New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29
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At THE TIM be very iaJss Dumber Of them, AID
above all red cloud, eptir-ly dstac 81 separated
from the AID from the lunar nsreiu by distinctly
marked white space. Its figure vas epngatedi u ~ai
listed and share at TIE eNlemtes srd about ~ see
ondp IL kDeth hy three II breadth. There were many
enable ones. He believes hat he sa tie flames OF
the lar amo pierre, ard that these we're e uds SUE
pe ded abov~ them The eli graduation and dis met
o j, grg OF the peach-hlos colores light with the
white plot sphere could be explained by any phe
u, mems Of ioterfer Of rse:o1. Toe rays OF The
corora seemed he simar tbose seen through the
clones at sunset. More tbantwenty photographs were
tai co by the expedition which he accompanied.
M lie Verrisr went TO TAR gona in Spain 10 oo-
serve the eclipse. The rst object which he saw after
The CONNER cement of to'aiy an i-olat.d cloud,
sboni minute and half high by double that lecgth,
sepaste from the moons border by space equal 20 its
own breadth. Its color was bssutifal rose mixed
with violet he thai the Visible part Of the eDer
gent tuu over its hole breath aud up the hight Of
seven or eight seconds was covered by bed Of rosy
clouds, which appeared to gain 10 thickness as they
emerged from behind the disk Of the moon. Tue OBJ
sefa ions and measurements leave no doubt hs these
clouds wbic have hitherto been supposed by some to
belong o the OF 70 the esrtLs atm Nphere, a'e
really clouds Of the suD and msy hereafter be called
solsr clous NJ lie Verrier concludes also, that the
theory hich hss hitherto gained credeooe that the
was conn pos. d of central dark globe, above which
existed On immense atmosphere Of sombre clouds, and
s higher he pbo'ospbeie, the of the light and
beat of the suD, must be given up. He believes that
,he lie luminous body ri ppy because of ts high
temp erauIe and that is covered by uobrokeo lay
of rofese matter the existence Of which the obser-
vatoDs on HE eclipte have proved. He explains the
spots on ii is theory. Nj Faye arg es, however, that
the observations made 10 Spain prove no such thing,
and Il a, they confirm the old theory.
Mr.. SeptiUus Besrdm1re, a civil engineer, has
publisl ed in London pamphlet the suhsct of the
applicability of rerra-v' aism TO subDa inc eIegrap5s,
in wlicn he gives an of hopeful expsri
men's made by him bet Heen Cromer AID Heigoland,
through line 300 miles in leDgth He enpl yed
simple terra-vot ic apparatus sub as he seems con-
viDc.d must ultimately be used fr long submarine
telegraph instead cfthe battery syseu heretofore in
IRE. The new apparatus contests merely of couple
Of earth plates po,ve and negative one at either ex-
trtuiy of the line DO other battery being used BY
sucb is anticipated that all cesiy for ipsu
lston of the wi es or al esst pendence perfect
insulation, will be obviaed, the electricity evolved by
a single voaic couple, while connected with the
spectve ends f the wire, having tendency TO e.
cape 10 earth du,iDg transit. The chief difficulty
lses to the question Of Intensity by The siogle ar
rarsemeut crease of surface only affords ncresse of
quslit', AMI not Of intensity, ss by the battery
method Mr. Beardmore thinks that the present sub
sal t BILE woulo prove be not VIII lily useless if
forts were made 10 work it his terra-votiic prn-
ciple
SAMUEL Rowb0tbam and Thomas Grafton Of En-
gland have aply taken ont 'tterspatent for compo-
siiion signed Teuder cotton sik, oeD, AMI other
i FAM ab. fabrics aud substances, uniahammable. To
produce ths composition the psterees make nee Of IL
bOrats or borste Of soda Of potash msgre II, or
other base which is TO b. mixed with the mucage of
i-lly Of qun,e msrsbms llo q ioseed, tapi)cs DIX
trine or gum Of any kind Of aoy animal or vege-
tae substance; 10 this may be added, az required,
por ion Of carbonate Of soda potash magnesa 4c-
ccr6ing to the base used which tends TO nsutraize
any excess Of boracc acid and thereby destroy the
corrosive qoaity, and render TIE whole mass more
essily combinable. Thi. s thoroughly Incorporated
with starch and well dried aud ground when i, may
be used as starch is ordinarily ued, which will have
she Effect Of rendering the fabrics TO which it is applied
uniufsmwable. IL may alec be spilled 70 paper aud
other substances as a varI sh; or IL may be equally
web used ithout incorporating it with starch
-Swi,ze1snd is the Gene of TIE latest Archaeological
discoveries. Toe Bsrnese village Of Kslnach is con-
struc ed uprn a Roman ai which connected Aventi-
cum with the castyvu Of Petinesca. 10 sOme recent
excavations in the Deghborhood the statue Of fawn
three feet and balf in hight, and of excellent work
mapslip, together with numerous coins and medals,
came TO light At Son. in snOtt er cauton, an accent
tomb bas been und containing large member Of col
g4lg - g hrpy m ~
et results Of the researches carried for some time
past by the French Government at Constantine IN Al
ge1is town msiny butt out # the ruins Of the an
Gent Ctra have beeD the fnci"g Of two interesting
Latin inscriptions and large sphinx in white marble
At York in England, Roman well 81 welcOns'raee d
masonry Ias lalely been OpsDed near Monk Bar. 1t
contained number Of human bones
According to experiments made by Prof Schmidt
and DR.. SturzWage, Of Dorpat, ar.eni)us acid when
Introduced into the circulation, like tea coe and al
coboI occa ors considerable dminution Of the ordi-
nary waste Of the tissues The experiments OF these
chemists have been published in the Journal J"r pTa-
t;scbe Ckemte they show that this decrease IN the
waste Of The tissue. amounts from 20 to 40 PEI cent
This fact explains the ateniDg Of horses by small dos
es Of arsenious acid practice much In vogue among
borsedeaIers 1t appears that in srssnc factories II Is
ecessary for the wOrkmen to tase small doses oil arse
mic in order 10 protect themseves from the tunes In
cs,es Of alleged poisoning by arsenic the dense has
been set ID that the person "a TO be poisoned was an
eater and il has been urged with success 1t
:; said that the bodies Of arsericsateTs, when buried
are preserved for years, 20 as TO be recognizable
Mr.. Thomas Towndrow, of tLi8 city, has invented
q newspaper file which is more convenient than any
o,ber have seen. Most Of the files al present IN
~ - IL II .l,D r,nrer fir nm the other half