Part 42

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

Acknowledgment

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