Evening star., 1923-12-31
q Is there any certain height that
governs aerials?-L. j. N.
A. The height is unlimited.

=. Is there any certain height that
governs aerials?-L. J. N.
A. The height is unlimited.
q. What does the design on the
lucent piece mean?-E. r. c.
a. The design is taken from the
roman tasces. The fasces is a
DunuIe or rods having among them
! an AK with the blade projecting. and
Were borne before the Roman mag
istrates as badge of authority.
u what nations have recognized
the Russian government?-G. NJ. $.
A. Soviet Russie has been fully
recognized by Finland. Poland, Lii
Lhuanta, Esthonia, Latvia. Germany, !
turkey. Persia and China. 1t has
trade relations with Great Britain,
Norway, Denmark, Italy, Czecho-
slovakia, Austria and other European
countries.
9. What became of the eagle boats
oulit during the war?-R. w. S.
A. The Navy Department says that
only sixty eagle boats We're built
curing the war. The contract for
the remaining number OF eagle boats
was Cancelled OF these sixty eagle
boats, twenty-three are now in com
! mission, used for training reserves,
are out OF commission
SIX nave been transferred to the
Treasury Department, and are most
~ used Tor the coast guard, and
two were sunk.
@. What was it that Garfield said
about one log being a college ?-R. ID.
A. The phrase was: ANY log.
would be col1ege'with A boy on one
end of it and Mark Hopkins on the
name Johns Hopkins" This remark
of Mr.. Garfield's referred to Mark
Hopkins and not Johns Hopkins
Mark Hopkins was a noted philoso-
pher, teacher and president for many
years of Williams College, which Carr
field attended. Johns Hopkins, the
philanthropist, who founded the uni
versity which bears his name, was
never teacher or instructor him
self.
Q. Where were the gardens that
Caesar gave to the people of Rome?--
S. n. A.
A. These gardens were on the
southern slope of the Janiculum and
were laid out by julius Caesar in
terraces supported by colonnades,
with artificial glens and waterfalls.
No traces of the garden are now
visible above ground, but the spot
has yielded a number of important
works of art.
Q. Are there any absolutely
smokeless explosives?-E. A. G..
A The geological survey says that
there are ne absolutely smokeless eX-
plosives. There is always a little
vapor present even in compressed air
Smokeless powder is simply smoke
weak powder giving very much less
smoke than black gunpowder. Though
smokelessness is the characteristic
that has attracted attention to such
powders, their superior power is i'm
portant. While black gunpowder i'm
parted to the projectile an initial
velocity of 100 feet per second
initial velocities Of over 5000 foot
seconds have been attained with
smokeless powders. This has COM
PEELED fighting modern battles in open
order and at long range and has made
necessary an increase in thickness
and resistance in the armor of bat
tleships.
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