Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-30

registration are usually $2l for the
first certificate and So for each subse-
quent transfer. Massachusetts, Is quoted
as pattern Of the successful working
OF the Torrens system. Other States
| enforcing the system are Illinois, Ohio.
California, Minnesota, Oregon, Colorado.
Washington, New York, North Carolina
and Mississippi.
@. Is much illness caused by refrig-
orator gas poisoning?-P. s.
A. In comparison with the large
number of mechanical refrigerators In
use, the number of serious accidents
has been small. Experiments are now
being made which will reduce the small
hazard that does exist.
@. Who have been the worlds great
est thinkers?-R. B. r.
| A. list OF 10 greatest thinkers,
compiled by Will Durant, includes Con-
fucius, Plato, Aristotle, st. Thomas
Aquinas, Copernicus, Bacon, Voltaire.
/ Newton, Kant and Darwin.
@. Are all the members Of the cabi-
! net college graduates?-D. K.
| A. With the exception of Secretary
Of Labor Davis, all the cabinet members
are college graduates. Secretary Davis
! started working at the age Of II.
! @. What school has as its motto
Love Is King"?-H. D.
| A. These words are associated with
the Staunton Military Academy, at
Staunton, Va. The shield Of the school
bears the words Duty, Honor, Truth"
@. Did Billy Sunday say, IT believe
most intensely in the need of that arm
of contact with the live rail which We
call prayer"?-M. L.
| A. The quotation which you give Is
ascribed to Sir Wilfred Grenfell.
Q. What is the Grandeur" film?-
| w. T. T.
A. The Grandeur movietone Fox aim
is an advanced method of photograph
I ing and projecting sound pictures. The
| film is presented on screen that
reaches from proscenium arch to foot
! lights and takes in the width of the
stage. In reality it is a device that
creates the illusion of three -dimensional
photography. This film was developed
| largely through the efforts of A. E.
| Sponsable. Fox research engineer, who
| also developed the "aeso" light, which
made movietone possible. The use of
| this improved film necessitated the de-
velopment Of new projectors, cameras
and lenses. The sound track on the
Grandeur Is three times the width Of
! the track on the ordinary movietone
film. This removes all unnecessary
noises from reproduction, as the volume
used to carry it to an audience can be
cut TO one-third.
| Q. How large is the Forstman yacht,
I recently anchored in the North River?-
| NJ. H. B.
A. julius Forstman's Orion is $50
feet long, with a 46-foot beam and
displacement of 3400 tons.
@. What causes the explosion of dy-
namite?-C. J. G.
A. The following reasons are given
for the explosion OF dynamite: What
! causes dynamite to explode has been
| very much discussed by the experts, but
| they have not yet agreed. The best
| opinion is that it is due to the heat
| produced by conclusion. A small guam
! tity of dynamite. even up to a stick in
size, may burn If unconfned, but il it
becomes confined in the least by wood
or coal falling upon it the combustion
will change to 'detonation.' The report
caused by dynamite and the discharge
| from rifle or gun is believed to be due
to the sudden expansion and contrac-
ton Of the air and gases. The differ
ence between the reports OF dynamite
| explosion and the discharge from rifle
would only be in the intensity"
@. How long is the Boardwalk in
! Atlantic City,. B. G.
A II is q miles in length