The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-02-07
HEAT AND WATER.

| HEAT AND WATER.
The Louisville Journal gives the follow
ing account Of some very interesting exps4
r'nents made by Professor SjIliman, at tho
Medical College in that city, showing ,hs
changes undergone by water on metallic
surfaces Of various temperatures.
''ln a capsule heated to red heat. v.ter
assumed q spheroidal form, rolling about
like large pearls. without any ebulIi,iou.
with slight evaporation, and rsmsinine,
while the capsule retained its high temper.
Azure, At temperature Of 2OS degrees, Fab
renheit, or 4 degrees below The boiIiae
point. When the capsule cooled down sev-
eral hundred degrees, assuming ito natural
color, The water exploded into vspor. This
experiment satisfactorily explains ,hs vjo-
lent explosion ofthe Louisiana. The boil
ers had little or no water, and the hues
were heated TO red heat. The cold Va.
ter was pumped in upon the heated sur.
faces, and at fret assumed tho spheroidal
form without ebuilltion. After a moment.
when the heated surfaces were cooled
down, the water exploded into vapor, and
the boilers burst into pieces. There il no
foundation for the supposition that the wa.
ioris dccomposed and an explosive gas gen.
Grated. This hypothesis every cheItss
has the means Of disproving."
GERMAN CHIr-CHAT.-Thc following
little sketch is translated from the Dsetsche
Courier. as afIording our readers perhaps
not unnteresting account Of the luxury and
mngnifcence oftheyoyal palaces Of Europe:
"Ihe royal palace Of Stuttgart abounds
in curiosities and magnificent works Of art
Of the most eccentric kind. In one Of the
sleeping apartments is ncce.saire or toilet
box, worth at least $4,000 guiIders, (about
Sl2,OO0) and bed, which was made Tor
Napoleon Bonapar,e, which cost 10000
francs. When you cross the threshold Of
one Of the saloons, white spaniel springs
barking to the door, being moved by clock
work and spring. Another clock repre-.
s,n,s female figure made in porcelain, the
ful! size Of life and in natural co!ors. Tho
mouth Of the figure is open, displaying
twelve front teeth all numbered from / to u.
Ia the morning at 6 o'clock those teeth have
disappeared, and the mouth il toctbless.--s
At 7 o'clock the lady takes tooth from
box on her right, and place II in her mouth,
al 81 she adds another tooth-and thus che
Z 'ntinues TO add one after another, till at
Il o'clock in the evening all twelve are in.
Al o'clock she takes nut one tooth and
places it on the box, At o'clock she takes
sway another, and thus on until at 6 il, the
morning the jaws are once more tooshless.
The clock is wound up once IN six days.
A barometer is 90 arranged that, when il
portends rain, little man runs out ofs
house with an open umbrellas ID his hand.
and when il is about to snow, he comes out
with cloak on, and IN approaching thun.
derstorm the little man ANNOUNCES BY com
ing forth with PRAYER book in his haud.
These indications take place twelve hours
in advance ofthe impending change. Theirs
is also clock in one Of the rooms; repre-.
senting little man who takes pinch OF
snuff every hour and sneezes a number Of
times corresponding with the hour. Ia the
library there is copy Of Buffon's Natural
History in "a volumes folio. which is print.
ed on pure white satin, while tho illustra-
tons are embroidered on il in floss silk
There is saloon in the palace, SO feet long
and "a feet broad, the floor Of which 10 Gov.
cred with one mirror, 10 thick and so'id
that one can dance on it. This mirror
was present from the emperor Alexander
to his sister, the late queen, and cost two
millions Of silver roubles. ~ W
The correspondent, Of the Pittsburgh Jour4
nal, commenting on the Presidents Mes
sage, says:
sit is said, that the closing paragraph Of
the message, eulogistic Of our happy Uniont
and deprecnting any movement towards i:s
dissolution, with the significant termination.
'Whaseser dangers may threaten it, shall
stand by il, md maintain its integrity, 20
the full extent Of the obligations imposed
and the power conferred on me by the cons
s,itu,ion." was added after the recent ex.
plosion in the Heu.e, during the strugRls
for a Speaker. Whether this be %, the
whole paragraph deserves to be stereotyped
for daily repetition BY every respectable
journal. Il deserves 70 be written IN .let-
ters of gold and hung up in the two Houa
ses Of Congress, BY the eide ofthe Dec!ass1
ton Of Independence. Il deserves 70 b
transmitted down 10 cyery succeedinH