Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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Q. Is party liable TO prosecution
who makes a patented article for his
own use and does not offer it for sale?
w +. o.
A. The L. S. Patent Office says that
any individual who makes an article
patented by some one else. even for his
own consumption and not for sale. is
Violating the laws OF the United States
Patent Office, and II liable to prosecu-
tion.
O. What Chapter in the Bible has
Any reader can get the answer TO any
four verses alike?
A. The 107th Psalm contains the
same verse in four places.
q. How heavy rain constitutes
cluudburst? D. /. A.
A. This term was first applied in the
United States about 1870; in India.
about 1860. No definite amount OF rain
has been assigned as the limit between
Z cIoudburst and a heavy rain, but
review Of special storms so designated
seems TO fix the minimum at about six
inches OF rain falling at the rate of
10 inches and hour. Cloudbursts are
cacfined to small areas, the heaviest
usually covering little more than an
acre. the lighter ones perhaps a square
mile.
Q. What is the pronunciation and
meaning of the name "Cienfuegos?"
T. =. F.
A. The name of this Cuban city is q
Spanish word meaning hundred fires
and is pronounced as If spelled sven
fway-gos.
Q. What is meant by the expression
to unlock the atom \. Mem.
A. The expression TO unlock the
atom is usually interpreted as fol-
lows. According 10 the atomic theory
? n atom is minute indivisible particle.
10 unlock the atom is another way Of
eeying-to achieve the impossible. TO
divide the indivisible.
q. Is II true that the American
Amy Of Occupation in Germany re-
qu-les German women TO do their
laundry work. W. F.
4. The War Department says that
the Army units in the American Army
If Occur ation have their own laundry
companies. and do not have the work
done by German citizens. The soldiers
themselves compose these. companies.
Q. Please repeat the formula for
making paint used on the White House.
W NJ
A. This paint is made Of white lead.
70 per cent; French white zinc. 80 per
cent; and enough raw lfnseed oil to
produce a proper consistency.
Q. Did Pope Siricius precede Pope
Gregory? F. j. II.
A. Siricius was Pope 384 to 399,
while Gregory ] was Pope from SEQ TO
so1
Q. What country exports the most
silk? A. A. H.
A. The Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce says that British
Honduras leads all other countries in
exporting silk and silk materials The
value of silk and silk material exported
by British Honduras in 1919 was $1,000 |
023.
O. Does IL expedite matters for a /
man to come to Washington to look !
after the securing Of patient? r. f. r. /!
A The Patent Office does not adj /
wise an inventor 10 come TO Washing /
ton in regard to the patenting Of his
Invention. II advises an inventor to i
secure the assistance OF a reliable /
atent attorney.
Q Who was known the Busy
edyo II. L.
4. This was the nom de plume signed
Benjamin Franklin 10 series of
oers written in the manner Of Ad-
on's Spectator. They appeared at
time of his purchase Of the Phila-
phia Gazette.