Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1917 — “THE WORLD DO MOVE” [ARTICLE]

“THE WORLD DO MOVE”

A recently patented eye shade is supported from the nose like eyeglasses and is re-enforced by a malleable mbtal band that permits it to be fitted to heads of all shapes. Engineers in Sweden are experimenting with perforating the webs of street car rails to increase their resiliency and increase their life when laid on rigid foundations. ’ The doors of a new street car designed with the safety of passengers in view cannot be opened while the car is in motion and the car cannot be started while the doors are open. Water valves 12 feet in diameter and so. constructed that they will close automatically in event of ?a break in the pipe have been built for a hydroelectricplant in Utah. Boat davits for seagoing vessels that an Alabama man has invented resemble long cranes that lower boats into the sea at a safe distance from a vessel or from one listed to the opposite side. ’ • / ‘\