The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-11-19
FACTS IN NATURAL HISTORY.
b. PROFESSOR sAFEs.

M IAnfESslk NAfES.
wsrIion q csc fees only in tie hope
II shns lHg Tia, lheae - pleasure IN study
ing ne sr,eares, and whsn 49, Gene 10
nalnrsl hi.lory ~ shall ilnd Tie study Of
hat silil mnte sa,Usife., TIE animal aid
vegetable sorlis ste vel verify Of abser-
g.iiGn. Pt.bhhly You I'll kn0s shat 10
mean, by = cyeioid. Il we NIKE . spot
on he pruple'y Of a NJ eel. tEa,sliins On
= rlsnt. Ihe bR"rr wLieb thst spnl dee.
efth.s il = eyclnii. Now ihrre is no
figure IN whirh hndy ran be NOS ed nh
- mUeh Eslority and such regularity Of
SPEED. rot eyrn the straight hue. Msiis.
mate ats discoyFrsd his not many years
ago: hit n>i"'e's Col ,srglIii 10 lie eagle
before msinfmsucs WIRE in,fHset; aaI
~hsn lie eagle pounces Oh HE prey, be
drsr'I0es the figure 81 u eysloid.
4 lobe placed in ssrT. or ~ air. 10
m'' ing mssts with 'sasIsnra. and H. So
i"eny wiil b. retarded. II yon alter ,na
o"e h the iofm ~ 81 egg. there w'ti he
less tesa.tanre. And ihrn there Is form
called he solid Of least resistance, ahleh
matte aoaicisn. studied lnr nsny Keafs TO
"t.r"v-r sud when they had discovered
-, hey ta,,nd tie, hsd the form Of li.h's
hrs!! N.nrs had - rieged out tie lisa"
" "a iusI such fgnrs.
The feathers II hITds, and each psricG-
lm pant III hen. are arargtd NJ such
angis as 10 he mess efficient in assisting
aigh,. Tie human eve has mirror. on
4 which objects are reflected, and a nerve
/ hy which these reflections are conveyed
IN the brain, and thus we are enshled 10
i.kP IN interest in the objects which pass
b.Gyre the eye. NV, ~hsn The eve is
3 too cnnSEx, We use one kid 81 glasses to
eoUerl the fsUl'; and If il he not co"sex
enough. or five wish % look At ehi.cis
at d'sishce, we use gla.sJs Of entnely
another description.
/ But, as birds cannot get speciaries,
Providence has given them method Of
supplying lhe deficiency. They have
I - 4, e contracting Tho Eye. Of max
tn2 " n.efe convex. Uss u1Eea me sprsAs
wh'ch Roa' IN the atmosphere, and catch
them Tor food; and slso Of ha'lening The
eye, To zee get distance. and observe
whether any ru!iure or other enemy 10
thIestening TO dssrov them. In edition
10 ibis they have a film OF coating which
can suddenly be thrown Down over the eve
10 protect II; because at the velocity al
which they fy, and With The delicate ,ex.
L. i"re II their eve, The least sprck Of dust
w"u|d act Upon II as = psnknIr thrust ir,n
The hUtn,n eye. Tn'. film j. 10 prn,ect
the eve, and The same ,hios rsis Ia some
extsnt in tie e,e Of ihf har.,. The ,orse
hSsS large eye. very hail" TO lake dust.
This c"aung, IN the horses eve. j. call. d
the hsw. OF third eyslid, snd il you will
watch closely. You may zee it descend add
return with tlerric velocity. IL clears
s~sy The dust and proiec cts the eye from
''jury. Ii the eve should catch cold. the
hsw hstdens md projects. and ignorant
person' cot 1t off, and thus destroy this
safeguard.
In this way are the principles Of seience
applied 10 almost every thing. You wish
TO sno" bow TO pack the gteatest amour,
0i bulk in :he smaIles. space. The forms
81 cylinders leave large spaces between
them. Nj -lhemaueisns laborsd for long
lime T. find Whit figure could be used en-
as 10 lose 40 spacs; and at last found that
it was he .DxsItd figure. and also that
tire" pl ms ending IN = poi formed the
strongest ronf or for. The honey hpe
d'sco'er+d The same ,hires a Qond while
ago. Hon y-r"inh 's shade 10 of six.sld,d
figures, ard he toul Is huit with thee
t'or surfaces coming I" a point.
II R"xih'e Vessel be enpisd 81 air, ls
AIDES vii be a|mnst crushed t"gehef ny
the ptes.nre Of the fsurroundins stmos-
here And If a mbe partly filed with
fund he enpsied Of us air, The fluid will
lie to the t,p. The bee understands his;
snd ~h"n he comes "a the cup of the tsll
onevsuckie, and finds H. !, he canine; reach
tie sweei 'osuer al It's botto:u, he tirUs.s
N hi. bid, shuts np the flower, aud then
rxh>uals tie air.. and a. .yessssses h.nself
II the dust and honey sc thp fnwty. PIC
feet Il fi'es an 4 lxafds are rGES,sug.ad
ga similar principle. sad 'hy tAns aa.<
Stth ease on g|ass or 4 ca,lIug. ihr:r
fret re made so as 10 create . p*rurm
beneath ttem, ard So shsv hsve he pc
SUR nf 'hr svHosphPra. 6l'sen Ponnts
T. the square inch, 10 ENABLE them u hold
"n. The CAT has the same pnwer 10 q
lees extcnt.
Plant require the sunlight, and sone
flowers turn tht@sstees to@ard the SUI
as il travels rOnnd ftnm east TO " ST. ihe
snnho~ does III 8, ana 81 does 6e d II
clover. T>eS~ facts. Tough We hsve no.
yetg,t st the reason OF ,he,p. are su,l sx-
tremely Interesting,
The CASTRO juice is w"r'he Of remark.
II IS a las,eleer, colot!tss, 'nodn'ous. li,B-
pid fluid, like water, sndls adapted IN DIFF