Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-04-04
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Eggs are hatched at ono hundred and
four Jog. OF heat.
All solid bodies become luminous al
eight undred dog.
Gun metal Is l2bls. of.tIn and 100 lbs.
Of copper
Bullock describes fossil lizard one
hundred end 6fy feet long.
A lesd wire, the thirteenth OF an inch,
sustsins 20 pounds.
Wsior boils at 1870 degrees, at tho top
Of Mount Blanc.
A tin wire, the thirteenth Of an inch.
sustains but 34,7 lbs.
Tho Meditcronisn makes tide OF
only one or two feet.
Tho European mountains consist OF
primitive and transition rocks.
Acids combined with water, condensd
i, and produces heat.
Owyhcc is the cone Of o volcano high.
er than Mount Blanc.
One gallon Of water in steam will rise
SIX gallons from 20 to52.
Tie Caspian is 800 fee. lower than the
Baltic, and 345 feet lower than tho Eux'
inc.
Ninety species ofboncs of quadrupcls
have been found, which are now un.
known.
One volume Of any gas combines with
one Of another. or with Two or three ex.
ac,ly.
The scar is to land, in round millions
OF square miles. as 100 10 4 to /. ~
The narrowest part Of the Atlantictt1
two miles deep.
The surface ef tho earth is l02, SG2, ,256
square miles; ana its solidity is 260, 1926,
045, ,4l8 cubic miles.
About thirty fresh water springs have
been discovered under the sea, on the
south Of the Persian Gulf.
Round pebbles are broken fragment Of
rocks, rendered smooth by mutual attri.
tions, IN long time, by water AMI tides.
A volume Of ice is melted by as much
heat as will raise an equal bulk Of water
one hundred and forty degrees.
Water saturatnd with ni,re loses ! lie.
gee. Of heat; and with nitrate Of unmo.
mia 46 degrees Of heat.
Fourteen earthquakes, in dilferen,
parts Of the globe, were recorded in 1927,
and perhaps Ibis is an average number.
Coun, Runford. Ivy boring a cannon
within water, so heated ii by friction, that
he made it boil. and actually boilel Ii
piece Of beef in il.
The waters Of the Red Sea appear to
be ,hiIty.lwo feet higher than the neli'er.
rancan and the Gul Of Mexico is twenty.
two feet higher Than the Pacific.
When bulk of lime and water are
combined, the heat is caused by con'
densalion equal to the bulk Of lime
for mixture is the same bulk as u;
first.
The invisible ra!itioa from heated
bodies may be acted upon by re(riction
and reflection like light, but they do OF
pass through transparent bodies.
The emerald is marked among the
gems, but is now found only IN Peru,
|, is green, harder than quartz, and al.
ways in crystal. Oriental emerald is u
green sapphire.
Four pounds cf beef loses lb by
proiIing, lb OF ~ roasting, ID 8 "z
by baking, Four bis Of mutton loses
IA OF by broiliog, ID 6 OF by roasting
aud lb 4 oz,by baking.
No certain theory is found on the cause
Of earth quakes, but the most general
and rational ascrioe them 10 steam and
the force Of gases formed by water an'
metallic oxyties.
Lamps were used by the ancients, ant
candles were an invention Of the middle
ages. At first wicks were made Of hemp
} and the pitch Of rusecs. Ok and sheer
lallow is now preferred.
In Cornwall, certain steam engine.
have lifted forty millions pounds, on.
foot. with one bushel Of coal; and ont
at Wheel Town lifted cighly.two mill
ions with an eigh, inch cylander.
Extreme cold produces the sam,
perception Of the skin as grea, host
When the mercury is frozen at 40 dc
grets below zero, the sensation is ,h'
same as tina, Of touching rel h5, iron
Animals die if their vital TEN peratur'
is increased one twelfth.
; Melted snow produces about on,
eighth Of its bulk Of water when thawed
hence, snow two feet deep produces three
inches Of water.
3 One pound Of hydrogen consumes o
+ fixes, seven and half poun,s oxygen
which melts 2l0 pounds Of ice. On
> pound Of wax, oil, or tallow, consume
or fixes two pounds Of oxygen, whicl
nelts l04 pounds Of ice.
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