Arizona republican., 1921-04-15
Questions And AnslUers

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 c. One some times reads of per- son being entirely swallowed up by q ouicksand. How can . semi-fiuid substance be less able to float man than a liquid medium, which itself will support him so long as the lssTsss remain full of air? w. M. w.
 A. The geological survey says that tions, whereas quicksand exerts no upward pressure. Consequently any thing thrown on Quicksand will sink because there is no upward com pensating pressure as in water. More over, a pure quicksand is composed of nearly spherical grains or sand which will revolve with practically no friction due to the lubricating ef- fects of the water present so that any body lying on oucksand sinking downward on account of the force Of gravity will also be pulled down by the effects of the revolving grains oi sand.
 e. How long will different liquids
 remain mixed? g. D. A.
 l A. In general liquids will remain
 permanently blended if one is sol | uble in the other, as for example blend of gasoline and lubricating oil i With emulsions, the rule is that the emulsion will not be permanent un- less a third liquid is present to coal ! the drops and prevent their unit | ing. When one liquid is not soluble | in the other and no emulsion Il | formed, the liquids may stay mike for a time if they are of nearly thu
 some specific gravity. The greatS
 the difference in specific gravity th' | quicker they will separate.
 c. In bureau of census report what does the abbreviation n. g. meal
 after an estimate of the number Q
 women who are housekeepers? B.
 A. The bureau of census says tha
 "n. g." means that said employmen
 is mot gainful.'
 O. In the story of Damon ane , Pythias, which friend left Syracust l the other becoming his hostage? ( ! T. G.
 A. The story of Damon and Pyth
 ias, more correctly Phintfas, Is glv 1 en in the history of Diodorus Siculu. ; 153e. in the Hygenus Fables and late ? by Schiller under different name in all of which Damon took the plac . of the condemned man and Phintla $ the one whose loyalty brought hir 1 back at the time appointed. l O. Please give exact quotstio | which runs something like this: |" l wrong consistency is the hobsobli n of little minds" Del.
 A The quotation you refer
 reads: "A wrong consistency is tf
 hobgoblin of little minds. Adored 1 little statesmen and philosophers an . divines" It is to be found in Emei Il sons Self Reliance"
 2 c. Who introduced cigarettes in'
 England. J. M.M.
 n A. Laurence Oliphant, author ar e traveller and mystic, is generally a, p credited with the introduction of u k cigarette into English society. IT c. What is the scientific term f
 badness? D. R. G.
 " 4. Alpecia is the scientific ter Il for badness or deficiency of hair ( Ie the scalp.
 o. What was the "good news" r IS ferred to in Browning's poem, "Wh S. we erought the good news from A It to Ghent"? P. C. B.
 -s A biograph of Robert Brow
 ing says that there is no historic Is foundation for the poem. The ai
 of the poet was to depict the gallo
 ing of horse and the poem W ,h written in d boat off the coast
 Africa. It might haze been rsfe