Facts and Notes.
' There are now in India 9591 iniles of com-, pleted railroads. . • During August, 1881,15,923,'717ga11pn50f petroleum were exported from Philadelphia,, A good cement for'repairing glass is said to be scoured by dissolving fine glue in strong acetic acid to forma thin paste.' ■_'. . ; Long Telephone' Circuit.—The telephone has been ; successfully worked over a distanoo of 350 niiles between 1 Buffalo and Patterson in New York' and New Jersey States, The ybice could be recognised, but owing to the sputtering and snapping caused by induction (the 1 wires were close to the ordinary lines), the words could not be distinguished. ' : Propos'ed Electrical Exhibition in London,-, —An effort is beirig'made to secure the holding of ah International Electrical Exhibition in Crystal Palace, London, during the coming year. The prospects are.aaid to'be good,, inarty of thp exhibitors at Paris having agreed to contribute." . The old; proverl? of the prophet, &c, ; is
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 15 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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149Facts and Notes. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1049, 15 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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