The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLA.N ANXIOUS.
cHrAr Cartoon paper submitted 10 the
British Association, il appears that lie M. nj.
lsoard have discovered q proeess for he genera.
lion 81 ilumlnating-gas BY super-hsAssd stjam
from any bydro.carbon, without the invention
of coal. Using for this purpose some resnous
\ substance, snch as Tar, Ii was asserted that ~
4 engine Of ihree-horse power would be amply
sufficient 70 light The large city o. Aberdeen
brilliantly and more economically Than conl,i b. n
Effected BY ordinary coal gas. M. h
AcrIoN o. Hear ON GuTfA PfnoHA. - 40
cording to Professor IIoiEnsn. gdl.a percha q
composed q siehiy.eleht paris carbon 10 twelve
hydrogen. When subjected 70 prolonged heal,
y acquires, 10 addition, from twenty-two 10
twenty-eight per cent, Of oxygen, which der
troys the plastic properties end insulating power
Of the material. Hence the objections 10 liz ap.
IpIicaiion for submarine tsIegfaphic purposes,
because u Is certain 10 Be exposed 10 heat Id
The bold Of The vessel engaged ia snbmereIne il
that must have anipjuTions yffsc. upon IL M
sulating power. 81.
ELEcTRIc PiENonENA, - II late COMMUNISM
tlon 10 the French ACADEMY Or Sciences are
Eennmeratsd acne remarkable eiecirie freaks on
the tslegraphc lines Of France and Algeria, nI.ss
the occurrence Of brilliant aurora boEealis,. On
4 the 2sth August, aud evidently connected there
with. and which were especially violent on ihe
south line. On the day immediaiely succeeding
the aurora the bells OF the nnworked lines rang
fntioasly, while onlhe others transmission Of mes
sages was FOR hours Impossible, The gaIyanomsters
Indicating the passage Of permanent electric
a current. Vivid sparks were emitted BY the
5 llghtaing conductors of Bordeaux and Touiouse.
! Near me Algerian city Of Constantine storm
prevailed, and the electric fluid ran along The
wires in:o The telegraph sfice. vivid flashes NJ
: Ing round the apartment with loud deionaiions,
uPsettiug the furniture disarranging The appars-
. tus, and occasiohing FIRE, fortunately exlin-
; gniehed without much damage. This commotlon
endedin half an hour, after having only terrified
/. The Inmates Of the Office. II. .s.s
Ills stated iha, nbrsndt Peale, me architect.
has instltnted suiis agsinst Archbishop Huehes,
! Tor n-fulGlmento Of bis agreements respse ing
the plans drawn By the architect Tor ths new ST.
Patfick,s Cathedral, New York. " ss5
DEATH Or Ex, Gov. GlnEa - Fl. Gov
Glmer Of Georgia died At b q Iesidenee, n Lex
W o'' o z ioin .Nosemos Y
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