment boards now similar to those estab- lished by the United States railroad administration? S. B.
 A. The transportation act of 1926 provided for the establishment of ad- ustment boards by agreement be- tween railroad management and rail- way workers To date. however, none has been established, the railway management holding out for loca boards. while the workers have in sisted upon having national boards also if any are created.
 O. Why does ice float on wateri b. M. S.
 A. The density of ice is less thar that of water and for this reason il floats
 c. What can be done to a persor who marks an unpatented artielt "patented"? w. A. G.
 A A person so marking an arti. cle is liable to a penalty of not les: than s100 and costs, to De recovered in a qui tam action. half of th' amount going to the informant ant half to the government.
 a. How many eggs does an oyster lay? H. T. T.
 l A. An average oyster produce about 1e.000.ooo eggs, a very larg' oyster sometimes producing 6o.ooo, 900.
 O. Why is Dante's "Divine Com edy" called comedy? o. M. Y.
 A. The word comedy is here use as the English equivalent of the Ital ian "comedia" which means play O drama
 c. Where is Haddon Hall? L.R.W
 A. The original Haddon Hall is miles southeast of Bakewell. Derby shire. England. It belongs to tn Dukes of Rutland and is a notabl example of the medieval residence 0 a great English proprietor.
 c. What will remove mercur, | from old mirrors? N. s. S. A. The bureau of standards say nitric acid should be used to remov | the old mercury from old mirror | only if they were made in. the day when tin amalgam was used. For tn more modern mirrors, they sugges II that you try one of the reducing so lutions used in photography, such a solution of "hypo" and potassium of ferricyanide Oed prussiate of pot ash.)
 o. What part of an animal is tn sweetbread? j. A. O.
 A. Sweetbread is the names of tn thymus or pancreas of an animal (es pecially a calf) used for food. the for mer being the throat sweetbread ( neck sweetbread, the latter being tn stomach sweetbread.
 O. How long did senIarin Frank lin attend school? E. w.
 A Two years between the ages ( and 10 was all the time that Benja min Franklin attended school.
 O. What is the significance of th prefix due and de in French surname and of Van in Dutch surnames F. T. H.
 A. The prefixes due, de and Va are the equivalent of the English prer