Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 313, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1918 — THINGS NEW UNDER THE SUN [ARTICLE]

THINGS NEW UNDER THE SUN

A new spring sprocket for motors cycles is said to eliminate the jars due to irregular power transmission without lessening the efficiency of the motor. For motion picture projector a , French inventor has condensed the light in an incandescent lamp in a small area by coiling a spiral filament closely. Explorers believe that Lake Tanganyika in Africa is the deepest body of fresh water in the world, a record heretofore assigned to Lake Baikal in Asia. By heating napthaline under~-pres-sure in the presence of aluminum chloride German scientists have produced an oil that can be used for illuminating purposes. A machine has been invented for fish canneries that cleans and dresses salmon at a rate of one a second, equivalent to the labor of 60 expert hand workers. “ The shade over a new electric table lamp can be inverted and used as a cooking bowl, while the stand a toaster and grill that can be placed inside the bowl. The rear end of an automobile lock--er of English invention is made of ground glass, on which a car’s number can be painted and illuminated at night by a lamp inside the locker. For fighting fires in small towns a light but efficient motor-driven pump has been mounted on a carriage that can be hauled as a trailer by any automobile, or horse-drawn vehicle.