Index

Abacus, 347

Acid, Nitric, 464

“Adam’s Apple,” 321

Adding Machines, 345

Addressograph, 364

Aerial Railway, 120

Aerials, 264

Aerial Trucks, 451

Aeroplane Bombs, 158

Aeroplanes, 505

Aestivation, 241

“After-damp,” 247

Agate, 49, 149

Agriculture, 461, 556

Air, Liquid, 461

Air Currents, 158, 231, 244, 263

Air-locks, 497

Air-mines, 390

Air-pressure, 411, 492

Airships, 505

Alcohol, 336, 478

Alloys, Gold, 448

“Almighty Dollar,” 355

Alternating Current, 363

Amazon, 98

“American Turtle,” 9

Amethysts, 149

Ammonia, 466

Ammunition, 75, 94, 158, 398

Animals, 51, 138, 146, 229, 241, 293, 297

Anthracite, 244

Anti-cyclones, 450

“A-1”, 136

Apaches, 147

Apartment-houses, First, 334

Apiaries, 183

Apples, 136

Aquarium, 378

Arack, 214

Arc Lamps, 577

Area of Oceans, 169

Armored Railway Car, 470

Armor-piercing Shells, 402

Armor Plate, 422, 435, 470, 478

Army Ambulances, 485

Arrows, 79

Artesian Wells, 96

Artificial Precious Stones, 361

Artillery, 386

Astronomical Observatory, 66

Atmospheric Conditions, Recording, 58

Atmospheric Nitrogen, 459

Atmospheric Pressure, 180

“Atmospherics,” 264

Atoms, 324

Austrian Guns, 388

Autographic Photography, 168

Automatic Bowling Pin Setters, 360

Automatic Machine Guns, 144, 391

Automatic Pistols, 143

Automatic Rakers, 565

Automatic Rifles, 89

Automobile Factory, 518

Automobile Guns, 145

Automobiles, 145, 223, 278, 290, 451, 481, 518, 557

Auxiliary Pumps, Fire, 455

Bacon, 300

Bacon, Roger, 83

Baggage Trucks, 545

Baking Clay under Water, 501

Balanced Rations, 298

Balance-wheels, 65

Balloons, Captive, 58, 515

Balloons, Fire, 157

Balloons, Military, 515

Balls, 309, 357

Bascule Bridges, 466

Battery Park, 378

Battle of Four Elements, 513

Battleship Aeroplanes, 506

Battleships, 22, 266, 480

Battleship Turrets, 425

Beaches, 149, 180

Bed Lasting Machines, 440

Beef, 297, 299, 458

Bees, 184

Beets, 464

“Before you can say Jack Robinson,” 119

Bell, Alexander Graham, 217

Belting, 118, 535

Benday Engravings, 382

Bending, Illusion, Stick in Water, 308

“Benedicts,” 149

Bicycles, 52

“Big Trees,” 304

Billiard Tables, 309

Binders, 562

Biplanes, 505

Birds, 303

Blackberries, White, 316

Blackfeet Indians, 148

Blast Furnaces, 417

Bleriot’s Monoplane, 509

Boats, Submarine, 9

Body Chute, Auto, 530

Bolters, Salt, 476

Bomb-dropping Device, 514

Bombs, 152

Boots, 436

Boots, Rubber, 111, 116

Boring Tool, 87

Bow and Arrow, 79

Bow-drill, 77

Bowling Alleys, 357

Box Kites, 59

“Breathing Bags,” 248

Breech-loaders, 85

Bridges, 467

Briquetting Machines, 249

Broadway, 274, 280, 308

Bud-grafting, 136

Buffing Machines, 444

Buildings, Large, 221, 234, 274, 280, 540

Bulbs, Rubber, 116

Bullets, 93

Bull-fights, 362

Burbank, Luther, 317

Bureau of Mines Rescue Crew, 247

Burnishing, Silverware, 260

Cabinet-making, 310

Cable, Hemp, 123

Cable, Wire, 132

Cactus, Spineless, 316

Caissons, 504

Calcium Carbide, 459

Calculating Machines, 345

Calendering, 109, 116

Calibers, Guns, 389

California, 49, 304, 332

“Calling-crabs,” 229

Cameras, 162

Canal Navigation, 39

“Canary-bird Test,” Mining, 250

Candles, 63

Cannel Coal, 251

Cannon, 386

Carats, 317

Carbide Furnaces, 460

Carbines, 87

Carbon Filament Lamps, 275

Carboniferous Strata, 247

Carburetors, 56

Carnelians, 149

Carrier Pigeons, 216

Cars, Armored Railway, 470

Cars, Freight, 545

Cars, Motor, 145, 223, 290, 451, 481, 518, 557

Cars, Pullman, 544

Cars, Sight-seeing, 482

Cars, Special Heavy Duty Freight, 424

Cars, Street, 215

Cartridges, 85, 94

Casting Gold Ingots, 449

Casting Machines, 414

Castings, 424, 531

Catenary Construction, 284

Cat’s-eye, 149

Cattle, 297, 458

Cattle Food, 298, 317

Cave Men, 75

Cellulose, 450

Cellulose Acetate, 168

Central Exchanges, Telephone, 218

Central Station, First Commercial, 273

Centrifugal Extractors, Honey, 190

Chafing Dishes, Electric, 210

Chain Rammers, 407

Channel Cementing Machines, 441

Chattering, Teeth, 182

Chemical Engines, 454

Chemical Fire Extinguishers, 375, 523

Chemicals, Photographic, 162

Chewing Gum, 337

Chicle, 337

Chimes, 260

Chimneys, 158

Chinese Firecrackers, 150

Chrome Leather, 582

Circuits, Telephone, 225

Citrus Fruits, 331

“Clam-shell Dredges,” 491

Clay, 247, 496

Clicking Machines, 438

Cliff Dwellings, 334

Clinking Glasses, 231

Clocks, 61, 344

Clothes, 252

Coal, 244, 543

Coast Defense Guns, 396

Cobbler Shop, 437

Cocoanuts, 132, 138, 214, 450

Cod, 216, 325

Coffee-machines, Electric, 207

Coining, 302, 449

Coir, 132

Coke, 251, 460

Cold Storage, 299, 466

Color-printing, 289, 382

Comb, Honey, 183, 197

Combination Engravings, 381

Combined Sweep Rake and Stacker, 567

Combustion, Spontaneous, 42

Combustion Engines, 12, 53

Compass, Gyro, 74

Compasses, 435

Composition Billiard Balls, 315

Compressed Air Construction, 492

Compressed Air Engines, 133

Conduits, 223

Conning Towers, 425

Continuous Core Ovens, 532

Conveyor Belts, 535

Conveyors, Spiral, 240

Cooking, 121

Cooking Appliances, 205

Co-operative Agriculturists, 333

Copper, 448, 450

Cordage, 121

Cork, 385

Corn Binders, 562

Cotton, 464

Counting, 345

Coursing, 377

“Court of Love,” 363

“Cowboys,” 374

“Cow-trees,” 383

Crabs, 138, 229

Cradles, 559

Cradle Springs, 55

Crane Neck Hand Fire Engine, 452

Cranes, Traveling, 536, 543

Crane way, 531

Crank-shafts, 435, 518, 535

Cravats, 270

Crops, 458, 556

Cross-bow, 82

Cross-section on Sixth Avenue at Thirty-third Street, New York, 503

Crowns, 384

Crude Rubber, 99

Cruisers, 478

Cucaracha Slide, 27

Cues, Billiard, 313

“Culebra Cut,” 25, 29

Culverins, 83

Curfew, 289

Curing, Fish, 329

Meat, 292, 300

Currying, 583

Cutlery, 333, 491

Cutting Shield Head, 495

Cyanamid, 458

Cyanide Gold Process, 448

Cyanometer, 199

Cyclones, 450

Cylinder Machining, 524

Cylinder Presses, 173

Cylindrical Valve Machines, 26

Daguerreotypes, 164

Dates, 97

“Davids,” 10

“Death Valley,” 315

Deep Sea Monster, 469

Deer-stalking, 82

Delivery Trucks, 481

Denatured Alcohol, 478

Desk ’Phones, 223

Detonators, 85

“Deutschland,” 14

“Deviation of the Compass,” 435

Diamond Boring Machines, 97

Diamond Cutting, 584

Diamonds, Artificial, 361

Dictograph, 262

Diesel Engines, 12, 252

Die-sinking, 285

“Difference Engine,” 348

Dipper Dredges, 491

Direct Current, 363

Dirigibles, 516

Diving Bells, 489

Diving Equipment, 411, 490

“Divining Rods,” 199

“Dog-days,” 310

“Dog-towns,” 42

“Dog-watch,” 317

Dollar Sign, 450

Double Octuple Press, 179

Drawbridges, 467

Dreams, 182

Dredges, 23, 27, 490

Dredging, Submarine, 15

Drills, Steam, 19

Drinking, 231

Driving Shields, 494

Drop Forging, 419

Dry Docks, 159

“Dry Farming,” 372

Drying Machines, 372

Ducking Stools, 379

Ducks, 180

Ductility of Metals, 448, 450

Dumbwaiters, 237

Dumping Trucks, 486

Dynamo Room of First Edison Station, 276

Dynamos, 262, 274

Earth, 181, 379

“Earth-shine,” 356

Echoes, 574

Eclipses, 181

Edge Trimming Machines, 443

Efficiency Systems, 518

Electric Baggage Trucks, 545

Control Boards, 519

Delivery Wagons, 278

Eels, 472

Locomotives, 22, 24, 541

Magnets, 589

Sewing Machines, 279

Train Chart and Switch Control, 283

Transmission, 261

Electricity, Domestic Utensils, 200

Progress, 273

Electrification of Railroads, 284, 541

Electrode Regulators, 460

Electro-magnetic Waves, 263

Electro-plating, 257

Elevating Gears, Gun, 402

Elevators, 232

Emblem of Scotland, 593

Engines, Combustion, 12, 53

Compressed Air, 133

Diesel, 12, 252

Electric Railroad, 541

Fire, 451

Gasoline-electric, 214

Gas-steam, 518

Kerosene, 556

Steam Railroad, 541

English Guns, 398

Engraving, 380

Ensilage, 271

Ermine, 356

Escapements, 68

Exchanges, Telephone, 218

Explosions, 37, 231, 244, 333

Eyes, Impressions of Vision, 162

Eyeleting Machines, 438

Factory Hospitals, 521

Farming, 458, 556

Fast Express Trains, 541

Federal Government, Coal Lands, 251

Felspar, 539

“Fenian Ram,” 10

Ferris Wheel, 342

Fertilizers, 298, 458, 572

Fiber, Manila, 132

“Fiddler-crabs,” 229

Field Guns, 386

Field Ring Forgings, 425

“Fighting Fish,” 199

Figs, 198

Files, 138

Films, 162, 537, 578

Filters, Salt, 474

Finger-prints, 74

Finishing Shafts, 443

Fire Apparatus, 451, 523, 542

Fire-arms, 75, 139, 386

Fire-damp, 244

Fire Extinguishers, 375, 523

Fireflies, 161

Fire-making, Early, 121

Fireworks, 150

Firing Gears, 405

Fish, 99, 216, 325, 333, 377, 384, 468

Fixation of Nitrogen from the Air, 458

Flash Pans, 83

Flax, 132

Flight of Projectiles, 398

Flint, 149

Flint-lock, 84

Floating Docks, 159

Floating Islands, 504

Flowers, 317

Fluid Compression, 401

Flying, Birds, 303

“Flying Dutchman,” 180

Flying Machines, 505

Focus, Eye and Camera, 162

Fog Horns, 60

Folding Machines, 175, 288

Food, Cooking, 121

Food Crops, 458, 556

Foreign Exchange, 356

Forestry, 268

Forging Press, 418

Forgings, Quenching, 532

Forks, 254

“Forlorn Hope,” 306

“Fossil Forests,” 50

Foundry Methods, 531

Freckles, 412

Free Electric Current, 278

Freezing Points, 336

French Guns, 390

Fresco Painting, 336

Front Axles, Auto, 527

Front-drive Motor Trucks, 457

Fruits, 317, 331

Fuel Economy, 244

“Fundamental Development Plans,” 222

“Funditor,” 77

Fur, 356

Furnaces, Carbide, 460

Furnaces, Steel, 416, 534

Fuses, 405

Gaillard Cut, 25, 29

Galileo’s Swinging Chandelier, 63

Gamboa Dike, 37

Game Preserves, 270

Gas, Coal, 244

Gas Meters, 270

Gas, Nitrogen, 460

Gasoline-electric Cars, 215

Gas-steam Engines, 518

Gatling-guns, 145, 391, 470

Gatun Locks, 24, 31-2

Gear Wheels, 408

Gelatine Films, 152

Generators, 262, 465

German Guns, 398

“Get the Sack,” 169

Geysers, 41

Glacier National Park, 324

Glaciers, 322

Glass, 231, 450

“Glass Snakes,” 583

Glowworms, 161

Gold, 303, 317, 377, 448

Goldfish, 377

Gold Leaf, 377

“Goodyear Welt,” 437, 447

Grab-buckets, 245

Grade Crossing Elimination, 504

Grafting, Bud, 136

Grain Binders, 569

Grain Drills, 572

Granite, 540

Graphophones, 43

Graphotypes, 368

Gravity Conveyors, 240

“Great White Way,” 274

Greek-fire, 83, 377

Greyhound, 377

Grills, Electric, 209

Grinding Crank Shafts, 518

Groundnuts, 241

Guard Gates, 31-2

Gun-carriages, 141, 386

Gunpowder, 83

Guns, 75, 139, 386

Gyroscopes, 72

Halftone Engravings, 380

Ham, 292

Hammers, Steam, 533

Hand Bombards, 83

Hand Presses, Printing, 172

Hand-shaking, 308

Harvesting, 557

Hay Loaders, 568

Header Binders, 566

Hearth Furnaces, 416

Heat, 315

Heating Element, Electric, 208

Heating Pads, Electric, 211

Heat-treatment, 532

Heel-seat Rounding Machines, 443

Helmets, Diving, 41

Oxygen, 248

Hemp, 130

Henequen, 130

Hibernation, 241

Hides, 580

High Tension Currents, 262

Highlight Engravings, 382

Hives, Bee, 186

“Hob-nobbing,” 231

“Hobson’s Choice,” 169

Hogs, 293

“Holland” Under-sea Boats, 10

Honey, 183

Hopper Dredgers, 490

Hoppers, Coal, 246

Horizon, 121

Horse-drawn Fire Engines, 453

Horseshoe Curve, 547

Hose, 117

Reels, 456

Trucks, 451

Hour Glasses, 63

Household Appliances, 200, 556

How a Newspaper is Printed, 172

How are Artificial Precious Stones made? 361

Cannon made? 386

Chewing Gum tablets coated? 342

Cocoanuts Used to Help our Warships? 450

Composition bowling balls made? 360

Diamonds cut? 584

“Electric Eels” Caught? 472

Explosions guarded against in mines? 244

Files made? 138

Fireflies used as dress ornaments? 161

Fireworks made? 150

Glaciers Formed? 324

Harbors Dredged Out? 491

Magazines made? 286

Oranges Packed? 331

Rifles made? 75

Sand-dunes formed? 180

Sausages made? 301

Vessels handled while going through the Panama Canal? 39

Watches made? 61

we able to hear through Speaking Tubes? 308

we taking care of our forests now? 267

How big do Redwood Trees grow? 304

How big is the Largest Adding Machine in the world? 354

How can a factory make two Automobiles a minute? 518

How can we hear through the Walls of a Room? 251

How can we send Messages through the Air? 263

How can we travel in trains under water? 492

How cold is 372° below zero? 461

How could a large hole in a tunnel under water be repaired? 501

How deep is the deepest part of the Ocean? 169

How did Chemical Fire Extinguishers develop? 375

Men learn to count? 345

Men learn to eat pork? 292

Nodding the head up and down come to mean “yes”? 149

the cooking of food originate? 121

the Dollar Sign originate? 450

the expression “A-1” originate? 136

the expression “Before you can say Jack Robinson” originate? 119

the expression “Forlorn Hope” originate? 306

the fashion of wearing Cravats commence? 270

the Greyhound get his name? 377

the ringing of the Curfew originate? 289

the term “Cowboys” originate? 374

the term “Yankee” originate? 171

the wearing of crowns originate? 384

we learn to tell time? 61

your State get its Name? 243

How do bees make honey? 183

big buildings get their Granite? 539

Calculating Machines calculate? 345

“Carrier Pigeons” Carry Messages? 216

Chimes strike the Hour? 260

Elevators operate? 232

Fishes Swim? 384

Moving Pictures get on the Screen? 575

Peanuts get in the Ground? 241

Shoe Machines operate? 436

the Indians Live now? 146

they make Chewing Gum? 337

we know that the Earth is Round? 379

How does a Bird Fly? 303

a Camera take a Picture? 162

a Gasoline Motor run an Electric Street Car? 214

a Lifting Magnet lift? 589

a “Master Clock” control others by electricity? 344

a Monorail Gyroscope Railway operate? 72

a Siren Fog Horn Blow? 60

a Talking Machine talk? 43

an Artesian Well keep up its supply of Water? 96

Electricity help the Housewife? 200

Telephone Development in this country compare with that abroad? 222

the Addressograph operate? 364

the Beach get its Sand? 149

the Gas Meter measure your Gas? 270

the New York Stock Exchange operate? 374

the Poisonous Tarantula live? 146

How far away is the Sky-line? 121

How far can a powerful Searchlight send its Rays? 229

How has Electricity advanced? 273

How has man helped nature give us Apples? 136

How has the Motor Truck developed? 481

How is a Five Dollar Gold Piece made? 303, 449

a Newspaper printed? 172

a Paper of Pins filled? 321

a Pool Table made? 309

a Razor Blade made? 491

a Teaspoon Silver-plated? 253

Die-sinking done? 285

Electricity brought into a House? 262

Food taken from the air by Electricity? 458

Fresco Painting done? 336

Gold Leaf made? 377

Leather tanned? 580

Lime Juice used in Curing Rubber? 110

Photo-engraving done? 380

Pine Tar made? 129, 134

Rope made? 121

the exact color of the Sky determined? 199

the Weather Man able to predict tomorrow’s Weather? 58

Howitzers, 388

How large are Molecules? 324

How long does it take “Hello” to reach ’Frisco from New York on the

Transcontinental Line? 226

How many Post Offices are there in the U. S.? 218

How much Gold in a 14-carat Ring? 317

How much is a Duodecillion? 354

How much Salt do we each use a year? 478

How much silver is there in “Sterling” ware? 260

How the Self-loading Pistol developed, 139

How was Vulcanizing discovered? 105, 115

How were Motorcycles first made? 52

Hudson River Tubes, 493

Hunger, 588

Hunting, 75

Hybridization, 317

Hydraulic Compressors, 401

Forging Presses, 418

Jacks, 497

Swinging Arms, 494

Hydroaeroplanes, 507

Hydroelectric Station, 20

“Hypo,” 163

Ice, 322

Illumination, Electric, 273

Immersion Heaters, Electric, 211

Imperfections in Diamonds, 586

Incandescent Lamps, 275

Indians, 146, 336

Inner-tubes, 117

Inseam Trimming Machines, 440

Insole Tacking Machines, 437

Installing Motors, Auto, 528

Instruments, Range-finding, 403

Insulated Wire, 118

Interior Transverse Fissures, 344

Iron, 413

Irons, Electric, 200

Isinglass, 216

Istle, 132

Italian Guns, 389

Ivory, 314

Jaggery, 214

Jasper, 49, 149

“Jeweler’s Gold,” 448

Jewels, Synthetic, 361

Kerosene Engines, 556

Tractors, 561

“Kick the Bucket,” 171

“King can do no wrong,” 466

Knives, Table, 260, 333

Krupp Guns, 398

Lacing Machines, 438

Ladder Dredges, 23, 27, 490

Ladders, Fire, 451

“Lake” Submarines, 9

Land-crabs, 138

Lard, 301

Latten Spoons, 254

League Island Navy Yard, 160

Leather, 580

Lemons, 331

Lifting Magnets, 589

Lightning Bugs, 161

Lights, Electric, 273

Lignite, 251

Lilies, Violet-odored, 317

Limit Switches, 26

Line Engravings, 381

Liquid Air Plant, 461

“Liquid Fire,” 377

Listing Machines, 350

Lizards, 583

Llama, 99

Loading Platforms, 531

Lobsters, 384

Lock Gate Operating Machinery, 34

Locomotive Building, 543

Locomotives, 22, 24, 541

Long-bow, 80

Loose Nailing Machines, 443

Low Tension Currents, 262

Lumbering, 306

“Lump in the Throat,” 308

“Lynching,” 355

Machine Guns, 142, 391, 470

Magazines, 286

Magnets, 589

Mailing System, Magazines, 289

Manila Fiber, 132

Manure Spreaders, 572

Map, Tree-planting Regions of U. S., 269

Marsh-gas, 244

Masonic Signs, 262

“Master Clocks,” 344

Matchlock, 83

Matrix-drying Machines, 179

“Measurer of Blue,” 199

Meat, 292, 299

Mechanical Starter, Auto, 529

Megaphones, 308

Merchant Submarine Liners, 14

Mercury, 336

Mer de Glace, 322

Meters, Gas, 270

Mica, 203

Micrometric Regulators, 67

Military Air Tractors, 506

Milk, 383

Mine-planting Submarines, 11

“Mineralite” Balls, 360

Mining, Coal, 244

Mining, Gold, 448

Mining, Iron, 413

Mint, 302

Mobilization, 228

Molds, Steel, 431, 531

Molecules, 324

Monoplanes, 509

Monorail Railways, 73, 520

Moon, 181, 356

Mortars, 397

“Mother of Pearl,” 385

Motion Pictures, Assembling Films, 537

Projecting, 575

Taking, 536

Motor Assembling, Auto, 525

Motorcycles, 52

Motor Delivery Vans, 58

Fire Apparatus, 451

“Motor-paced Tandems,” 55

Motors, Electric, 262

Gasoline-Electric, 215

Motor Trucks, 223, 451, 481, 557

Mountain Guns, 390

Mt. Rainier, 323

Mt. Weather, 60

Moving-stairways, 238

Mowing Machines, 561

Multiple Switchboards, Telephone, 220

Muskets, 88

Muzzle-energy, Giant Guns, 398

Nailing Machines, 441

Names of States, 243

“Napier’s Rod,” 348

“Nautilus,” 10, 491

Naval Guns, 387

Navy Yards, 161

Neckties, 270

Negatives, 163

Nets, Fish, 328

Newspapers, 121, 172, 282

New York Sky-line, 493

New Zealand Flax, 132

Niagara Falls, 463

“Nine-pins,” 357

Nitrate of Soda, 459

Nitric Acid, 464

Nitrogen, 458

Nitrogen Fixation Ovens, 462

“No,” 149

Nuts, Cocoanuts, 214

Oats, 569

Observation Balloons, 515

Oceans, 169

Oil, Cod-liver, 216

Oil Cushion Buffers, 235

“Old Moon in the New Moon’s Arms,” 356

On-tempering, 420

Onyx, 149

Opals, 49, 149

Open-hearth Furnaces, 416

Oranges, 332

Ordnance, 386

Outsole Rapid Lockstitch Machines, 446

Ovens, Continuous Core, 532

Drying Painted Cars, 547

Electric, 210

Overhead Monorail Systems, 520

Oxygen Reviving Apparatus, 248

Oyster Dredging Apparatus, 16

Painting, Fresco, 336

Palms, 97, 214

Panama Canal, 17

Panama City, 35

Panama-Pacific Exposition, 230

Patent Leather, 583

Peanuts, 242

Pearl Fishing Equipment, 16

Pearls, 385

Imitation, 361

“Pebble Board,” 345

Pedro Miguel Locks, 22

Penetrating Powers of Projectiles, 398

Pennsylvania Station, 546

Percolators, Electric, 206

Percussion Fuses, 405

Periscopes, 13

Petrified Forests, 50

Phantom Circuits, 225

Philippine Carts, 131

Photo-engraving, 380

Photography, 162, 536

Pigeons, 216

Pig Iron, 429

Pigs, 293

Pike’s Peak, 557

Pine Tar, 129, 134

Pins, 318

Pirates, 150

Pistols, 139

Piston Machining, 522

Plants, 317

Plating, Electro, 257

“Plumcot,” 317

Pole Lathes, 87

Poles, Telephone, 222

Pool, 309

Pork, 292

Potato-diggers, 242

Power House, Niagara Falls, 465

Power Stations, 278, 519

Prairie Dogs, 42

Predictors, Range, 403

Printing, Color, 289

Printing-presses, 172, 282, 286

Projectile Forging, 419

Projectiles, 158, 398

Projecting Machines, 576

Proving Grounds, 399

Prunes, Stoneless, 317

Pulling-over Machines, 439

Pullman Cars, 544

Pyro, 163

Pyrometers, 534

Pyrotechnics, 150

Quarry, 540

Quenching Steel Forgings, 532

Radio Telephone and Telegraph, 263

Railroads, 344, 424, 470, 492, 541

Rails, Steel, 343

Railways, Aerial, 120

Monorail, 73, 520

Rakes, 567

Rammers, Gun, 407

Range Finders, 403

Ranges, Electric, 213

Rapid-fire Guns, 144, 391, 470

Rasps, 138

Razor Blades, 491

Reapers, 562

Reaping Hooks, 557

Rear Axle Assembling, Auto, 523

Record Making, Graphophone, 44, 47

Redwood, 272, 305

Refraction, 308

Refrigerating Machinery, 296

Return Chutes, Bowling Ball, 357

Revolvers, 139

Rifles, 75

Rock-boring, 97

Rock-crystal, 49, 149, 539

Rockets, 151

Rock Salt, 474

Roentgen Rays, 169

Rolling Bridges, 466

Roman Candles, 156

Rope, 121

Rounding and Channeling Machines, 444

Rubber, 98

Safe Deposit Vaults, 428

Safety Crew, Mines, 248

Salt, 473

Salt Fish, 330

Sand, 149, 180, 247

Sand-dunes, 180

Sandwiches, 119

Sausages, 292

Scythes, 558

Searchlight Projectiles, 158

Searchlights, 229

Self-binding Harvesters, 568

Semi-submersible Wrecking Apparatus, 16

Set Pieces, Pyrotechnic, 154

Sewing Machines, 279

Shaking Hands, 308

Sheep-growing, 252

Sheffield Plate, 256

Shells, 409

“Shibboleth,” 588

Shoes, 436

Shoes, Rubber, 115

Shoe Treeing Machines, 446

Shot-guns, 92

“Showing the White Feather,” 231

Shutters, Motion Picture Machine, 578

“Side-cars,” 56

Siege-howitzers, 388

Sight-seeing Cars, 482

Silhouettes, 163

Silica, 149

Silos, 271

Silver Plating, 253

Sinking of the “Bluecher,” 479

Siren Horns, 60

Sisal, 130

Skins, 580

Skiving Machines, 437

Sky, 180, 199

Sky-line, 121

Sky-rockets, 150

Slaughter-houses, 295

Sling-shot, 78

Smiling, 412

Smoking, Meat, 292

Snakes, “Glass,” 583

Soap, 298

Sole Laying Machines, 441

Sole Leather, 580

Sole Leveling Machines, 441

Soroban, 345

Sound, 47, 251, 333, 574

Speaking Tubes, 308

Spiders, 51, 146

Spineless Cactus, 317

Spinning, Hemp, 124

Spiral Chutes, 240

Spontaneous Combustion, 42

Spoons, 253

Sprinkler Systems, 523

Stabilizers, 74

Stamping Machines, 444

“Standard Gold,” 448

“Standard Yard,” 61

States, 243

Stations, Railroad, 546

Statue of Liberty, 378

Steam Drills, 19

Dynamos, 275

Fire Engines, 452

Hammers, 533

Harvesters, 560

Shovels, 28, 30, 38

Velocipedes, 52

Steel, 333, 343, 413, 470, 491, 532

“Sterling,” 260

Sting, Bee, 187

Stitch and Upper Cleaning Machines, 445

Stitch Separating Machines, 443

Stoat, 356

Stock Exchanges, 373

Stockyards, 297

Stoneless Prunes, 317

Story in a Billiard Table, 309

Bowling Alley, 357

Box of California Oranges, 331

Chemical Fire Extinguisher, 375

Giant Cannon, 386

Honey-comb, 183

Pin, 318

Rifle, 75

Sausage, 292

Silver Teaspoon, 253

Watch, 61

Story in Diamond-cutting, 584

Elevators and Escalators, 232

Firecrackers and Sky-rockets, 150

Photo-engraving, 380

Story in the making of a Pair of Shoes, 436

making of a Magazine, 286

making of a Picture, 162

Modern Lifting Magnet, 589

Printing of a Newspaper, 172

Talking Machine, 43

Telephone, 217

Story of a Deep Sea Monster, 468

a Piece of Chewing Gum, 337

America’s First Horseless Carriage, 290

an Automobile Factory, 518

an Up-to-date Farm, 556

Coal Mining, 244

Electricity in the Home, 200

Leather, 580

Rope, 121

Rubber, 98

Salt, 473

Self-loading Pistols, 139

the Addressograph, 364

the Advance of Electricity, 273

the Big Redwood Trees, 304

the Building of a Silo, 271

the Calculating Machine, 345

the Growth of the Motor Truck, 481

the Motion Picture-Projecting Machine, 575

the Motorcycle, 52

the Panama Canal, 17

the Submarine, 9

the Taking of Food from the Air, 458

the Tunnels Under the Hudson River, 492

the Wireless Telegraph, 263

Stoves, Electric, 208

Straightening Crank Shafts, 533

Street Cars, Gasoline, Electric, 215

Submarines, 9

Subway Construction, 283

Suction Dredges, 23, 27

Sugar Beets, 464

Sugar Cane, 459

Sugar-coating Machines, 338

Sulphuric Ether, 336

Sun, 181

Sun Dials, 61

Swine, 293

Swing Bridges, 466

Switchboards, 519

Synthetic Precious Stones, 361

Table Appliances, 205

Table-ware, 253, 333

Tack-pulling and Resetting Machines, 440

Taking Food from the Air, 458

Talking Machines, 43

Tanning, 580

Tar, Pine, 129, 134

Tarantulas, 146

Tawing, 583

Teeth, Chattering, 182

Telegraph, Wireless, 263

Telephone, 217

Telephone, Wireless, 226

Temperature, 315

Temperature Regulation, Foundry Furnaces, 534

Tension Spokes, 342

Third Rails, 283

Thistle, 593

Threshers, 560

Throat, 308

Time, 61

“Times Square,” 274

Tip-punching Machines, 439

Tires, Automobile, 117

“Tirth’s Stainless Steel,” 333

Toasters, Electric, 205

Tobacco, 458

Torpedo Guns, 404

Torpedoes, Gyroscope Equipment, 74

Torpedoes, Toys, 153

Tortoises, 171

Totem Poles, 149

“Touching Glasses,” 231

Towline, 126

Traction Elevators, 233

Tractors, Kerosene, 561

Train Chart, 283

Trains, 541

Trans-Atlantic Submarine Navigation, 14

Transcontinental Line, 225

Transmission, Electric, 261, 363

Transmission Covers, Auto, 526

Traveling Belt Conveyors, 535

Traveling Cranes, 536

Trawls, 327

Trees, Apple, 136

Buried, 247

Cocoanut, 214

Cow, 383

Date, 97

Fig, 198

Forestry, 267

Petrified, 49

Redwood, 304

Rubber, 108

Trench Artillery, 390

Tri-cars, 55

Trinity Church, 308

Trucks, Electric, 278

Electric Baggage, 545

Fire, 451

Motor, 223, 451, 481, 557

“Tune the old cow died of,” 539

Tunneling Shields, 494

Tunnels, 492, 520

Turbine Generators, 465

Turrets, 426

Twine Binders, 570

Twin Edge Setting Machines, 445

Type, 172

Under-water Boats, 9

Under-water Construction, 492

U. S. Battleship “Arizona,” also “Nevada” and “Oklahoma” Type, 266

U. S. Battleship “Mississippi,” 160

U. S. Battleship “Ohio,” 22

U. S. Guns, 386

U. S. Mint, Philadelphia, 449

Upper-trimming Machines, 439

Vacuum Cleaners, Electric, 212

Vacuum Dryers, 107, 112

Vamp Creasing Machines, 446

Vanadium Steel, 533

Vats, Tanning, 581

Vaults, 427

Ventilating Systems, 221, 247, 298, 520

Vessels, Fishing, 325

Veterinarians, Government, 298

Vulcanizing, 105, 115

Wall Street, 307

Washington Union Station, 546

Watches, 61

Watches, Nautical, 317

Water, 308, 333, 336, 411

Water Bottles, 118

Water Clocks, 63

“Water-finders,” 199

Water Fireworks, 158

Water-power, 461

Waterproofing, 106

Water-towers, 457

Weather Bureau, 58

Weight of Projectiles, 398

Wells, 96, 199

Wells, Salt, 473

Welt and Turn Machines, 445

Welt Lasting Machines, 440

Wetterhorn Mountain, 120

What Animals are the best Architects? 51

What are Cyclones? 450

Dreams? 182

Dry Docks like? 159

“Fighting Fish”? 199

Petrified Forests? 49

White Blackberries like? 317

What causes a Lump in a Person’s Throat? 308

an Echo? 574

Floating Islands? 504

What do we mean by an “Eclipse”? 181

“Deviation of the Compass”? 435

“Hobson’s Choice”? 169

the “Flying Dutchman”? 180

“The Old Moon in the New Moon’s Arms”? 356

What does the biggest Fish ever caught look like? 468

expression “Showing the White Feather” come from? 231

Sheep-Grower get for the wool in a Suit of Clothes? 252

What Family has over 9,000,000 members? 216

What happens when Animals Hibernate? 241

What is a Deep Sea Diver’s Dress like? 411

Dictagraph? 262

Diesel Engine like? 252

Diving Bell? 489

“Divining Rod”? 199

Drawbridge like Today? 466

“Drying Machine” like? 372

Game Preserve? 270

Geyser? 40

“Glass Snake”? 583

Mexican Bull-fight like? 363

Silo? 271

What is an Aerial Railway like? 120

Armored Railway Car like? 370

“Electric Eel”? 472

Electro-magnet? 317

up-to-date Farm like? 556

What is Cork? 385

“Dry Farming”? 372

Forestry Work, 267

Rubber? 98

Spontaneous Combustion? 42

“Standard Gold”? 448

What is the difference between a Cruiser and a Battleship? 478

difference between “Alternating” and “Direct” Current? 363

Greatest Discovery of the last twenty-five years? 458

Hottest place in the U. S.? 315

Natural Color of Goldfish? 377

principle of “Foreign Exchange”? 356

What kind of a Crab Climbs Trees? 138

Dogs are Prairie Dogs? 42

Steel Knives do not Stain or Rust? 333

What makes a Chimney Smoke? 158

a Stick seem to Bend in Water? 308

our Teeth Chatter? 182

What Metals can be Drawn into Wire best? 450

What Progress has been made toward Universal Service since the opening

of the Transcontinental Telephone Line? 226

What started the habit of Touching Glasses before drinking? 231

What was the “Court of Love”? 363

the origin of Masonic Signs? 262

What were “Ducking Stools”? 379

Hour Glasses originally used for? 63

the First Apartment Houses in this country? 336

When does a Tortoise move quickly? 171

When is Exchange at Par? 356

When was “Liquid Fire” first used in Warfare? 377

New York the Capital of this Country? 379

Where are Fireflies used for Domestic Lighting? 161

Milk-pails filled from Trees? 383

Where did the Ferris Wheel get its name? 342

Where do Dates come from? 97

Figs come from? 199

Pearls come from? 385

Where does Ermine come from? 356

Rubber come from? 98

White Blackberries, 316

“White Elephant,” 435

Who discovered Rubber? 98

the Slide Rule Principle? 348

Who invented Arms and Ammunition? 76

Who made the first American Automobile? 290

the first practical Talking Machine? 43

Why are Finger-prints used for Identification? 74

Why are they called “Newspapers”? 121

Why are Windows broken by Explosions? 231

Why do Lobsters Change Colors? 384

some of us have Freckles? 412

Why do they call it “Shibboleth”? 588

call them “Fiddler-crabs”? 229

have a Dog-watch on Shipboard? 317

say “The King can do no Wrong”? 466

Why do we always shake Hands with our Right Hand? 308

Why do we call a Man “A Benedict” when he Marries? 149

Why do we call it “Denatured Alcohol”? 478

“Hob-Nobbing”? 231

the “Adam’s Apple”? 321

the “Almighty Dollar”? 355

Why do we call them “Artesian Wells”? 96

“Cravats”? 270

“Dog-days”? 301

“Sandwiches”? 119

“X-Rays”? 169

Why do we call 32° above Zero “Freezing”? 336

Why do we Count in Tens? 345

Why do we Dream? 182

get Hungry? 588

say “a White Elephant”? 435

say “Get the Sack”? 169

say “Kick the Bucket”? 171

say “the Tune that the Old Cow Died of”? 539

Smile when we are Pleased? 412

Why does a Duck’s Back shed Water? 180

Why does a Lightning Bug light her Light? 161

rope cling together? 136

shaking the head mean “No”? 149

Why doesn’t the sky ever Fall Down? 180

Why is it called “Battery Park”? 379

“Death Valley”? 315

“Lynching”? 355

Why is it necessary to keep unusually quiet when fishing? 333

Why is the Thistle the Emblem of Scotland? 593

Why is there always a soft spot in a cocoanut shell? 214

Why is “Wall Street” known round the World? 308

Why were rubber trees called “Siphonia”? 108

Windows, 231

Wire, 118, 132

Wire-drawing, 450

Wireless Telephone and Telegraph, 263

Wire Stitching Machines, Magazines, 287

Wood, Apple, 136

Cocoanut, 214

Redwood, 272, 304

Wool, 252

Woolworth Building, 234

Wrapper, Leaf Tobacco, 458

Wrecking Apparatus, 16

“X”-Rays, 169

X-Ray View of a New York Street Crossing, 503

X-Ray View of Underground Tunnel Construction, 502

“Yankee,” 171

Yard Measure, 61

“Yes,” 149

“Zeppelins,” 511

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