Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-18
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uponSilsaplane base, The halves Of grea
circles which join two opposite points o
slhis base ard allie1uaI, whether they pas
horizontafly yor verlically.-Or let an eg!
be laid upon table. and it wil,be seer
} thatsif alevsls line be traced upon it from
one eudtotl3s other,iIwill be,no longer thar
the line traded between the same points
but passingao over The Top. Precisely Sc
4 may! The cprying3 road around hill bt
Il o(ien5no loug ser Than the straight one ovel
4 Lie; for ilel y 'eEroadis straight only with
reference tIle vertical plane which pas
ses through t.and is curved with refer.
ence To- laaosi sizontal plane; while the form
or level sro8 though curved as to the
. vertical pla9e, lis straight as 10 horizontal
one. Both fines thus curve, as we call
1.-The latter ose straight in preference only
becausesi vertical curralure is less ap-
parent 10 0fH eyes,
The Difference in length between a
straight rodd and d%one whichis slightly
curved isy6ry small. III a road between
Two places len miles apart, were made 10
curve so 1lfata an eye could no where see
further ihad a quarter OLA mile Of il al
o1ce, lis 1nglhiWouId exceed that of a
perfectly straight road betw cen The same
1 5points 5 yS6nly about one hundred and
fifty yards.s -.
ButfeVshif he.eyel aud curved roads
were verYsmnch longer than the straight
and sleepSone, itwoali almost always be
better TO adopt the former; for OIL il a
horse could safely and rapidly draw his
fullload, @ilile on The other be could carry
only parto his load up the hill, and must
diminish his speed ia descending it. As a
generalrulc, the horizontal length Of a
road. may be adyantoseousIy increased, 10
avoid ali. .aseentsty al7leasl twenty times
the perpendicular height which is 10 be
thus sayed3 3thatis, 10 escape a. hill hun
dred feet, 1t Id be proper for the road
ito make such a circuit as would increase
lis length 3@o thousand feel. The mnlh-
emalical axiom ,hal "a straightline is the
shortest distance between two points" is
thus seen 10 bean unsafe guide 10 road
making, sandless appropriate sIhan The
paradoxical proverb, that .lhe longest way
around is the shofleslsway, home. a5s
The geaile curying road, besides its sub:
slanlial advantages, is also much more
pleasant 1.-The traveller upon ii; for he is
moi fatisuetg gby the tedious prospect Of a
long slraigsl tretcbtofroad 10 be:traversed
and issnsa 81 each curve ~ a GO Instantly
Scie1ee Joifdthe KIT tchen.-Itis IS The grea,
and distins gushing excellence of modern
science 10 have practical, uliltarian
character, very different from The. ancient
science, which preferred the remutcsl
abslraclons of philosophy, aud shrunk
with cuntemptf from the economic relations
Of life. an odern sases study iu.mines aud
factories, in The shop of the mechanic aud
the field ofthe farmer; csteemiag il theil
highest glory 10 improve The useful process.
ses of art; aud we find The BaIou Won
Liebig, one of the mos, renowned OIL living
chemists, writing TO president Everett, o
Harvard University, (perhaps herepub.
licanism Of the correspondent, suggested
the simplicity Of the subjecp boasts bis
descent into the kitchen, and is willing tc
accept the honor Of proposing some scien.
tilic improvements in the ART of roasting
and boiling or Of expounding phiIosophic
principles, The merits of which can be
best Judged by those who are most jealou:
of unlawful iulr0sions into The sacred pen
clralia down stairs. We 6nd lhe Baron.
letter in lhoiJuly numbet of SiIIiman':
Journal and as we take il for granted lha
il was written for the common benefit o
American cooks and housewives, we hope
10 do Them service, and him an honor, by
giving circulationio what is mosI praclica
| 10 his ptrilahlbropic labors.
81 hive lons intended" say he to Pre-
sidenl Eyeret,.lo write in acknowleds
mont Of your friendly letter ; but desired
by way ofreturn, TO Incorporate in reply
tho results ofan an1inveslIgation, which ha
Seen brought.o 20 a con nclusion only within
The last few days, II is a chemical iuyes
| legation OF. muscle flesh; in which | hav'
been led 10 ome'inleresting results. Th
fluid in The meat Of recently slauSh,ere'
animals be continued,-s.lhe tlesh-llul
lis sour, and contains Two free acids
whose nature, up 10 this lime, has bee
but imperfeclly known. Ihave found lha
one Of The acidsisan organic acid, and i
the same ,ha,appears in the process Of IN
soprins ofmlIk Pile other acid is phos
| pheric acid. Bothacids' are bul PARTIAL.
I free. Apart is united ,opolash, maguesi
and lirie. They have been recognised il
all muscle. flesh thus far examined, a
well of carniyorous as Of herbivorous an
imals." He thenmentions The existenc'
and properties of Two animal principles
-crealine and a substance "analosons~l
chinin, or perhaps codeir,"-with ,w
i nitroscnous acids, aud a variety of olhe
bodies, which exist in flesh, and which h
describes in a separate paper NOW i
\ press !" but which would bo Of little in
terest to ordinury readers. We conlin
ourselves to the praclical'results.
"lf you leach (lhatis, Washl fne choppe
mea, with cold waler.n be says, 'yo
procure red fluid aud white residue
J. The latter is "lhesaclual< muscular fibre,
(which ia ol. itself fperfectIy insipid: and i'm