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Identifier: popularsciencemo89newyuoft (find matches)
Title: Popular science monthly
Year: 1872 (1870s)
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Subjects: Science
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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On the Island of Laysan inOceania, Thousands of Al-batross Live from No-vember to January. TheIsland Is So Rarely VisitedThat It Is a VeritableAlbatross Paradise. TheBirds Are Splendid Flyersand Swimmers, but on DryLand They Are as Clumsyas Geese. The Spread ofWing of Albatross is Seven -teen Feet, and the Lengthof the Body Four Feet The Albatross Breeds Be-tween November andDecember. The Nests AreMere Holes Dug in theGround and Lined withTwigs and Grass. TheFemale Lays Only OneEgg. In March the OldBirds Leave the Island.They Return in Octoberand Drive Away TheirOwn Young—Which H:iveGrown Up into StrongFighters in the Meantime 4-^8 for Fertilizer and Ecftj.s. Products of the Albatross
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An English Company Is Exploiting the Island as a Source of Guano Fertilizer. A ShipLands Periodically and the Eggs of the Albatross Are Gathered in Wheel-Barrows. TheEggs Are Sold in Honolulu, Even Though They Are Not as Fresh as They Might Be 429 A Six-Wheel Automobile CentrallyLocatedHorizontal »■Wrist Plnte AMICHIGAN inventor has workedout a steering mechanism for fourwheels of a six-wheel \ehicle. Hisin\ention is unicjuc in that it embodiesno radical changes from existing methodsnow in use, but rather distributes theapplicable use of thosemethods. He has foundthat there are specialadvantages in drivingall four wheels wheresoft tires are used, asbe\ond a certain limitthe tracti\e strain onsuch tires, especiallypneumatic tires, is sodestructive that it isimpracticable to drivewith two wheels for aload of more than fouror five persons. Furthermore, heclaims that another ad-vantage in a doubleor four-wheel drivewhere all four wheelsare steered, is that therear wheels always fol-low

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  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookpublisher:New_York___D__Appleton
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