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a mandate to correct the error. The in
proved form was adopted promptly by the
Catholic countries, more slowly by the Prot
estants. but in 1851 it became universal.
After the French Revolution the first repub-
lie, enthusiastically abolishing old institu-
tions, tried out q new system in France with
ten-day week and new names for the
months, but it didn't work out satisfactorily
and was abandoned in 1906, under Napoleon
IN favor Of the Gregorian calendar previously
used.
THE earliest manuscript almanac, ma,
l. served belong to the twelfth -.
and there Is an old calendar in tn. Rr,,;-t
museum ascrioed to Roger Bacon, wboss
cipher manuscript has recently created ,uoh
a sensation among scholars. In the sf,.o..r
century almanacs were printed for d.s,;..
periods of years; in the sixteenth o.
single year. The earliest printed oI,,
said to have been issued in Vienna in Ixs7
BY Purbach, the astronomer. Tn. ,uh,,-
non OF almanacs In an age riff. v,th
sutton gave a splendid opportunitr n 80,
osers and self-styled "seers' and -.
cans one Of these prefaced b,. .,,.
thus: "Prognostications of tn. jnau.
the none, of peas and war;. 80 OF
snesses OF TINS yere, with the const.lI,.
cions OF them that be under the vii pl.n.,,..
and the revolucions of kynses and n-,.ss'
and OF the ecipsss and comstt., % 60
job, that! oome
freclctions and astrological m,rv.,, h,..
somed with new luIuriance, and ..,. A..
almanacs zest and popularity. Tb.v v.,.
cieverly contrived to please and s.rr. a.
ilhterate BY the employment of symbol, At.
ocneo TO certain dates. Thus when tn. wiz.
WIZARD gave Granther a potion wsrrant.l
TO restore Kick to his elderly legs, Granth.r
had to Keep tabs on the almanac and ,w,I.
low the draught when a rude drawn. - .
phtal announced the fitting pba.. ~ The
moon. When Dame Alison d.c;d.d th.t
little simkin needed pill, she couldn't tuck
1t into his Jam that night and have it over
with. No, she must wait until the MIC
tured Pill box designated the planet most
propitious for pills. Young Richard. am
bilious to captivate bouncing Beesy. must
forgo his overdue haircut until the almanac
scissors showed the proper time for cutting
hair. Even Jenkyn, the clerk, who could
read, knew better than to have the swellinv
on his neck lanced until the lancet symbol
claimed the open season for boils.
Political prophecies also fourished to such
an extent that Henry III Of France and
several other sovereigns prohibited their in.
sertion in almanacs. Who can blame the
Kings or their associates? wouldn't it make
you feel creepy to glance over your nice
new almanac on Happy New Years Day
and suddenly come upon prophecy BY Nos
tradamus or some other dark professor Of
diabolics, to the effect that "A powerful
ruler will die by violence during the coming
year. or "A certain Kings favorite will
play her last part in April" especially if
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Among Neighb0rs

A COUPLE of women 10 a small Ohio
n town were one day discoursing In rather
@ philosophical strain, when one observed:
How true 1t is that one half of the world
doesn't know how the other half lives"
That may be true of the world in gen
ernl." replied the other. who was a native
Of the town in question. but it doesn't sp.
plyst to this town.
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forehedds Ggnincdnuy anu
exchanging the current CRACKS aooot
Squirrel food.
For the fashioning Of an approved device
for marking time, in that period when every
thing was conscientiously hand made, was
no trihins task. The primitive form then
In use was called In England clog
almanac" and was usually cut on the four
Edes Of q block or "clog'' of oak, elm. box
Or nr wood, about eight inches long. 1t was
called also a rim stock and prime
stat" and in Scandinavia 'Runic STAN,
from the Runic characters used for numbers
Sometimes the almanac was made OF
brass, bone or horn, but according to DR..
Plot, q seventeenth century historian who
found IL still In use among the common
people Of England, it was usually "a square
piece Of wood, containing three months on
each Of the four edges. The number Of days
In them 10 expressed By notches, the first
day BY q notch with patulous stroke turned
mp from It, and every seventh BY a large
sized notch. Some are perfect, containing
the dominical letters as well as the prime
and marks for the feasts engraven upon
them, and such are our prime slaves IN the
Museum at Oxford others imperfect, having
only the prime and immovable feasts on
them. and such are al those met with In
Stahordshire."
There were also special symbol, TO rep
resent the new moons throughout the year.
In the days Of old, people were not urged
to speed up their Christmas shopping, as
they are In our seething times, but surely II
behooved the maker Of gift clog almanacs to
sharpen the family AZ and get his New
Year chopping done early!
THE words almanac" and calendar"
L alike claim an ancient and honorable.
lineage, and they have much In common n,
to their functions; but Ito employ a classi.
cal and scientific figure of speech the alma
mac sees the calendar and goes It one better.
Where the calendar is defined as mode az
adjusting the natural divisions Of time with
respect to each other for the purpose Of civil
life, the almanac is "a yearbook or calen-
dar giving the order Of the days of the week
and month, astronomical data, tide tables,
ecclesiastical festivals and fasts and other
varied information"
Explorations in Egypt, Babylonia and
other ancient lands prove that the habit Of
noting the passage of time and recording OBJ
servations of the heavenly bodies dates back
to antiquity. Even savage peoples develop
rude form Of calendar, for It requires
little observation and scholarship to note
and fix upon certain natural standards
the day defined by alternate light and dark
ness and the lunar month from new moon to
new moon. Many moons ago, in the days
Of our forefathers. says Big Chief to the
paleface, in the old Indian stories Our primi-
tive forebears also noticed after a while
that the seasons came around pretty regu-
hrly, and q period roughly corresponding to
the present year was fixed upon, though it
was not standardized for some centuries; !;
and It isn't yet settled to everybody's salts
faction that leap year is the best solution
Of the left-ove hours.
1t b lucky for US that the adjustment of
he calendar isn't left to the lawmakers, a.
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home made calendars
to all my friends this
-ear; they're so
easy TO make and
.ly TIM Is so
~ limited"
The pre- holiday remark
sounds perfectly reasonable
nowadays, when ready
to- stick calendars abound
at stationery counters and
drug stores, and when any
amateur who is skillful
with camera brush or paste
tube can achieve wonders
with the aid Of an idea or
two. plus n little inger-
play, to use a kindergarten
techn.cality. But II you
had said d tang like that,
absut the middle Of Decern-
Der back In the middle
ares, people would have
eyed you with surprise,
perhaps touching their
foreheads significantly and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
THESE BOYS HAVE
 OWN CRYSTAL SETS

On Saturday, July x, we nao hunch of about 200 radio bugs down here eager to ask questions and learn how to make The Age Herald receiv. ing set. They were also hoping, all of them, that they might be the one lucky boy to take home the set whieh Is given away to some lucky boy eacn Saturday, We have great tune down here each Saturday (Age-Her- aid Radio Day). and if you have not been coming we hope to have you with us next Saturday. The follow ing boys who were down Saturday told us that they were now receiving on their little crystal sets; J. B. Sell IT,. 1925 Thirtieth street, north' can dler Lazenby, 1901 Nelson avenue; Clarence Dawsing, 1516 Sixteenth street; Thearon Moore, 17l2 Thlr- teenth avenue, north; stewart Meacham, 1120 Tenth avenue; Barnets Alverson, 623 Forty-flfth street, south; Howell Byrd 4409 Avenue c; Frank White, 1111 Twenty-fourth street, north; Archibald Sharpe, Nine teenth street, south; Raymond Linx, Louis Chapman; George Mueller, 1915 Avenue F; Louis Heidenreich, Henry Hewlett: Fred Schell, R. F. D. No. 4. New Market; Edwin Goudelack, 2716 Alabama avenue; Henry Weis- singer.
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whether this particular tube can be used successfully or not. but, as understand that it is not critical in regard to voltage, l should say that the probability Is that it is all right. 2. If the tube will work on this cir cult there will be no necessity to make changes in any of the values. 3. You can use the condenser that you have mentioned, provided that you place the fixed condenser parallel with 1t. I would suggest that you use it in the point marked C5 In the diagram. Any inductance coil with an open core that has total value of 10 mili-henries will do for L4. The duo-lateral 400 coil, for instance. will answer the purpose. 4. Use a 400-turn duo-lateral coil. 5. l would suggest that you purchase an iron core choke coll of 100 mili-henries inductance. These coils are used in telephone work for filter purposes, and can be obtained from any store dealing in telephone supplies. 6. Neither the "C" nor "B" batteries need any variation in this circuit. They are of fixed value, which was given in the detailed story printed in this paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

When k. II. Armstrong. the young wizard of radio. demCnstrated his latest invention before tho Radio club of America he astonished his audience by producing the super-re- ,generative state with a single vacu- um tube. In this demonstration he filled the large lecture room with music from the W. J. 2. station at Newark with a loop aerial in a building of steel construction roofed with copper
 So completely surprised were those present in the audience that they Immediately gave vent to their feel ings In burst of applause. As soon as this died down Major Arm strong said:
 The super -heterodyne system us- ing seven tubes Is the Rolls Royce of radio. There are people who can ride in Rolls Royce cars. but the ma jority have to ride in Fords. 1t Is just the same in radio, there are some who can install the super -hetcr- odyne but this is the Ford of radio"
 Details Given for First Time
 Since then radio fans throughout the country have been anxious to get the circuit and constants of this re- markable system and they are repro duced herewith for the first time. The diagram which appears this week shows every part needed In this set, together with the values.
 The wonderful thing about this circuit Is that under the arrange ment a single vacuum tube performs simultaneously the functions of re- generator. oscillator, detector and
 14rr frt nl,t tn4 4V4a 1t using a loop aerial are equivalent to the regulation regenerative re- ceiver with two stages of audio fre- auency ampliflcation used in con junction with the best possible aeri- al under the most Ideal circum- stances.
 Although these results are truly astounding, the circuit requires very careful handling by the experimenter, who will have to learn the delicate adjustments by experience, and the probability is that the proper results will not be obtained for quite little while.
 There are four methods by which Major Armstrong succeeded in op- taining super-regeneration. In this one 1t is accomplished by the si- multaneous variation of the positive and negative resistance of the cir cult. This Is achieved by means or the second feed-back circuit (shown in the diagram under the numbers 13. IA, 15 and 16), which Is adjusted to oscillate at lower frequency than the incoming signal. The prop CT phase relation between the mega tive and positive resistance are ob- tained by adjustment of the con densers Is and 1G. and the coupling between the coils IA and l5.
 IL u.ill thus be seen that the tWo
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cult? 2. If the above tube can be used, what changes would have to be made In the various values of the circuit to compensate for the differ ence of characteristics between the Meyers tube and those used by Armstrong? 8. One of my variable condensers is an II plate ABC. I am figuring on shunting fixed condenser around it to bring the total capacity up to the necessary .001. This will, of course, produce a variable cons denser whose range of variation is small. In which part of the circuit would this condenser be most serv- iceable? 4. What size wire and how much of it is required to make an open core 10 NH. choke? 5. What are the specifications for making a 100 NH. iron core choke? 6. Would you advise providing the panel with switches to vary the individual "C'' battery yNtages? same applies to 'fB" batteries. C. G K.
 A. 1. 1 cannot state specifically
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

much in regard to the tapping off. F. l.. J.
 A. The taps should be taken off whenever they happen to come to the completed winding, whether it Is at the top or next to the tube. Be sure that the turn from which you take the tap Is wired on to the tube tightly The taps should be taken off at the twelfth. twenty eighth, fortieth, sixtieth, eightieth, one hundred and fifty-eighth, two hundred and fifitieth and four hun dred and fourth turn. If you use a OOH mid. condenser the approxi- mate wave length of these tappings will then be as follows: No. 1, 150 to 250; No. 9. 200 to 330; No. 3, 370 to 46o; No. 4. 3s0 to $50; No. 5, $40 to 92O; No. 6, 7o0 to 1,So0; No. ', 1000 to 1900; No. 8. 1.500 to 2.70o meters.
 Tubes in super-Generator
 O.. Can the 4-volt Meyers tube be successfully used in the Armstrong super-regenerative clr-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
--T-----7----------- AGED WOMAN VICTIM OF SEVERE ASSAULT

Mobile. July 15.-tspeciaI.)- Attacked and severely beaten over the head while preparing breakfast in her home early to- day, Mrs. Lizzie Campbell, aged woman, residing nt ToulminviIle, suburb of Mobile, is in serious condition at the city hospital.
 Although no money was miss Ing when authorities fnvesti- gated the case, 1t Is thought robbery was the motive for the nttack. s<aIrs. Campbell could give no coherent account of the att tack.
 negro suspect is being held pending further investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
NEW LUMDER CONCERN

Montgomery, July 15.-fSpecial.)- The Mcleod Lumber company, in- corporated under the laws of Dela- ware, qualified to do business in Alabama today with state headquar- ters at C1odwater. Coosa county. The company proposes to invest $25. 000 in the lumber business In the terri tory of Good odwater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

a set, because I have felt that the really practical and ideal receiver for broadcasting had not been evolved. However, I feel that it has arrived in the Armstrong circuit. and l should like to construct a set little simpler than the one gvien by you. Will you have some information about the other two hook-ups which were pub lished about tw three weeks ago? A. B. c.
 A. It is somewhat difficult at this time to say just exactly when I shall be able to print the details of diagram for the other methods of using the Armstrong super-regenera- tive receiver. You may rely upon my promise. however, that 1t will be done at the earliest possible moment. AL though you may find some of the other circuits simpler than the one printed Sunday, July 2, the operation will be much more critical and not as well suited to radio-telephone re- ception. The diagram printed Sun day looks formidable, but. as mat ter of fact it Is really very simple once the set is assembled, because the majority of the parts are standard ized and of fixed values, anl do not have to be touched once they are in the set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
By JACK BINNs

The above diagram shows the system
 oscato deeor and amPer sqltaneousy The con-
 aerial 12 foot frame wired spay Secondary regulation Primary of varocoupler mid capacity The C battery four vots maximum g. { Resistance 12Ooo ohns each S. choke 100 mlhenrfes ductance Telephones IL Fixed condenser oo5 mid capacity Variable condenser, 0005 mid 14 15 Duoatera coi 26O turns 1s 005 mid capacity IT. Storage battery volts
 Uv 2o1 eight volts for UV 2o2 18 Rheostat GOndensers IS ordinary variable They of ordinary fixed condeners arranged to multiple switch that the total be built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
Ising Drx Ccn "A" yntterie.

TsfnE Brv ErT "A BntterIes
 Q. Could a 6-voit dry battery be used as an A battery? 2. What kind of wire should be used to hood up the set? A. Q.
 A. 1. A six-volt dry battery cannot be used successfully to light the vacuum tubes, a the tube requires far more current than the dry cell can give Under the circumstances, therefore. dry cell battery will be q greater expense to you in the long run than will the storage battery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
Making Choke Coils

c. am about to construct the new super-regenerative set and I am referring to you for some informa- ti6n. I would like to know how to make the following resistances: Open core choke coil 10 mili-henries non-inductive resistance with iron core, 12,000 turns; iron core choke coil of 100 mill i-henries-C. l..
 A. Coil LA can be a honeycomb of the requisite number of turns to give a total inductance of 10 mili-henries. and coil I46 is the regulation iron core choke coil used in telephone work for the purposes of a filter in regular re- peater circuits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16
First Aid For Radio Fan,

2. Use No. IS copper wire for making the connections to your set.
 Other Armstrong Circuits y Q. Will you be kind enough to inform me about when you intend to furnish the complete data of the other two hook-ups of Armstrong's super-regenerative receiver? should like to construct a set, using two tubes and loop, so that I can hear the music. Although I am an ardent radio fan. I have not yet constructed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

The French government Is now using a system by which they can communicate by wireless at the rate of 200 words per minute. This is done with a machine receiving on a phonograph record, which is turning rapidly and read off slowly and tran scribed on noiseless typewriters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

Frederick Murray, Altamount read. receives over an Audion set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

Proctor Barnett, living in Mountain Terrace, has 8 vacuum tube receiving set,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

Taswell Morton has a short wave regenerative set using variometers. He has also with this set a two stage audio frequency amplifier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

Paul Earl. Cotton avenue. is receiv- ing the programs, each night, over a short wave regenerative set.
 Pugh Pierson hears the local pro- erfa m 6 nrrar hln 1Itt1A nr.rc4-I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

Herman Altman, 1713 Fourteenth ivenue, south, tells us he has five nome made crystal sets all of which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-16

We are also in receipt of another letter from one of our readers, living here in Birmingham. This reader also neglected to sign his name. He wants to know more about Mir. Arzin- gers set, loop aerials, etc. If this writer will address another letter to us, repeating his questions, we will be very glad to give him the in- formation he desires.
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