The above picture shows I.a Chatham, which, in company with HAMS. Blenheim, is now being broken up Porbroke Jock. The Chatham will be! remembered for hor very fina work in the capture of the German cruiser Koonlgshers in 1Ui4.
To-day she is obsolete and considered fit only for scrap iron.
Although there is a cor tsin athos in this ruthlare dutruction of men-o'war, it has at least the compensation that it provides work for a good ded of skilled and tnekillod labour.
Note the orgies end gloves worn by the workman wielding the oxy-acetelyne blowpipe parks and burns, aga protection against fying There is, indeed, no parallel in any other country, for in the United States the old line between science and industry has almost vanished.
A bulletin issued by the American Library Association recently brought out these points, and states that this Knowledge is diffused in two ways. Either plants have established thei own laboratories and are employing their own experts, a systematic study is undertaken of the latest books, xeientifie journals and other publications. The latter method is important because not every plant can maintain its own laboratory, and bezaure a wide circulation of these publications reduces duplication of research and assures to an industry as a whole the benefit of the'lutest and most scientific knowledge,
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