The Coconino sun., 1923-04-20

lie I1XeQ Ily so CnaL the lip OF
wing just touched cylinder, which
was moved by clockwork Each stroke
of the wing caused a mark, Slight but
perceptible, and thus showed that
there were actually $50 strokes in a
second.
Ii is a remarkable fact that nothing
in modern engineering surpasses the
pyramids of Gizeh, built more than
5000 years ago. 1t is universally
acknowledged by the highest profess
sional authorities in architecture and
building that the masonry of the pyr-
amids could not be surpassed in these
days. and moreover is perfect for the
purpose for which they were intended
above all, to endure. After the
building of pyramids was once begun,
it was the fashion for about ten CEN
tulies to erect huge, meaningless, /
pointed piles of masonry OF the hum
dreds erected about 70 have resisted
the ravages of the ages and may still.
be seen. Many of those remaining
contain enormous blocks of granite
from 800 to 500 tons, and display the /
most consummate ingenuity in con-
struction. A more difficult operation /
than the mere transportation Of i'm
mense stones-that of erecting obe- |
lisks weighing 400 tong-was per- I
formed With precision by the Egyp-l
tians, 800 years before the time of
Christ. Of the ancient method of /
raising immense stones nothing is now
known. 1t is one of the many lost
arts. The Peruvians had method /
of transporting immense blocks of
stone that would be a. fortune to a
modern engineer did he possess it. /
The Romans were also eminent en-
gineers, and by some authorities are
set down as even exceeding the Egyp-
tians in that direction. Immense
stones were used in constructing the
temple of Ballbec; one lies ready I
quarried which is 70, feet long, IA |
feet square and weighs 1,135 tons.
A curious and noteworthy instance
of foundry work is reported. 1t con-
sisted Of three plates of cast iron
about one-fourth of an inch thick and
5 by 7 inches in surface, covered with
writing indented in the iron. 1t is
done by writing on thin paper, pinning
the paper in a mold and then pouring
in the iron. The writing thus trans
ferred to the plates when the iron is I
cooled is wonderfully clear and dis
tinct and is so deeply imprinted as to
defy any attempt at erasure.
A grain of musk has been kept |
freely exposed to the air of room,
of which the door and window were /
constantly open for ten years, during
all which time, the air, though con-
stantly changed. was completely i'm
pregnated with the odor of musk, and /
yet at the end Of that tifue the par
ticle was found not to have sensibly
diminished In weight.
Careful experiments made by an ex-
perienced English navigator at San +
tander, on the north coast of Spain,
showed that the crest of sea waves +
in long and heavy gale were az
feet high, and allowing the same for
the depth between the waves. would
make a height of Sd feet from crest
to base.
The term "Blue Stocking" applied
to literary ladies, was conferred on a
society which was called the Blue
Stocking club, in which females were
admitted, and so-called owing to a
Mr.. Benjamin Stillingfeet, one of its
active members, wearing blue stock
ings.
A white mark on the finger nail
bespeaks misfortune.
Pale or lead colored nails indicate
people.
People with narrow nails are ambi-
tious and quarrelsome.
Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid
and bashful nature.
Lovers of knowledge and liberal
sentiment have round nails.
Small nails indicate littleness of
mind, obstinacy and conceit.
Choleric, martial men, deiighting in
war, have red and spotted nails.
Nails growing into the flesh at the
points or sides indicate luxurious
tastes.
People with very pale nails are SUBJ
iect to much infirmity of the flesh
and persecution by neighbors and
friends.
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