Evening star., 1926-12-10

Railroad in New Hampshire on a
gradient of one in two and a half.
The rack had pin teeth cut in angle
bars. In Switzerland there has been
considerable development of the
rack railroad on the Abt system.
This system consists of a multiple
rack. The Mount Pilatus Railway.
near Lucerne is operated on a
gradient of nearly one to two by a
double rack. The Jungfrau line has
teeth cut in the head of n Trail. Rail-
roads similar to the one which as
cends Pixies Peak have been used for
years in the Alps. These railroads
have been in operation since 1922.
whereas the one on Pixies Peak was
not built until 1891.
@. What was a potato ring?--
j. r. NJ.
A. This was a silver ring about
s inches in diameter in which whole
potatoes were served. The ring was
set either on q china or a silver
plate. They were used in the early
eighteenth century.
@. How do passengers board the
Los Angeles?-S E. II.
A. Passengers for the Los Angeles
are taken up the mooring mast in
an elevator. There Is a gang plank
from the top of the mast to the
airship. upon which the passengers
walk.
O. Where was the first Summer
school in the United States?-J. G.
A. Asa Gray was for many years
the leading botanist of the United
States. He built up the Herbarium
and Botanic Garden A Harvard. He
started the first Summer school be-
cause of his belief that Summer was
the time of the year that botany
could best be studied.
@. What is a dyne in radio?-M. NJ.
A. The Loomis Radio College
says that dyne as used in radio
signifies a beat. Heterodyne is a
beat produced by another force. or
between two oscillation frequencies.
Superheterodyne is a beat that is
superaudible cannot be heard.
Neutrodyne is a method of neutral
izing a beat that is heard as a
squeal.
O. Please give some information
about White Russia.-F. B.
A. White Russia comprises the SIX
eastern districts of the former MinSk
Province with Poland on its western
boundary. It's territory has been con-
siderably enlarged, a number of con-
tiguous districts of the Russian Soviet
Socialist Federated Republics, inhab-
tied by White Russians, having been
added to it. Seventy-five per cent OF
it's population are White Russians,
the remainder being Poles and Jews.
O. Where was Adeline Genee born?
-G. NJ.
A. She was born in Aarhus, Jut-
land, Denmark, in 1878. She f1rst
danced in public when s years old.
and when II had become the principal
dancer at the Copenhagen Opera
House. She appeared in Berlin ana
Munich. then went to London IN 1880.
She came to New York IN THE Soul
Kiss" in 1908.
O. What is the designation for the
gender of a noun which is not deter
mined naturally?-O. NJ.
A. Gender is either natural or
grammatical. In the latter case, there
is no necessary coincidence of gender
and sex.
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