This image, purporting to name each and every part of a buggy, is from the February 1905 issue of the magazine Popular Mechanics. (Thanks to investigator Rose Fox for bringing it to our attention.) [That’s from the article “Snippets of Instruction,” in AIR 15:4.]
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A Watch What Question
Investigator Joseph Schoolcraft writes [AIR 15:5]: Perhaps one of your readers can help me identify the metal used to make the watch fob borne by the gentleman standing at the rear center of this photo. I have reason to believe he is none other then Helio More, the father of Drake More and uncle of […]
Mel Located at Lower Left, Reportedly
Investigator Lheal Chormnast writes [AIR 15:5]: You are going to hate me, and maybe you already do. But I have happy news! I apologize for taking up your time and so very many pages of your letters column. Thank you for publishing my now-sadly-lengthy series of letters (most recently in AIR Vents 15:4) in reproducing […]
Horton Sees a Pluto
Meg Muckenhoupt wrote a poem about Pluto: Horton Sees a Pluto [AIR 15:5] On a hot night in August, while strolling in Prague, Horton the elephant peered through the fog. With his portable telescope tied on a string He looked at the heavens and spotted… a thing! So Horton stopped walking and stared at the spot. […]