Amazing Stories, August 1927 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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450 over the trees and houses, and smashing amidst the neighboring fields. One may picture, too, the sudden shifting of the attention, the swiftly spreading coils and bellyings of that blackness advancing headlong, towering heavenward, turning the twilight to a palpable darkness, a strange and horrible antag- onist of vapour striding upon its victims, men and horses near it seen dimly, running, shrieking, fall- ing headlong, shouts of dismay, the guns suddenly END OF What Do You Know? R EADERS of AMAZING STORIES have frequently commented upon the fact that there is more actual knowledge to be gained through reading its pages than from many a textbook. Moreover, most of the stories are written in a Popular vein, making it possible for any one to grasp important facts. The questions which we give below are all answered on the pages as listed at the end of the ques- Please see if you can answer the questions first without looking for the answer, and see how well tions. you check up on your general knowledge. voting coupon which you will find elsewhere. will publish one every month. 1, How far is Mars from the Sun? (page 423), 2. Is Mars supposed to be older than the Earth? (page 423). 3. What is the closest we ever get to Mars? (page 423). 4, Would you weigh more or less tipon the surface of Mars than on Earth? (page 431). What is the Spectrogram of a star? (page 461). 6. What does the astronomer mean by good or bad “seeing”? (page 461). 7. What power does an astronomer use under good conditions for planetary work? (page 461). 8. What is factorial calculation? (page 464). 9. What is the duodecimal system of notation? (page 464). When is a planet in opposition and when is it nearest to the earth? (page 467). 11. What do you know about the mountains of Mars? page 468). What do you know about a possible application of relativity to age? (page 479). Is there such a thing as old age biologically con- | sidered? (page 479). 14. Is an automatic dishwasher and dryer a possi- bility? (page 493). 15, What should be done to a flesh Sond as soon as possible? (page 499). 5. What are haemostats? (pages 499 and 501). If you wish to see a questionnaire of this kind every, month, do not fail to mark your teply on the If there is sufficient demand for the questionnaire we AMAZING STORIES abandoned, men choking and writhing on the ground, and the swift broadening out of the opaque cone of smoke. And then, night and extinction— nothing but a silent mass of impenetrable vapour hiding its dead. Before dawn the black vapour was pouring through the streets of Richmond, and the disinte- grating organism of government was, with a last expiring effort, rousing the population of London to the necessity of flight. Part I 17, When severed arteries and veins are tied up with gut in surgical practice what becomes of the gut? (page 499). What is the atom? (page 503). if . atom smaller than the molecule? (page 3 What is the atom made of? What are its parts? (page 503). What do the outer circulatory electrons of the atoms do? (page 503). How big is an electron compared to the hydrogen atom? (page 504). Can the image of stars be gotten upon the photo- graphic plate when the stars are too far away to be seen? (page 504), What is the speed of light? (page 504). How could you separate crystalline molecules from colloids? (page 504). Taking organic poisons as colloids, how would you keep them from entering the circulatory system in the oase of a flesh wound or amputa- tion? (page 504). What is strychnine, and what does it come from? (page 510 What valuable metal is present in sea-water? (page 489). What is the volume of the ocean? (page 492). What must you remember in a parachute descent ? (page 474). 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Ae HAINAUT Beginning with October AROUND THE UNIVERSE By RAY CUMMINGS 7S Cb OOKsie Onn