Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-12
From Sears Magazine.
Minute Wonders OF Nature and Art.

Minute Wonders OF Nature and Art.
LEwENnoEcK, the great microscopic observer,
calculates that thousand millions of animal
culn which are discovered in common water,
are not altogether so large as grain OF sand.
In the milt ofa single Goldfish there are more an
imals than there are upon the whole earth for
grain of sand is bigger than four millions of
them. The white matter that sticks TO the teeth
also abounds with animalculp in the shape of
eeIs. A mite was ahcently thought the limit
OF littleness; but we are now surprised to be
told OF animals twenty-seven millions of times
smaller than mite. Alonssa de rIsle has vi.
ven the computation of the velocity of the little
creature scarce visible by its smallness, which
he found to run three inches in half second
snpposing now its feet to be the fifteenth part
OF line, it must make FIVE hundred steps in the
space OF three inches, that is, it must SHIFT its
legs five hundred times in IA second, or in the
ordinary pulsation of an artery.
The probosis of butterfly. which winds
round in spiral form, like the spring of
watch, serves both for mouth and tongue, by en-
terlng into the hollows of flowers and extracting
their dews and juices. The seeds ofs,rawber-
ries rise out the pulp of the fruit, and appear
themselves like strawberries when viewed by
the microscope. The farina Of the sun.fawer
seems composed of fiat circular minute DO.
dies, sharp pointed round the edges 4; the mid.
die of them appears transparent, and exhibits
some resemblance To the flower it proceeds
from. The powder seeds of cucumbers and me.
barley. That of the lily is a great deal like
the tulip. The hairs of the head are long tubular
fibres through which the blood circuues. The
sting of bee is horny sheath or scabhard that
includes two bearded darts the sting of a wasp
has boards on the side nf each DART somewhat
like the boards of fish hooks. The eye OF gnats
are pcarlcd, or composed of many rows of little
semi circular pro'ubcrances ranged with the ut.
most exac,ne.s. The wandering or hunting
spider. who spins no web, has two tufts of ica.
. thcr fixed 10 its fore paws OF exquisite hraurv
4. and colornG. A grain OF sand will cover two
hundred scales of the skin, and also cover twrn-
ty thousand places were perspiraton may issue
forth Mr.. Baker has jnstly observed with res
pect to the Deity, that with him ian atom is a
world, and a world is but an atom"
Mr. Power says he saw golden chain at
not more than an inch in length fastened to and
pulled away by fca.-And | myself says Ba.
ker, in his Essay on the Microscope have seen
very lately aud have examined with my micro
= scope, chaisc [made by one Mr.. Boyerick, a
. Matchmaker having four wheels with all the
:. proper apparatus belonging to ,othem,turning rea
a dlly on their axles, together with a man setting
e in the chqise, all formed of ivory, and drawn q
long by flea without any seeming difficulty
[ weighed it with The greatest care was able
and found the chalse, man and flea, were barel
equal to q single grain. weighed also at til,
u same time and place. brass chain made by III,
same hand, about two inches long containing tw,
hundred links with hook at one end and
paddock and key at the other, and found it les
than the third part of grain. likewise haV
seen n quadrllc table, with n drawer in il, al
u eating toble, sdeboard table. a looking glass
5 twelve chairs with skeleton backs two doze'
= plates, six dozen knives, and as many forks
I. twelve spoons two salts, frame and castorS, 70
g gether with gentleman, lady, and footman, al
y contained in cherry stone, and not filing mucI
- more than half of it. At the present day are Il
lie be purchased cherry stones highly polished will
: ivory screws which contains each one hundred
a. and twenty perfect silver spoons; an lnge
at Nous bauble worthy the patronage Of the juve
!. nile part of the community. We are told tha
~ :. one Oswald Mernger made cup of pepper
lt corn which held twelve hundred other lltt
cups, oil turned in ivory, each of them beln!
y" git on the edges, and standing upon foot mn
NJ that so far from being crowded, or wantin,
room, the peppcr.corn would have held four hun
dred more. One pennyworth of crude iron ca
IN by art be manufactured into wutch-sprlngs, :
;, as to produce some thousand pounds.
Is FoR YouNG MEs.-Mr. Delavon, the Ten
Ill p.rance Reiorner of Albany, was, in youth,
member of a club numbering fifty member
who used to meet at Public House to EMO
social gass.-One evening while on his wa
to the club, he suddenly stopped and excame
sw aloud, Right about ftce And he did right I
ks, bout face !; and suid TO the gentleman 20 whoI