New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-28

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nonged 10 We suoposv that the 400 hes maioo
relatively 70 the o,ber stars So all the fns 6gn-es
which our Economical orators have derived from this
suppoed trsns alton In space viii have 10 be abandon
ed Those calculations do po., how ever prsoluie the
-ppposit Oh that our whole solsr system may have
mOion in spsee the sars preserving the relative
| direction and distslce from each other.
| The telescope with which DR.. Lsscarb,uh discoy-
cred the new planet nearer the than hsTcury ia ve
~ anal It's objectass' is only four inches 10 Diane
ter with focal length Of less than Ave feet and II Is
mounted q wooden frame which admits only oft~o
motions one horizontal, the other vertical 1t has
magptfyirg power Of $50 times. From Dr. Lescaf-
bsults observations NJ lie Verrier conclades that the
planet revoves around ths in - days; that
the iDolipstion of lie orbit is 10 lG the oogade Of
Ito ascending node 100 J9 and that its nsss Is one
R.yeDs enh that Of Mercury. This MACS is mu 81 too
email TO account for ell the anomalies which have bssn
observed IN the movement Of Mercury the sup?osltiou
therefore strengthened that there is gronp of thess
planets. The new planet can lever be moro than -
from the sun as from the EARTH that can new
er Get more than bali hour after sunset or rse more
bsn half On hour before suuise This with it, very
small size rebdeIs easy for us to understand why 10
| has never been observed before.
"A very interesting story lie told In the Honiteur des
Scences of horse that died Of grief being sspaea-
ted from another bore with wbisi he had lived long
His disease was called ga pseu To- Madness entirely
moral, brought by regret at separation from al
sffectiopste companion, and increased by Isolation"
Recent observations chow tina. certain plants have,
under certain cireumstsn ,es the property of emitting
luminous flashes. This has been observed lately In the
botanic garden q. Upsala in Sweden, by q large num-
Der of persons. The plant the pap zuer oriezta
-Geooeists have hitherto supposed tbst tas volcs-
poes Of Mexico were produced by elevation; Hun.
bo6t Ia particular sustained this view basing his the
org on the supposed fact that there no Of
lava streams proceeding from the craters. n. II. de
Sauisure however, who recently assembled ths psak
Of Orzaba, has found streams of lava rsdasiDg from
the crater every ride He considers tina. the volcs
hoes of Mexico we're formed BY volcanic accumulation
entirely.
M. Becqucrel has introduced such Improvements Ia
the electric thermometer to make register changes
of temperature OF less than twentieth OF degree
The vicomts de Lapssee has jnst published VOL
Dme the preservation end prolopgstion Of Ife He
believes quite possible to extend life considerably by
which he points ont and in the end TO restore
the life of men to ito sntsdiluvisn length.
--Gums have hitherto been puzzle to chemistry.
n. Frenzy believes that be has discovered the coDs
tution Of some Of them. Gum Arabic he thinks Is a
gummote of lime, combination OF very small guam
tiiy Of lime with gumac acid. This ia auost too sim
pie to be true.
M. Wolf, Of Zurich, IN bis last pubshed commu
Dication relative 10 the solar spots has given all the
observations which he thr ks be referred to passa
ges of the inter Merourial planet the He
finds tina. all, the time Of which is acsuraely noted,
may be accounted for by planet which snoud rsvoive
round the in 3SI days or IN l94 days THIS agrees
remarkably with the period Of 10 7'days deduced by
n. lie Verrier from the observations of DR.. Lsscar
bsult,
M. jules Jamin, Professor Of Physics in the Poly
feobnic School, has, by very simple experiment,
shown bow the cap may be carried up tees to great
bighs by capillary attraction and the action of eados
uosis. Taking of p'as'sr, he followed out in
the center Of il cavity which he filed partially with
" ater aid mercury. To the oriBa Of tho essiy he
ix ed tube Of email diameter and i'm nsrsed the mass
in vessel Of water. INTER the influence off action
of esdosmos. aud cspls5y the externsl water psne-
taed into the cavity, and compressed the air within TO
sueh an extent 70 raise the pressure 70 three or four
Atmosphere shown by the rsiOg Of the water and
the mercury in the tube The sap thus enabled TO
dissolve many substances not soluble by water under
ordinary pressure.
Baron Heurteloup Ia the author Of & new term
myoiehe which may be translated
TIE sufcuar system oSiDg placed under the ioaeDoe
of the cecebropns appsrasus in normal conditions is
mansged by it Bot any strong passion may 80 oceu-
by the brain that il foreetst connue its action upon
the muscle. He says that when we open the mouth
while listening with great attention it is not as souie
Of the ,ranscenden,al Psychologists have declared, 20
open the eustachian tube as new conduit for the
sound hu. merely because the under falls; and the
under Jaw fals becsuse the brsin s much preoccu.
pisd that it orges hold itup 10 the came gay, he
explains the DO winch relics upon people at
any terror as on the brink OF precipics and great
number Of similar phenomena. This, TOO, gives
good explanation of such phenomena sutterins and
lie the key 10 many chronic diseases.
An alloy possessing all the qualities of silver and
perfectly initiating it, is mrde of 20 to 80 per cent OF
silver, 30 Of Nickel and so OF copper. Nickel eau be
obtained Of great purity at dollar and half pound
-Hyppotism is not cafe for the patient. NJ. Grand
Tenlon says ,hst lsdy whom he bypnotized made 30
free with Der condolences that be for fear of grave
suits TO her. obbgfdto awake her. He thnks that
tie lee of free viii and conscience with the prsserva-
ton Of memory the passions and tie power of speech
does not make up desirable state.
There were several tbunder-storms in France in
January. church was struck by lightning on the
northwestern coast
NJ BelliaDi, of Metz, has employed aluminium in
tie construction OF physical and Typographical instru-
ments with good success.
M. Ksufmsn, a German teacher. has cent TO the
Academy of Sciences at Paris the discovery that II