Evening star., 1924-09-04

built over the Shoshone River. near
Cody, Wyo., by the United States
Reclamation Service between 1905
ana 1910, cost the Government about
$l,S6o,ooo. This includes outlets,
etc, but does not include the power
plant which was later added. The
dam Is 1884 feet from the lowest
point in its foundation. It forms a
oo.eoo-gallon reservoir for the
purpose of storing water for irri-
cation. 1t is curved upstream in
plan, with radius of $50 feet from
the center line of the crest. The dam
rs only 10 feet thick at the crest and
los ieet thick at the river bed and
and the same thickness from there to
the base OF the foundation.
Q. II an aviator could stand the
colo and lack of air, could an air.
plane be flown above the belt of air
which surrounds the earth?S S.
A An aeroplane engine demands
! air in the same manner that a person
ooes. 1t Is impossible for an engine to
operate without aia. Therefore, it would
De out OF the question for An aeroplane,
as aeroplanes are made at the present
time' TO attempt to go beyond the
atmosphere surrounding the earth.
When an aviator tries to make an
attitude record he carries oxygen In
| bags in order that he may breathe
| this oxygen as the atmosphere be-
! comes rarer. He also places a super
charger on his engine in order that
the engine may be able to operate
in this rarefied atmosphere.
! Q. What is arghan?-R. r.
| A Afghan is a new textile fiber
| discovered by Sir Henry Mekhan.
1t is half as strong again as the best
| hemp and max. resists the action of
sea water and weaves into a fine
| cloth that bleaches and dyes easily.
1t Is obtained from plant of the
maguey or pineapple type. which has
sedgelike leaves. The fbers resemble
| silk.
Q. Does income tax have to be
| paid on money that has been left to
| a person?-J. T. H.
| A Income tax does not have TO
be paid on money inherited until it
| is invested and brings an interest.
| Income tax must be paid upon the
| income derived from such capital
Q. How tall is President Coolidge?
M s.
A. President coolidge's height is
| feet 10h inches and his weight is
| 146 pounds.
Q. When person walks along the
| road in the country should he face
| the traffic or walk with it'll. P.
A The American Automobile As
| sociation and other such organiza-
| tions are interested in standardizing
| such regulations. 1t says that when
| a person is walking on highway IL
is always best to walk facing the on
! coming traffic.
Q. Do planets pass through phases
An
A. The planets Mercury and
Venus, which are between us and the
sun, do pass through all the phases
Those beyond us cannot pass through
all the phases, since they can never
come between us and the sun
Q. What city in the United States
has the lowest relative humidity?
| r. C.
A. The Weather Bureau main
tains only about 200 stations in the
| United States where observations OF
| the relative humidity are made, and
| hence il is nbt practicable to state
| positively which city in the entire
| country has the lowest humidity.
Among the reporting stations, how
| ever, it is probable that Yuma, Ari-
| zona, has the lowest as a whole. In
some of the desert valleys Of south
eastern California il is probable that
the relative humidity Is lower than
at Yuma.
Q. Who discovered electrons? M.
E.
| A. The discoverer of what is now
called the "electron" was Sir j. j.
| Thompson. of Cambridge. England.
He called it a "corpuscle." The
| name "electron" is credited to Sir
C. Johnstone Storey.
Q. Is there an eel which gives off
an electric current?-I. \. D.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that the electric eel does give off an
electric current. The electric organs,
eight in number, lie lengthwise along
the back bone of the eel.
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