Housekeeper. Economising Coal
HINT'S on how to economise coal are generally more or lees acceptable in the middle-class home, and I gladly pass on a hint given to me a few days ago by one…
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Mining & the mines, 1905
9 stories in Central Coast's papers
Electricity From Coal
A Chicago inventor, Hugo Jone, is said to have hit upon a scheme of utilising the coal in producing current, thereby dispensing with boilers, engines, dynamos,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working of Machine Coal Cutters, the Rhondda Pit
It will be remembered that some little while ago machines were introduced into this State from America, the idea being that they would be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Chemical Action on Gold
The reputation which gold enjoys as the most unalterable of metals is being undermined by the researches of a number of chemists. A review of recent work, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Oak Mine
A Russian timber dealer has discovered a valuable mine of oak. It is in a river of South Russia, in layers three or four feet deep, scattered over 150 square miles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colour of Gold
Few people know the teal colour of gold, because it is seldom seen except when heavily alloyed, which makes it much redder than when it is pure. The purest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imitation Gold
Very often the painter is called upon to imitate gold ornaments when painting ornamental ironwork or shop fronts, iron palings, etc, partly, of course, to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wonderful Coal Cutting Machine
A new coal-cutting machine is creating much interest among miners. It weighs 150 pounds, is worked by compressed sir, and is said to be wonderfully successful in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We Wish our Farming, Grazing, Mining, and all other Kindred Industries a Prosperous New Year. His First Christmas Tree
I dess 'cy's not a boy in town 'At's luckier 'an me, Tause mamma she Jus' let me have My firstsus Trismus tree…
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