NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 49

NOTES AND QUERIES.

-Qaestioai lor reply in comiqg issue t« bt n- ' o«iT»* flot- l»Ur thaa- MONDAY nisbt. , I r , •?>''. Z: V", X. neks, if a girl under »ge may be married with the .father's written consent. "signed by two witnesses. There is a "iorm obtainable at the Registrar's which. relates to rocbactse. In ordinary crcum«t*nces it is not sufficient for the paper -to be signed by two witnesses. It must ■be -signed 'before either a justice of the pe*ce, notary public, magistrate, or some minister under the act. Sitbscbieer. Alexandra, ask for directions ,o make bi-chloride of gold for photographic purposes. Place two sovereigns in r large, clean, wide-mouthed pickle , bottle, and pour over them a solution made oi strong -nitric acid (pure) Joz, muriatic • acid (pure) 2Joz. As the above mixed acids give out strong fumes, injurious to health, i i is as well to place the bottle and con- . snts outside on a window-ledge until the ioilowing morning, when the sovereigns will be dissolved and there will "He a Strong yellowish solution which must be carefully tr.d slowly neutralised with a saturated k -. very strong solution of bi-carbonate of soda. This bi-carbons'.e solution must be *dded a little at a time, stirring all the time with a stout slip of glass. The soda solution must be continually added until j all effervescence ceases When ibis is the j case the solution mcv b? iric?p u»* i-n j 20oz by adding water. The solution thus mode can -be us? 3 for tor.mg cams in me proportion ji! X or. IJ. .drachms to ]2oz •water, or perhaps. more water , as required. It depends upon the speed required, also 'tho number -f pictures to be toned. It is advisable to bend the sovereigns so -that they may not lie together Ot-D* SCBSCRr«£K nsks — U> Tkc mcc cf a single .ticket from the Some Country to ifew Zealand ; (2) if it is cheaper to buy the j ticket here- o* .a* home. ID The prices range from £17 to £74, according to the class travelled; (2) there is no difference In the prfce^ tickets, may. be purchased either here oi at Home. jbsceibeh, Lawrence. — In- the -Products ; Export Act it is provided that " products "

or " product " means graix, hops, hemp, ] fruit pulp, -pples, pears, an<? poultry. Legislation would therefore appear to be necessary before wool -ould be officially inspected before export, and it is scarcely likely that legislation will be passed to apply to the oresent wool season, if there n any Intention of altering the law to make provision for the inspection of wool. Akxious Inquirer. — Any of the leading booksellers of the Dominion could procure for you _a copy of Beitraege zur Geburtshilpe, published at Leipsic, through their London agents. The coat would probably be considerable .if the work has not been translated and published, in England.* Stibscbibeb.-'-You can obtain a scythe (blade and handle) of the best quality at any of the leading ironmongers and in' many of the country stores. The price, Messrs Thomson, .tfridger, and Co. inform us, is with a stone. 7s 6d. RotSA. — In connection with your query " How to clem black bead trimming." a correspondent has kindly written to say that she found that simply damping it with a rag dipped in good black ink is a very effective way of restoring black bead trimming. Constant Reader writes: — "The Rsv. J. A. Lambert, R.C. priest, in his Notes on Ingersoll, chap. 2. page 17, writes:— 'Tbe Equator all" round the earth is a, mountain 13 miles higher than the surface- at the Poles. Wtuter runs up in all rivers • that run towards the Equa-tor." "The ijissisBip"pi River . carries its waters up- an inclined plane a perpendicular distance of four miles,' " etc. Is the above sta.tem.-ent correct? Is 'runs' a proper word to describe water going-up, as he says the, above river does?"— — Th<? facts qeea* to fca that owing to the earth revolving once about every 24 hours, the centrifugal force thus brought into action causes the sea to rise and maintain its normal level somewhere about «s Father Lambert mentions. The river in question runs down hill if we accept the level thus raised at the equator, by the constantly acting centrifugal force, but if the rotation of the earth ceased there seems no doubt but that the river would flow backwards to its source, and the waters of the seas would also do fch.€ same, emptying a+ the equator and rising at thY Doles, probably getting nearer globe-shape than at present. A - B .- C _ ask . s how t0 c!ean a whi{ * chiffon hat. Possibly some of our readers may be able to supply the information. ■- We should be inclined to think it could not be done with any degree of success. * ,wantß, wantB to know the name and date of the last English Sovereign crowned v c , °\ lll1 * 1111 * 1 - Our correspondent should define what he means by "an English Sovereign." Edward VI. the last ?? is T^- dor , km = s - w *s crowned in 1547. Harold 11, the last of the- Saxon kings, I came to the throne in 106 S. Lbna.— A certificate of competency of Standard V can be issued only after the pupil has been examined bj the inspector The certificate qualifying for free tuition at a high school is the proficiency certificate, and for this the pupil must "be specially exanmned by the inspector either at his ; own, school or at ano flier school. Constant Readbe, Maheno.— (l) To nake bird-lime put half a pint of good Unseed oil into an old pot or pipkin in which the oil will not more than fill it one-third Put it on a slow fire, stir it ocoasion*lly> until it .thiekeas as much as required. This can be ascertained by coat- | ing the stick used to stir the mixture in. water and testing if with the fingers. It is best nrade -hard. I* too hard it can i be melted again by adding a little more ; oil, stirring it well. It can also, be" brought .back to the consistency required by the use of «, little archangel tar. (2) •The fee for consultal-ion with a solicitor would depend upon the nature of the business, a also would the charge for writing a letter. In everyday transactions the consultation fee would bs 6s Bd, and the charge for writing a letter ss. X; Y. Z., Orepuki, writes: — "Suppose a man •die« without making a will, and has - brothers., can these brothers ster> in and take part of the estate from the vriidow (no children)?".-^- If the estate is worth le«s than £500 tbe widow takes the whole.. If worth, mote than dE500.» two-thirda to the widow and one-third to tb< brothers. S. B. — H. M. Davey. consulting engin^r, replies:— lf you hang the single block from a beam and pass the rope it • with the weiarht at one end of tbe said rope and you pulling at the other I there is no leverage. This yon can tell, j because for every foot you pull the weieht risea a foot. If, however, you secure the weight to th bock. and tie one end of the rope to a fixed support and pull at the other end, you get a purchase of two to one. Thit you can also tell if you like by noticing that you pull two feefor each foot the weight rnoveSi (2) If you mean the holes to ba in snch th-in^e as augers, a- they seem to be. and a, handle Da'ssec through the hole, it does | not- matter which you hnve for all that matters » the distance from the centre of the apindle to tne part of the handes you FT I ?- T? 18 being the same, the holes will b9 the same as far as leverage concerns in. cither case. If you mean some other ' thine, please write and say what "you do mean-. Yaouma writes— "Suppose a nerson had written an article or story, which a local newspaper had printed, but had not paid fo'wDuld the person be justified in pending that contribution to another journal, say in Australia, which would pay for it? Or would it be considered the property of the oaoer that printec? if" Th-a writer 1 would be justified in sending the pontri- ' bution to an3tb°r journal, nrovuled the ; local journal had not it while in book form apfl eopyi''"r4ed that li-ok. Novice ask?: — (1) What voltage (electricity) wou'd externinale an ordinary man life"? (2) Would it d-y to charge accumulator." on any electric wire, say a car wire, on anvwbpre where there is m. production of eVctricity 0 (1) Defend* upon tbp irdividual. Men have been killed under certain circumstances by 23C volts, but SCO volte is pot considered to be dansrerous. (2) Accumulators can be charged from any direct current supply, necessary precau- | tions being taken to limit tbe charging I current to Hie "-" v >aritv of +h° c°'!=. j Igjcobajtus. — (1) Money ,t fixed, deposit is 1 money placed at the disposal of a bank or other institution for a fixed period, say three, six. or *2 months, or any Tonger period. Bsnks can thus pay interest or th»«? fixed d<» - oosir<i because th» nvmey can i be lent out to others for n fixed period. i Deposits at rail niav be withdrawn at any moir-ent. and are therefore ot less valu to banks, etc. (2) A politknl oarty meanthose who favour or are united to promote certair views or opinions, as the Liberal i party, the Reform parts', the Democratic aartv. the narty f mor»> idea=, et«\ Politics in the narrower and more usual sense is the art or vocation of " guiding or influencing public opinion, attracting and marshalling voter?, ad distributing ; public pa-fronase, and, 'n an evil genre, the schemes and political intrigues of politi-

cal parties or cliques. Party politics fre-

quently means the exclusion of ethical

prnciples in the interests of the party. New Subscriber. — Mr H. M. Davey, con- ■ suiting engineer, Princes street, replies: (1) The position is this: The 3in nozzle should deliver absut four and one-eighth > heads of water. The lOin line ought only | to have two heads passing through it to j give you practically the best results, out ihe 20:n me couxl easily pass eight and three-quarter heads. 'If you forced the full amount through the smaller pipe line you would lose about Bft of effectual • head per each 100 ft of the pipes. (2) j You would have to state a case. XTn- ! - fortunately, these things axe not all such ' a.- .-a. oe stated in a nutshell, the diferences of falls, etc., entering into the result. In this case a 14in pipe line is , as small as yon could safely nave to suit ! a 3in nozzle at the fall you have mentioned. ' You see, in pipes the quantity of water j passing is such that it should not exceed 4ft per second (even less is slightly better), while your 3in nozzle will discharge from less than one to over nine heads, accord- [ ing to the pressure behind it. j D. JiE'C. Lowburn. — Mr xi. M. D&vey. consulting engineer, Princes street, replies: — (1) With a good centrifugal pump, properly ' placed, you might get, say, 700 to 800 gallons per minute. (2) Had you considered i • you would have seen that no one could j possibly say if., any, or, say, 800 - gallons ■' of water per minute could or " would percolate through 500 ft of utterly unknown s.tr>iia— that .-s- if you mean, you eo-u-d expect *o iwncuat of water from the well, but you aught perhaps mean by the words ( " to keep a 10 horse-power engine going "* ; the amount neaded to cool the engine and ifsfer) tbe -pqi" full; if so, it is probable you might. (3) You omit the local ' cost per •»sji,op — c -tv,» Ver»sene. therefore, you see I could not tell you the cost as well as y/-u ;ou-a get it o«illv from the store. (4). Kerosene is ÜBed, and Mt A. Fieldwick, Octagon, kindly informs me that the engines for which he is the agent use sevene"".rth= of a ->int for each of the 10 horse-

power per each hour of running. He would .■ give you prices, etc., if you wish to buy. ! T. H., Outram. — Mr H. M. Davey, consulting engineer, replies: — As you have put the question, the answer is that a 1 horsepower steam £ngine is equal to a 1 horsepower ml engine. This, "however, is often not so in practice, for oil -•ngines are geenrally made to brake horse-power, and - even then they may vary, if made to American standards; for instance, where a horsepower is less than a British one. Or asteam engine may be sold of a nominal horse-power which may be anything from* a little less to a great deal more than a, brake horse-power. If *you warlt the power of any particular engine send the . boilerpressure, the speed, length of stroke, and diameter of cylinder, with the position of ' the cut-off, and it can be approximately calculated.