New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-15
INDUSTRY AND INVENTION

l5hng the SSciee encouragement IN rhrlsJ at reo
zion at which the great chemist N. Dumas presided,
by an exhibition of the aireas which was shown to an
adnirng public two or three years ago from several
stores along Broadway. The principal objection which
we found to that argas at the time was that iis pro-
prietors declined to put up an apparatus anywhere,
but were anxious only to sell pstent rghts The pro-
cess consists in hydrocarbonigng atmospheric air by
passing it over mixture Of equal quantities OF OIL OF
napbths and spirits of tpentine purified BY suphuIc
acid and distilled in current Of hydrogen gas, which
considerably reduces tue bongpoint OF tho mixture.
The apparatus which Mr. Chandor exhibited CONSISTED
of a closed box two feet in length, width and depth,
psrtiay filed with the liquid Into this liquid air Is
forced Nv bellows in tho box constructed on the pr-
cpe of the waler.meier and moved by weight Inc
air being hydro carbonzcd by contact with the liquid
is carried of b. tube 10 the turnerss Tue lght Is
powerful aud Of dazzling wheness' In striking con-
trast with the yellow light Of ordinary coal-Sas Inc
apparatus although occupying only cube oil two rect
was said 70 be large enough to produce ten Thousand
feet of gas without new supply Of liquid 1t seems
TO realize perfectly the great need Of gas which can
be produced in small quantities without trouble The
gas composed of air imprcgated with five TO ten per
cent of yaporzed hydrocarbon The cost is stated 20
be about five dollars per thousand feet of the g Two
days afterwards emilsr apparatus was a1ached 70
one Of M. Lenoirs gas-engines of two horsepower
whca became eyden: that it was quite equal 70 NOV
ing an engine OF ten horsepower. d. Marinoni, IN
whose machne-shop this experiment was made con-
sders that the problem Of ges-locomotiyes Is solved 1t
ia now being applied to Little steamboat which will
navigate the Seine,
M LANDER, one Of tho vstchmon Of the huses
On Louvre has a bobby, it 10 scintillsiion. AS d.
CouverG raver predicts the weather by falling stars
81. Handler predicts 1t by sclntiation. lie was hr9
,d 20 suspect the nature Of sciDtaton by seeing III
brooks Where the water runs rapidly, everybody
knows that the white pebbles in the bed Of brook
scintilate remarkably when the sun is shining upon
them. Til, taught M Handler that scintillaton Il
the effect produced upon rays Of light by waves IN the
transparent medium through which the rays pass when
these waves are broken aud are induced by Current
He applied this to the scntllstions Of the stars, and
therefrom dsduced the theory that they were caused
by the wind or currents Of air and a. the stars 5oin
tlated whea there was 10 wind observable, be beey-
ed thst tie wind was IN the upper strata Of the air.
IBIS was con6rned by popular saw among the wea-
tier-wise & A when the stars scintAte brilliantly
there will be high wind the next day or the dag after
and be supposed that ibis was only tie extension OF the
wind in the upper strata Of the air 70 the lower strata
In 1856 h, constructed a scntometsr, which Is moth.
ING more thar teC scope out Of focus through which
he observes the dilacd image Of star Now. he says
that the senilation indicates 10 him precisely the di-
recon Of the currents Of sir in the upper regions and
that that direction md force are communicable The air
On the surface Of the earth in about twenty -four hours
more or l,ss II this Is really the case-and it is sup
ported by theory IA well az By tho declarations Of
G.. hat ia a
20 far towards solving the problem Of the prediction OF
tie weather
In Europe where tho needle-iee graph ia used ex-
ten.iyey il il found that the very close watching
which is required TO read from it has injurious effect
upon the eycs of the operators The needletelegraph
is used principally in England; in France, the Morse
graph threatens be displaced by the printing tel
egraph Of Mr. Hughes and the Abbs Casseli Of Flor
ence Cassells telegraph reprojuces everything, su'
tographic handwriting, ine-drawings. portraits, and
scenery A mans handwriting ia reproduced az the
ratio Of eight 20 ten words per minute, and Morsss al
phabet at the rate Of sxy worsper minute This au'
togaphio method must be Of great use IN sending by
telegraph orders for money and other communications
in which there is danger Of forgery
M. Cassola, who has just returned from an excur.
sion in he equatorial regions has brought specimen
Of sort Of mummy apecuiar preparation, of which
description may be Of value TO our amateur scaping
friends in the South These Indians scalp, but they
have refinement on scalping. IL consists in reducing
the head TO about the twentieth Of its original size by
taking out the bones beating the remainder TO jelly
and then driving it. Mummi6ed in this way the head
Oftbe enemy Is carried about as decoration by the
warrior That which was presented 20 the Academy
Of Sciences las magnificent head Of hair very silky
TOO silky 70 be that Of 40 Indian. and the distinctive
features Of the countenance are preserved.
M Montigny h0s demonstrated that the wind al.
way. has An influence on the barometer, and az the
wind rises the barometer falls 10 all cases This will
affect baromeric determinations Of elevation where the
barometers compared al such distance as % sub
ect them to different velocities OF wind and will
plain The reason why 90 many bsrometro determine.
tons Of hight have been found 70 be 80 fer from tie
tual truth To make trustworthy determination Of
hight BY the barometer It is necessary that there be
no wind at either Of the points compared the sur-
face of the earth OF in the upper air.
"A machine has been invented in France Cor telling
wooden yarn instead Of spinning Il. The Minister Of
Agriculture ha- epoed ia favor Of ~ Hitherto wool.
en- yarn bas beer produced b. drawing cat and TWIST
Ing, which operation is necessary to give the yarn the
strength required for weaving THIS leaves the ends
oft bers Of tie wool sticking ont while in the felt
ing operation they DO not, and consequently cloth
made Of the fetei yarn ia much softer than one made
of spun yarn The process Of telling by this machine
is cheaper than spinning
The German astronomers we're to have congress
at Dresden the Goth and Plat Of August to deliberate
ON various questions relative 10 practical astronomy
Their first meeting was at Berlin, in September last,
when they concerted the distribution OF the observa.