New Britain herald., 1928-01-30

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 Q. Who invented the magnetic compass and what is g magnet?
 A. The name magnet is given to any body or substance which posses- ses tho power of attracting pieces of iron. There are certain natural ores which have this power, but all mag nets actually in use are artificial. The origin of the use of q magnetic compass as a means of obtaining approximately the direction of the geograp aphical North Pole of the earth is unknown. but the first scientific work on the laws of magnets was done by William Gilbert (15%o-1sos)
 Q. Is the movie ''The Lost World" founded on fact?
 A. The Lost World" is fiction. It is the name of a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912. and the moving picture Is adapted from it.
 Q. What is the address of Judge Ben Lindsey!
 A. 1s4s Ogden street, Denver, Colorado.
 Q. What railroad Is designated by the initials C. B. and e.?
 A. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy.
 Q. What Is the value of a Lin- coin penny dated 1929? How many of those coins were minted?
 A. The 1922 penny is worth only one cent. The Government minted 7,l60.000, of them.
 c. Of what are briquettes made?
 A. They are composed of coal or coke dust mixed with a binder of pitch, tar or other substances ana pressed or nodded into blocks, ovoids pr other forms.
 c. Is n wrist watch affected by he electric current of a telephone 
 A. Tho United States Bureau of 3 standards says that wrist watches Ire not precision time keepers as q 'ule, but 1t is doubtful if one could ,e affected by the electric current ,n telephone switchboard. Prob .bly any noticeable change in pre- ,ision of the watch is due to the vi- ,ration and motion of plugging into he board. Even with high grade 1t is doubtful if any notice- ,ble change would result from elec- :rical influences of this magnitude.
 c. Did the eighteenth amend nent to the constitution change tho of the rest of the docu- nent?
 A. There was no change in the text of the Constitution.
 Q. How does the passenger traf- ic on transatlantic vessels in the | aat years compare with the years ust preceding the World War?
 A. In 1925 about 100000 less were carried by passen- Ter steamers between the United States and European ports than the lnnual average during the five ears just prior to the war. 1ndica- ions are that there has been little :hange in the figures during the ,ast two years.
 Q. What is liquid ounce?
 A. It is neither an ounce nor n weight, but 9 measure of capacity, .2S of which make gallon. or 32 > quart. In metric terms it is 30 ml ,r .030 thousandths. or .03 hun- Iredths of a liter or world quart.
 Q. Are there any women in tho J. s. Senate now?
 A. There has only been one wo- nan U. g. Senator. She was Mrs. w. }. Felton of Georgia who was ap- pointed by Go-ernor Hardwick and at for two days. There are no wo- nen in the Senate now.