New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-13
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NEv APPARATUS FoR CHEaICAL ANALYsEs.--ltl 10
well known that gas is now used not only tor hghrng
but also for heating, the principle being, IN poiot Oh
fact the same as the. on which understanding ap
parstus are founded. The oontnvsuce Is simple
enough tube pierced with a few holes ruus under
the vessel containing the substance 70 be heated ana
the small flames ssuing from the holes are suiclent
to produce the effect. Similar apparatus have re-
Gently been introduced into chemical Laboratories ior
the purpose Of applying heat to testtuoes and other
vessels Of the kind. The flames are then IN hoe
under the tuhe each separate so that endless Currents
of air produced between them, carrying on large
quantity OF calorc aud therefore lowering the tenn
perature of the testtube. Hence the flames must be
protected from these currents by various
which themselves abtorb vainsbe amount OF
calorc, and not without Inconvenience 10 the
operator who is exposed TO an unnecessary
radiation Of heat, and to the Inhalation OF the
no1ous gases generated by combustion. struck
with these manifest disadvantages, Nj; berthsio,
has turned bis attention to the subject, aud
recently described To the Academy an apparatus OF
his cwn which would Sc, m to be exempt from The ce,
fects above described IL consists OF SIX lamps ana
as msny chirDneys, which may al be placed IN any
wsy the operator may require. Each lamp is con-
POSED OF three horizontal iron cylinders, 10 Genuine
tres in length, and "a centimetres IN diameter Each
of those cylinders has eight rows OF very smau hOes
parallel 10 the axis and others in its bases beside
large ore in of them, into watch the t1be convey
Iy tie gas ftF. One OF the cylinders Is lover IN IN
tte other two and when light Is applied to the holes
the small blue flames ssulng from them may elther Dc
Kept separate or maze 10 Cln 10 ISIKo NolHDa u1oo'
Ii is in the midst Of this flame the test tube IL placed,
resting On supports of wire which traverse the chin
neys of the lamps. These chimneys are tubes bent 10
the form CT an inverted l. ard are equal IN number TO
the Smps The operator s not exposed TO any incon'
venent radiston of heat, since the ohimneys, winch
are of sheet iron, hardly receive any warmth during
the experiment, which shows that nearly althe caoric
has been absorbed by the test tube. Galgnani.
TIE New CoLoSY or British CoLUsBIa.-The
saaree attached to certain civil offices created blythe
Queens command in British Columbia, amount 10
Is 800. The Governor, Dir. j. Douglas, &. b, re-
ceves e 500 year. Judge Begbie, $500; Mr. w.
A. G.. Youpg the Colonial Secretary, $500; Capt. w.
Drscoll Gossett 4. E., the " Treasurer" $50; Mr.
W. II. Carey the Attorney Geperel, t4OO; Sir. Char.
tres Brew Police Inspector $500; the Collector OF
Customs, a Mr.. Wynond Hsnly G4Oo; and the Har-
Dor Master, James Cooper, tiOO. There are
Bishop, the Rev. DIR. Hills, and tgo clergymen,'
the Rev. j. Gamsge, ard Nj Crckmer.
Mr.. Hume, "the spirtuslist" has just made con.
tract with NJ. Dentu, to write, before the month Of
June rext a work con second sight The famous
" medium" is Low hvirg at st. Petersburg, in mo-
mentsIy retirement from the world, with his young
wife Mrs. Douglas Hume, nee kr0ll
The British Museum Library is cow only second 10
extent to the Biboheque ImpeIiale at Paris II must
be remembered that the proportion Of old books Is
is much greater in TIE Paris Library, and thst the
Library Of the British Museum IS quite recent cre.-
ton. The nun. bers stand thus. Bibhotheque lmpe-
riale, SEQ 0C0; British Museum, $50 900 volumes.
tie stated by The Manchester Guardian that Mr..
Kinslake, NJ p the wel-knoun author OF Eothen,'
is closely engaged upon his history Of the Crnean