The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-12-19

Chapter 81 Curieus fAEts1
A lead wire, the thirteenth ofsn inch, s1s~
tains % lbs. ~
A tin wire. the thirteenth of an inch, sus-
tains but 34.7 lbs. 81
Gun metal is II lbs. of tin and 100 lbs. of
copper.
! The emerald is ranked among the gems,
but is now found only in Peru. green,
harder than quartz, and always in crystal.
Oriental emerald j. green sapphire . = u
The European mountains consist Of print.
tive an. transition rocks. r..-.
The surface of the earth 10 1876, 1862 ass
square miles; and it's solidity is 25O, 926, 1885,.
AIS cubic miles. r.t,.fr4
The sea is to the land. ia round millions of
square miles, as l60 to 10, or4 tol.
'rhe narrOwest part Of the Atlantic is more
than two miles deep. In other parts, about
one and half miles.
Bullock describes fossil lizard $50 feet
long. at
Rounded pebbles ere broken framents Of
rookie, rendered smooth by mu usl attritions,
in long time, by water and tides.
The Amazon falls but foot in Fifty miles (;
the Rhine one foot in quarter OF mile; the
Loire loot in one and half miles.
Ninety species of bones of quadrupeds have
been foun J, VII Oh are now unknown.
The waters OF the Red Sea appear to be
thirty-two feet higher than the Mediterra.
mean, and the Gulf Of Mexico is twenty Two
feet higher than the Pacific. og foanl
About thirty fresh water springs are dis
covered under the sea, on the south of the
Persian Gulf
The Mediterranean makes q tide of only
one or tive ieet. .....9 ri.g
The Caspian is 400 feet lower than the Bal
tic, and 345 lower than the Euxinc.
40 certain theory is formed on thu Cause
Of earthquakes; but the most general and
rational, ascribe them to steam and the force
of gasses formed by water aud metallic oxy.
des.
Fourteen earthquakes, in different parts OF
the globe, were recorded in 1897, and perhaps
tails is an average number.
The Sandwich Islands gre volcanic. I-s
Owynee is in the cone of 4 volcano higher
than Mount Blanc. +, ......
Court Rumlord, by boring q cannon within
water, so heated It by the friction, that he
made it boil, aud actually boiled piece OF
beet in it,. re ,css. s
One gallon of water in steam will raige six
gallons from so to li2. -.lta -.l .ic-l
Four lbs o beef loses l lb by boiling I ID
5 az by roasting, and ID 3 OF by baking
+. ur lbs OF mutton iooses II oz by boiling; ]
10 OF by roasting, and lib I oz by LAX
ing. as I.a .ia-.-7. .s-...
Lamps were used by the ancients. and can
dies were I'll invention Of the middle ages.
At first, wicks were made of hemp papyrus,
and the pith Of rushes. Ok and sneep tailow
is now preferred.
One pound ofhydrogan. consumes or fixes
seven and II halt pounds OF oxygen, which
melts $40 pounds oi ice. One pound Ofwax
oil, or tallow, Consumes or fixes two pounds
Of oxygen, which melts le4 pounds Of ice.
The invisible radiatioas iron, heated bodie,
msy be acted upon by refracton aud rencc.
ton like light, but they d. not pass through
transparent bodies.
A volu OF ice is me lied BY as much heal
rs will raise al equal bulk of water lA) d.
grees.
Animals die if their vital temperature is in.
creased one. twelfth.
| Melted snow produces about one-eightl
of its bulk Of water; hence snow two fee,
deep produces three inch. s of water whsu
thawed
In Cornwall, certain steam engines have
lifted forty million pounds, one foot, with ons
bushels OF coal; and one at Wheel Towar
lifted sx,y-two millions with an eighty incn
cylinder. alr
Water saturated with nitre loses IL degrees
OF heat; and with nitrate of ammonia 46 de-
grees of heat.
All solid bodies become luminous at SOC
degrees. ii
Extreme cold produces the same percep
ton on the skin as great heat. When mer
curry is frozen at 40 degrees below zero, the
sensation 10 the same az that of touching red
hot iron.
Acids combind with water. condense it ant
produce heat. = ---. ~
Eggs are Matched at l04 degrees of heat.
! When bulk OF lime and water are com
bined, The heat is caused by condensation
equal to the bulk Of lime, for the mixture il
the same bulk as at first. j,-....,'.-.rr
Water bois at lat degrees, at the top Of
Mont Blanc. -
The coolest b ,ur Of the twenty. four is five
in the morning, and the warmest is from two
to three in the afternoon. The mean hea,
is from half-past nine. The greatest range
is in JULY, and the least in Decemb =.
One volume of any gas combines with ont
another, or with two or three exactly.