New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-26
.c,vxrE AND THE USEFUL ARTS
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sssaes o .s.,;ons and shocks vas noticed very
ssranpns BY the writings Of Pliny and Ans
srS ss srr ever has been found by modern SCI
sOtf .ssn,;cal with that OF electricity. Several
es0 .,.o,e, Of fishes are known in our time, as
lIacms electricity at WI anon 'hen 'ne Of
rcc"'~s ,mnotu, and The Torpedo are preemi-
uum5oldt, travelling IN south America' had
n~ . ofseeins horses knocked down oyt the
p1,r. and experience severe pain in his knees
" xhole day, FROM hsvl5 unconsc,ously
eIn re. a, one lust draw on. II the wafer. The
a mis- MAGNETIC power has been traced by
49, me, 10 yekicu ar organs, filed with mu'
,rb,,snce. sutssfVng The purpose OF asalvanic
80, In ore organ Mr.. Hunter counted i'ioz
~.r...c cells. AL connected by nerves In studying
49,. facts. Prof Beckeinstiner OF Lyons, was
/ ~ b, the analogy OF tbs cells OF electric hsheS
| "a certain minute vessels united by nerves and
| -.;,e,,d BY mucus, which cxs. In nearly ali
s.,ds animals. and are found most deveopedin man
,,hs period Of the creates, strength, but collapsed
,,s dried Up in old age. tie began series OF ex'
..dments and after three years investigation has
I,,ely published the folio sing results When tae
temperature If below S2', the wind North and the
,ty clesr expose cat TO the colo until his FUR lies
close to the skin and appears greasy expose your
.,nds 10 make them equally cold then take the AMI
nal on your knees apply the fingers oil your ien
land on It's breast and pass your ngh' mana oowh
,.hsck, pressing moderately az the MIN or si1th
"a. you will receive a slight electric snocA. nv
-. the cat appears pleased bu' rs soon ds ieeis ~
- 4 iumns away, and viii no. stand repetition
fshs ar pertinent during the same day AFTER tue
...,iment the animal looks tired some Gays amer
-. ;ts annette seeks solitude drinks water az
;,,e,x,,s and dies in fortnight. The same ex,
,,rment has succeeded with rabol's they Gle tue
,.ne dav. 1t is unsuccessful with dogs Once only
!, has been made on a COW she WAS Tea 10 an noh
,,,s the ground was frozen one mana was Piaceo
~ the hreast and the other passed down the oacS'
no, .uch an electric shock occurred that Mr. b
%, drown to the ground. The COW appeared very
oh irrts,ed, but it was impossible to know she
..sered from il, since she was killed by butcher
.hre days aferward.
Royrdon's Steam gauge. A good gauge
has lone been a desdera.urn. All kinds OF portable
gauges are either not to be depended upon, or SUD-
ect TO frequent repairs so much so, that by Ia"
every steam. engine used In France is PROVIDED win
gauge on the barometer principle that is ~ fees
IS feet. 20 feet high for steam pressure OF oO
Mounds 90 pounds or 100 pounds to the square men
Nh. Bo,ndop, chief engineer al the Creusot
wmks. where the engines OF the ffigate M0gadcr
were bu,,, has devised gauge, wAich has Obtained
for him medal at the London Far and is mghly
,Doken o 1t is based upon the fact, thar INN
metal tube cooled up and subjected to internal press
ure. will tend to uncoil Isef IN proportion 10 the
amour, Of The pressure. The tube used is FIRST nat
tsned preparatory to the eOlng up so as to render
this operation more easy. One Of the exuemitles
communicates with the boiler, the other is pointed
and turned up so as to serve az an index on circu-
lar scale The apparatus is Fixed in a case, in the
shape Of hair medallion aud closed with glass.
Experiment must show If the effects OF temperature
be insignificant compared with those of pressure,
and If the internal wordOg Of metallic atoms Will
not IN time make this guage give wrong Indications
If the instrument can bear tae test OF practical
use II will soon supersode every other already
known. The inventor has already been rewarded
BY council medal at tbs London Exhibition,
and the cioss of the Legion of Honor III France
In the last named country, the Government has
made provision 10 try it on all the railways.
Fo,cers Blooming AytJfciaYy. Some
weeks ago, curious experiment vas made atPuis,
BY MI Herbert IN the presence ~ select audience
including several reporters Of The press. canvas
awning had been put up near the Boulevard, and
ahower garden prepared inside, and planted with
Lilies, Chry santhemums, Africans, Dahlias, Thyme
Laurels, Roses, Sun-howers, Daisies and Asters
All these piants were covered with buds which
would have required at least fortnight 10 bloom
naturally, but having been lately removed, they
were In a dropping state Mr. II. came in with some
thc Al hrSt
her watered a Lily and Dihlla with red liquor,
and covered them with bell glasses lmmedlatelyfhe
temperature rose inside BY the ebn!htion 1.-THE com
pound, and the men, by applying their hands on the
glass and opening sautting small valve Fixed on
It, appeared TO measure and sula'e the heat Amer
ten MINUTES the glasses rom0Ved aad 10 the de
light Of all the plants were covered viii fu-gro"h
flowers, tlhng the air with Their perfume. To pre-
ven, any suspicion OF foul play, dOwerpot was
suspended by wires, and the experiment repeated on
il. Ia the end, all the flowers we're blown, and each
lady went away with magnificent nosegay.
Cotton MilS.-Therc are fifty cotton
mills III Russia, with 6ooo0o shu.'es. In the whole
Of the Zolverein there are oay 75), 500 shuttles.
IncfusiaftonS IN Steam Boilers Prevented.
"A ps,er, has been granted in ENGLAND to J. ASH
worth for the above purpose HIS clam is the intro-
duc'i on IN the boiler OF a compound composed a.
follows 80 parts co4l.tar and q OF Nnseed water in
volume are mixed together and added to parts OF
plumbago pulvenzed, and parts OF CASTLE soap Ia
weight, every three days enc pou0d Of the creamy
mixture or every thirty horsep over is 10 be intro
duced In the boiler.
Production Of Instantaneous Photographic
i"Ssss-sOme months ago, atthe ROYAL Institution
IN London, Photographic images were obtained OF a
printed psper hxed upon vince! which Was made -
rotate very fast, the light Neg psoducedb by an eec.
tic discharge.
GeoIogy.-proiessor Gorini, of Lodi, has
lately Published the first volume Of a book in which
he endesvors to explain, by experiments all the fact
not YET well understood Ia the formation Of noun
'sins He has succeeded IN producing liquids, which
contrary to the general law dissolve gases at high
temperature and lei them escape when they cool.
by means of these hQuus, which he names plutonics'
re can reproduce at viii all the phenomena the re-