The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-05

tical wre of the vessels will empty its contents
into the other by sterous process The sadness of
water even can thus be sent from vase into another
and you can to pass innocuously through
substance body which, If not conducted by electricity
n w0n,a act yGsnf IT, AL the ~ sn
is founded electrical movements; and this is
tain, that in animals whose nerves communicating with
the stomach have been severed digestion has been
tabshed by replacing the missing portions OF nerve by
metallic plate wirc which restores the electrical
communication 1t has been frequently remarked that
the power OF the Great Creator is most wildly dis
played in the smallest objects Of nature For those who
know how to observe what can be more striking evil
dence Of the might Of Divine directing hand than these
grand silent operations fulfilling their end without ef
fort without resistance without shock-producng, de-
While When man wes 70 Command e.
opposing them against the other, fire. water, wind.
steam hammers, and leyersa host Of natural and of
artificial powers-hiss growl and roar with thousand
harmonious voices, ready to escape from the en-
pirc and the sway Of mere human intelligence.
If you plant in the ground at certain distance arArt
two large metallic plates united Ly long metallic wire
stretched in the air. this wire Is passed througy
almost continuous current Az the currents Of the
the metallic deposits Of nature would principally occur
along the chains Of mountains the assures in the soil
impede the passage of the electric currents moving
from east to west Such il in effect the aurferous chain
OF the ural, which separates Europe from Asia. ap
FEARS very probable that the holds good with the
mountains OF California and Australia; but sufficient
have not yet been made to establish its GER
tainty
In the galvanoplasty Of nature, we ask whence
these metas-that native gold which the earth contains
in considerable Nuggets have been found worth
more than four thousand pounds Physically speaking
nothing IL produced, and nothing 10 destroyed All
the great forces OF nature mechanical PHYSICAL che
mcal, vegetable, and animal, which pervade the en-
tire globe can neither produce nor anpihlate sim
gle PARTICLE OF matter hut these forces can move,
unite and condense the metallic particles disseminated
through the SOIL and galvanoplastize them into piece
Of pure gold, or nugget.
H. Sage professor chemistry at the French mint, has
discovered the existence Of gold in the soil surrounding
Paris Trees shrubs and especially the vne take up from
the soil nuritive juices which become incorporated with
their stems and bark In burning vine branches all the
carbonic particles disappear and nothing remains but
trning residuum Of ashes. BY collecting sufficient
quantity OF these ashe~ and subjecting them che
mcal processes, small quantity Of gold appears BY
this process Sage collected sucent to coin four or
Eve twenty franc pieces. We may remark that, in
unitarian point Of view this beautiful experiment was
by no means successful The price Of fabrication, in
Guiding every thing amounted to upwards of hun
drcd francs for each piece Thus the expense was Ave
times ms great the value This recalls saying cur
rent In Spanish America; The FIRST who discovers
silver mine loses his fortunes II II BE- gold mime he
dies In the poor house,
Galvanoplasty, born It we're yesterday, among the
electric sciences every day augments its theoretical and
practical domain The science considered complete to-
day. ceases to be tomorrow. What would the artists
who lived before 1870 have said they had been shown
tronxe statue obtained without fusion and marked
with incredible 6nepess Of detslf