New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-06

m. Robmkorf has succeeded In making Al indss-
ton machine which gives sparks ssveatsen inckss sg
This and moro bss been obtained years since BY So
tlemsn In Boston
The Able Laborde has bit upon q very ingsoioss
method Of registering vibrations. To tho roof IA
room are liked two rings some six fee. aoart, and W
thsse are suspended two wooden rules abou, eight fs
long. Their lover enis are fastened into block a
wood hich is connected With pendulum, 50 thxs to
vibrations may be registered on pecs Of glass, the
FACE oil wnica "a covered with smoke black Fro
this Photographic impressions may DO multiplied D.
srao'e, 10 any extent. This apparatus Is much las
costly tnan any osher hitherto made for regisssrag
sounds snd 10 interesting since |, "a a, ala % ~
invention Of machines which shall sradusll, .dv.n..
from registering sounds to registering .vIls5., 49,
words As soon Is the wit Of man has iaysp.ed me.
chine az delicate as the human ear, we can hav,
ing machines The idea Ia certainly far less sss,n,s
pg than that of the Daguseotyps beforei 1t. invsusss
If the vibrations Of light much finer than tho Il
sound, are made 10 register themselves with such won
derfu accuracy why may not the vibrations Of SQUAD
be made to do the same
The Accma'ion Society Of the Zone ofths Norts-
east of France reports very interesting experiences
in the domestcatop Of isma in the mountains Of tAs
Vospes. The lama has been used on farm whore hs
hss been in the habit Of carrying loads Of sixty TO ssv
eDty pounds. He can do the work Of q small donkey.
He feeds on green dried grass. He needs no shss-
ing, which is great advantage In the Vosges, wbeN
the roads are often covered with ice and snow, On
which be is sure-fsoted ss dog. The expepss Of
keeping him il about equal that of keeping three
When the ground Is covered with he eats absut
ten pounds Of hay per dsv. He seems to ssdsre tho
cold of winter az well the heat Of summer and in
the mountainous countries In France promises 70 b
of much value
In q late discussion in the French Senate it was
stated that the great telescope voted by the Consttu
en Assembly 10 1913, the PROPOSE ion Of NJ Arlgo.
had not been finished and tbat the objectsssses hal
deeriorated 30 much that would require IS 900 to
put them in good condition, SIC 900 to replace thes.
Il was said also thst there certain o5serv ssr
made by Arago which 1t very desirable topabish.
and that az to the building Of telescope after the mo
tbod Of NJ Foucault, which should magnify two tsou-
sard times if France did not take up this iaven
tion England would
Mr. Strive il bully at work at St Petersburg on
tire third volume of the measurement Of tie of
ridisn bet Seen the Danube aud the White Sea. Two
volumes have been Published; he is adding to them
principal astronomic deductions.
General Schubert has communicated to the AcsSa-
nv Of Sciences of 81 Petersburg determination Of tbs
figure of the earth based on the principal ms.sars-
ments of degreee be believes that ii is eui,-od
with three axes or in oher words, that not only the
me idisns are epses but that the equator 10 alec
elipse though differing very slightly from circle.
Mr.. O. Struve has been st work upon TIE precioN
Collection of KepIers manusc ipts at Pukovs, and has
published small memoir On thu relations between tho
great astronomer and his protector, the hero OF the
Thirty Years War, Wslens Elm. Annexed to it arc
three letters from Wasnsten to Keper and two d'co
scopes cast by Kepsr for the celebrated captain in 1903
and 1926.
"A project is on foot to make special magnetic Ar-
vey of Western Russia i. will be work Of several
years.
Mr. Msximoyitch is publishing work on the Flo
"a of the Amoor, entitled P,mita Flora Amurcnsis,
which is the most important botanical work Of tho
time.
Mr. Bser in short essay, bss .howu that the
small number of date-tIees exist the s,uts
ern of the Caspian Sea the remains Of extern
tive ancient plan sions He proves this by the tesi-
mony of elastic authors a1d Of the Arabian historians
of the Mic die Aees and draws some interesting coz
cIusi rs as ,be ision of climate in the countries
to the south of the Caspian.
"A correspondent of the augsburg AReewet1 Zei-
tung Gays that be has seen several gold specusns Of
paper mace from ths stalks Of lndi.n corn at Teoes
var iu HUI gay. The color and iueness Of he paper
all that could be desired and specinsus OF
and wrtpg-paper could not be distinguished fcos pa
per made of rags. IL of medium tensci,y, not
strong hat made of pare liLen rags bus stronger
than many kinds Of rae-paper.
There at work in TIE Imperial Printisg bouss
at VsDna presses which fed from rolls deliver
ed from the psper-nlls the sheet lei cut of jaa as
it is entering the press Ten presses of this kidd
rup by man. t. ey print only on one side; the
other side has to be fed 10 the presses in the usual way
DR.. Auer is building press to print both sides in tho
came way.
Mr. Alexander Slater Of this ciSy, has shown Is
very light and convenient camp stool which foIds ius
spsce f cen inches long by four and aha in Diane
ter. IL Can easily be placed in ordiasry knspsck,
or be strapped be1eath it IL is 10 two parts an fias
together into half # the length Of the ordinary
csmpStol; it has siso the advantage of rotary chair
"A Com rttee of the Society of Artsin London has
rep rted the new gum p0uchontt the product Of .
'iS0 oinaA w 'Dos nnO" PV"u0Vs 81 s-PoIona' LOIS
gum s hard and frisbs 1t oreioary ,empestures bot
by the application Of nest it b'comes pssty and Vicious
and when once it in this state does no. return 70
its Original dton When boiled in water it assumes
a reddish brown color, and makes the water Et,is
soapy. Many reagents act upon it precisely they do
upon Rutta peTcha. The new gum cannot take the
place Of guta'psrcba bat from twenty to thirty per
cent. Of it can be mixed with gu tspercha without
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