New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-28
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INDUSTRY AND INEENIION N EChOTb'
Fsem Our Own Correspondent
PARIS, Thursday, Dee 8, 1853.
Mr. Goddard the intrepid aeronaut, entertained the
Parisians last suumer with his extraordinary para
chute descents He manages them thus: lie attaches
aIarachute TO tie balloon, and escends. When hisn
.rouoh TO break million OF necks he orders his com
r,reu in the baIioon-ear TO- open the valves which
causes he balloon TO fell and che parachute IN Vpaud
and VIXEN at the proper state Goddard cuts the ropes
with which the parachute is attached 70 the oalioon
and defceuds gradually 10 preferable element at least
70 our taste The balloon rises again ana continues ts
eight
On the Goth Of last month Louis Deschamps, the
TIeuob aeior6ut, while making his one huudred and
twentieth ascension at Mines, burst biS balloon at
considerable hight, and fell with great rapidity 10 rise
no more His wife, who always accompanied MIN III
his eerorautital excursions, was preYenteNby some
cause from taking part in her hAband ast ascensiOn
srd was thus sa,ed for her s~o htue chliaren'
Bressoa's Bank journal says that Professor Nickes'
" of whom we spoke in our lalt COMMUNICATION, has
succeeded in arply ing electTomatuetlsm to l0cOmo-
"tiyes and ralcaIs ia such manner tna the aahesioh
Of the wIcels the rails can be increased at plea
fuTe which enables the engineer TO overcome the
steepest grades with great facility to ascepd grades
"with Great safety and tie train can be Stopped at
"once without causing the least shock Probably
these are only the results OF some experiments a
practical application must prove the usefulness oil she
invention. ,.
On the 2Oth Of last month the annual lectures were
couu,nced at the ConseJrGtoire Imperial dss Arts ct
M.tisrs These lectures mostly delivered IN the
evening from to 10 o'clock, and are Tree 10 every
tody Among the lecturers many lustrlous names,
eli tnovn on tte other side OF the Atlantic. PAfEN
lectures On Chemistry applied to Industry PELHoT
on Chemistry applied to The Arts. PERsoI ON the art
of Dyeng and Printing Wooen Goods ALcAN on
Spinning and Weaving. DUpN on Geometry MohiS
an Mechanics BEQrFREL on Physical Sciences.
n. Trfu EF0nomV NUIONSkI
Industrial Legislation. MALL on Agriculture BoUs-
sIGAuLT On Agricultural Chemistry. BAuDENESr on
Zoology applied " Agriculture and Industry =.
Tie Institute of France regularly holds meeting
every Monday afternoon and strangers have an oppor
tunity to see there the great scientific men oil france
TIE Society of Cxi Engineers holds meeting every
two weeks and the Soests des EncoaragemeHts assem-
bes every fortnight over In their las, meeting 0ns'
IEyoL read sn interesting report Of BoBIERRE, Pro
fessor of Chemistry at Nantes on the influence oil salt
water upon bronze sheahing used Tor vessels SUD
iect of great interest to navy and merchants DO
berre says in bis report, that sir HuhPhrey Dasy
lie fret who recommended TO plate copper sheath
ipg with A METAL which is less liable TO oxidation,
as for instance tin Sheathing OF that kind, however
had the OF accumuatng al sorts Oh sea-
weed and barnacies which encufnbers the vessels TO
such degree retard their speed, and the common
corner heahiug was again resorted TO- Bronze sheath
ira WAS tried and surpassed all expectation put the
creat den ard and high price which It brought induced
sone Manufacturer to sduterate it, and again the lat
ter cane in general use Mons B0blerre undertook TO
auayze specimens OF adulteraed bronze sheaihlDg Oi
tle hest lind Al be found thar bronze sheathng con
tanning 81 per cent copper ard per cent uh Is nuen
soouer affected b. the salt water hAn bronze sneatnns
containing 95 per cent copper ana per cent oi TN
Mons Botierre found that per cent Of zinc ADDED 10
eduuon bronze gives the competition greater degree
Of kouocenity Mons LsvOl analyzed copper oil a
black sprearsuee, of very hard and brittle nature
e ou.d that the extraordinary britleness was caused
by per cent of nickel whsh has the property OF de-
sro,irg entirely tie maleEbity sad dgeIity OF cop
per. l., ,f r.-oI has
highly interesting work on Alloys S u. Levoi mas
inst made its appearance The same chemist mas COM
y rricated 10 he Soeieie Ges Ezc0wag very
suple and e,sy mode of making ali kinds oil gold yes
sells for chemical ard other purposes lie places
moM of phosphor Of the shape and sze OF the vessel
to h obtained for fortnight into somewhat eoncen
trstss solution Of perchlorde Of gold when ths
cold tas been preepityed in sufficient quantity upon
sIst mold. II is removed from the solutions ana
placed into warm water, whereby the pnosphof De-
cones ouid and e.n be removed through en- aperture
made into the gold yesse should there be any traces
Of tie Ihosphor LETT, they can De entfeiy uesoyeu
tie use of bong nitric acid In this way 'esse'' An'
crueikes can be obtained OF the pzrest gold
In ore of the recent meetings Mons Riyet comn uni-
r,ted many curious facts in regard - tne influence Oh
iodine upsp the grape yiBe ami its produces infhe
,e,r 1ss- s,v. this ssvan, I had been invited by
;is,5 10 srssniue some Of bis wines 70 which ne az
tritutcd scre extraordinary ProPernts IN the year
Ie1q received similar invitation aud ne VINE vas
r,pr,rer,ed 10 possess wonderful quantities ana ehees
ia certain diseases. attributed ~ once 'ASss 10
- rTsrerti,E 10 iodine; and was strengthened "
,ttirfer Ler v.as tod that .he vines from waicn
Wirssv.re vredsse1 La4 Byg aee1 aassed y tae