The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-01-22


faEpc y boua hdc perfume. no, one VIII,
leo sterling than il proaoeed ifom irai,.
and aovcn. Tbs only question Is one OF
commercial honesty, IN giving . name no
longer applicable. aud charging too highly
fr cheaply produced scent This mcdc
Of saving Is chemically right, bu, eomncr.
ciaily wrong.
orALrscr>T fsrrN.
How can wo mako ono kind or pain, or
liquid produce many different colors, and
this with an alnoun, Of material beneath the
power Of man 90 weigh or measure Mr.
DE * Rue has solved this question by the
product,an Of his beautiful iridesccni and
opalosccnt paper. Roth mechanically and
OFFICIALLY, the production OF these papers Is
stnkinrly interesting. Water is poured
into ila, vessel and, when quito tranquil,
very minute quantit, Of spirit varnish is
sprinkled upon the surface, tins, by spe-
cies Of attraction between the tve liquids,
spreads oat on all sides. and covers the
whole surface in film Of exquisite thin
ness. A sheet Of paper, or card board, or
any other article, is then fairly dipped into
the water, and raised gently, with that sur
face upperlnost which is TO receive the col
orcd adormnent it lif,s up the hlm Of var
nish from or the surface Of the water, and
this film becomes deposited On the paper
itself. The paper Is held ap an inclined
position, TO allow the water 10 drain off from
beneath the film aud the yarnish then re-
mains permanent on the suriace Of the pa
per. Nov, the paper thus coated with eel
orless varnish exhibits the prismatic tints
with cquisite cIcamess, the fin Of yarnisfl
Il so extremely thin--so far beneath any
tlhng thot could be laid on with brush OF
1 pencil--that il rejects light ON the same
principle ar the soap-bubblo, exhibiting DIFF
fcrences Of color on account of minute dif.
ferences in the Thickness Of the film at dif,
ierent parts and not only so, but the self
same spot exhibits tints according to The
argyle at which we view it. We cannot
speak Of II as producing something out oi
nothing; but il is means Of producing o
beautiful result with a maryellously small
expenditure Of materials.
swEEPiSos.
The clinkers, ashes, or cinlers, whicl
remain in furnaces after mctsllurgic opera
lions have been completed, may appear ,C
be among the most useless Of all useless
things. Not 50, however. II they contain
any metal, there are men who will ferret i
; ot by some means or other. Not man,
years since, The ashes Of the coke used il
brass furnaces were carted away AS rub
bfsh; but sbrcwd people have detected
good deal Of volai'zed copper mixed NJ
herewith and the brass makers can nov
find market for their ashes as an inferio
kind Of copper ore. II needs hardly to b.
stated that all sorts of filings and rospings
cuttings and Clippings, borings and turn
, ings, and odds and ends in the real metali
f form, are available for remelting, whatcve
the metal may be--aif is grin that come
to his mill. IF the metal bea cheap one,
will not pay TO extricate stray percentag
from ashes and clinkers, but, if it be one {
the more costly metals, not only ara. al
SCRAPS and ashes and skinniings preserved
/, but particulars arc sought for in a way thu
! nay wen astonish those TO whom the snt
icct is new.
: Take gold as an example. There ar
lew dealers and Christian dealers, ais,
. who scdulously wait upon guildes an
jewellers at intervals. to buy up every thin
/. (be it what il may) which has gold in
/, uponit, Old aud useless guilt frames al
bought they are burnt, and the ashes