Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-14
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Some curious questions Ia theobl 'Ior branches
al 6cience have "a recently debdlt4 u lhe Lone
Jon Royal lnsllili1n Df, Iyndal hos baenex'
hpluing ihe sublsclo Of torres Gifted ~ masses Of
llealedlhp,al While cooling, He proved by re-
ptated eNnelimenig' The incoi ieqtnes Of Ile eA-
nlaiallon hllhego ieceiyedi hui wdgsiill unable to
assign tlu nhenOmGnon 10 lie Tue cause Alloth-
eI wns on some most exlgaordntGy effects Of mo-
ton, which lhe Rev. Bodin Powell, though he tns
leEesled his auditors IN the experiments, could not
satisfactorily exnlain. One Of Tie effects in this;
Let benm ffee 70 turn IN all diri olons, be bali
anoed horizontally on the top OF a Standards then
put smnll wheel on pne end, cnnsa ll 70 rotate
nosilion, Notwithstanding the weight oil The wheel,
Ii Is as though motion nullIad gtaYityi but NSsOme
OF the most INGENIOUS English philosophers ate ex-
aminng into the phen0menR II Is hoped an ex'
nlsnaton may Gro long be lound. Another iDiet-
esting subject that brought forward byProG Ed.
FORBES, WHO las slailel al inquiry as 10 the deph
of phneval oceans, aud who believes Il possible To
throw light upon itby study oflhs color o(icssil
shells. The Shallow er tho water the more intense
the color, sthe eSpeilenca gained by dredging in
The seas OF the present peIiodi and reasoning from
analogy, we may infer Tie same law prevailed 10
earlier periods EhTenDug, too, contributes tome-
thing more 10 our knowledge OF ocean lifei hshts
eSamnsl specimens NJ the mud brought up ron
the depth o. sx thousand lalbOms. and tinls them
10 contain uDiug lniu6ofial fIhe a8IOn0mel1i also
have been somewhat excited, not bYthe discovery
OF new planet, but by o. book on the PluIaliiYOf
Worlds, written TO prove lhut there is no such
plurality. Theanthor learned dooOt Of Cam.
bridge, contends that his globe oil ours, and this
only is iuhabiied, An The Others are liIeless
Ii isOf great impOHnnCs TO the cheap Pppca.
ton of electricity, hn the products Of he battery
should be economically useful, In The ordinary
zinc aud copper the Sulphate Of ginO formed Is Of
little use, except for tue purpose OF smelling TO
regain the melal, as It's use In medicine does not
lead 10 any great cOnsumplionOf the article.
Accordingly yuliOus experiments have been
made with Tie view OF Obluinlng balteiy product
OF sufficiently extensive utility, RobeTlss Bate
~ substituted tin for zinc, and ihB exciting tlnil
being Lilrio uoid, ng0iuced slannic oxyd, which
Afterwards being united with sod0, nn 0rlicle
largely used by calico printers for Frightening their
cOIors. The profit on this project Il was thought
would pay the expense Of working lie battery, The
electricity from which, In thnt case, would be'ob.
tanned for nothing Great hopes were entertained
that this process Of manufacture would DO exten-
siYely followed, but this does not seem to lave
been as yet realized. DE, Watson has bro toheL
similOF idea, using pussoie Of potash one Of the
exciting fluids, and pro0uOinga PgusSlnn blue, or
pIuSslate Of zinc, from tho decomposition of the
iron or zinc cells employed, Sometimes chrOmate
Of potash is used, Which, acting OH tile products
Of decomposition Of lead cells, form The bright
yellow cLTomale Of leau. Whether these pro-
ducts tHn be obtained more ndvanlupsOusly or
cheaply IN the battery, lhail the ingredients weIo
mixed out OF the cells in common vessels, Is a
question which an extended experience will soon
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