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North Dock.

South Dock

Prince of Wales Dock.

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INTRODUCTION OF PAPERHANGINBS.

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fCEENCE NOTES AND NEWS.

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"ELECTRIC STEEL" IN GERMANY.

MEASURING THE INFINITE

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MEASURING THE INFINITE Of all the sciences, astronomy, probably, is the Most impressive and awe-inspiring The spaos within the confines of the solar systc^n -whiofo earth is part, and the outermost known membee of which is nearly 3,000,000,000 miles from the oentre, is but a drop in the ocean of space. We think of and measure distances on earth in terms of an inch or a yard or a mile. The smallest yard-stict, so to speak, with which the astro- nomer measures distance in the universe is the semi-diameter of the earth's orbit, roughly speaking, 93,000,000 miles. Such figures are of very little use to the ordinary person, but thef may serve, says the Pictorial Magazine, to give some notion of the gmndeur of that human inteV lect which can unravel and systeniatlOOthe 10" teriea of the stars

THE ORIGIN OF GUNPOWDER.,

FACTS ABOUT BUILDING STONl.