New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-28
power Of the profound thinkers the further discus
sion of IL was indefinitely postponed.
The following irtcrcsting urinary n scientific intel
lgenee was presented by the CHAIR.


hat NM. Denarquoy and Leconto ndyocatcd brfor
the academy Of Science Paris its in phtLoriis iii
ahetes, aud ether exhansting maladics when c,nn:c
indications absent. In some eases tho app,tic
turns with great intensity the circulation is upYcy Z
lips reddcned and nervous affection disappear
Still no absolute cure were announced by there genie
men. The gas shoud be absolutely pure and admins
tered only by those who understand sll ia effects.
MAUvISE.
PerLin has given this nale "a new organic base div
covered by him in aniliBo purple. Its formula r. t5'
E24 NJ
COLoRING OF VEGETABLE IVORY.
In contact with very strong suphuric acid vegetable
ivory is al fret changed IN color ~ pink This gradual
~ becomes deeper, and when the acid has acted oi
Twelve hours, purple is obtained almost equal "a MA
genta-
IRON AND HYDROGEN.
81. CLAIRE DYvnIE and iR0rsT have proved by OK
pertinent hat hydrogen will pass through the pores al
lTon steel TUBE and hence that such q tube intro
duccd into furnace whore there reducing gases
Will be- efficient IN carrying of tho hydrogen resCn
LuiuLINB.
This substance is found the Gomez VI de hop which
have arrived ~ maturity in the form of yellow powder
II was analysed lime since hy French chemist
Tie crude oil Of Lnpuno consists Of carbon a atoms
hydrogen a. atoms, ard oxygen atoms The oil Tcct
fled between 100 aud 1890 & contains the hvtro-sar
GIG Hic, t2 aLniarous To rolrai IL the oil 81 vale
nan. Iupune a-" coutains resin which II oXidIzed
10y c"ntact with cir and turns from a golden yellow "a
deep BOWL 1t l. soluble ~ water; tie solution pre-
sonis An acid reaction. II II completely altered 10y
evaporation In contact with mir AGlics then dissolve
u III ihe cold and separate portion insoiubie ~
water but solublein alcohol.
NEW GRELy COLOR.
prize has been awarded by the Paris Academy "'
Sciences Ia ". Route for new green. which It. pro
duced by mixture. II i said ot Pierre acid and the
hydrous oxide Of chrome (chfome green. The ne"
colcr called by the inventor rot raiur is Of great
beauty and bgliancy. and II suited to replace The
arsenicM greens often used 20 color wall paper from
which pOisuuous dust arises
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FTA1iON.
Recent experiments made bv NJ. Carey Lea 81 Phiia'
dephla prove that The presence % ozone IN the aiio-'
phcrc has the effect If rciardng 'hc rowti ~ plants
The termination ~ seeds under tho ordinary hcf'ass
not retarded by the removal ~ the carbonic acid
from the incloscd atmosphere While Ia an atmosphere
composed entirely If carbonic acid containing oih"i
or nitrate # methyie. termination war cnti'el! pre-
vented
TIE MONT GEMS TrNSIl.
This tunnel which l. 10 connect the railway "i
France With hose 81 Italy, viii be- atou u niles ionf
tf Modane On the French lido Of the upuntfns, TIE
tunnel j. # tie following dimensions: % feet - inches
wide et The base - feet - Inches vide IN the hruacri
part. and - feet Inches IN hight IN The middle me
arch bring ncnfly q semi. crce. At BaIdonneche on
the Italian side The hight - feet III inches and ne
hese D. f34 FEET above that at Modane From tth' MD.
de- toward Nodane The gradient wiz be IN ~, ana
toward Hafdonuecho in 2.Vf. sufficient to allow the
water io escape ~ Modane. the entrance Ia The nm
Ie l. - iert above ,he alley aud TIE walls 81 The
tunnel are entirely oi yi0nc. ~ knid"nneche the sue
walls 1rc of stone. and tho remainder Of brick.
The boring machines are driven ny compressed ar
used nj ., inchcs pressure per square inch which i
conveyed To the fn'head 81 ih" advanced gallery ~
a pipe II inches In diameter Two machines are Hsed
for copr. ssiny the air; the hsdrnnic Vrn
ci pie las an air vessel u fci high ard feet 10 iia
meier Into this. water frum column > feet bga is
admitted the mir thu compressed y 'orc"i thiot ~
valve into n rrseryur. u hen This valve cl-rs ihf
water ~ discharged ar admitted into ihe air chamber
and the operation of compression Is repeated. Ih'
machine Inukcs about five strokes IA minutes. 1f
other machine resembles q pump On one side 81 Tho
piston tie water presses and the other s!de The All
II com pressed.
To complete this tunnel by land labor it would sir,
twenty five years. In Juno la-i he advance at Noan'
nj tie rate or q meters per day. N. SosniitLN
expects by BIZ system 10 Gd' ancc the nnci trrc meter
~ each cod per day. At this rate Tie work won.d b.
completed IN tho year lrts.
yAroR ~ WATER wTTi rCEL.
Tho selected subject wa the same discussed 81 tho
lgsi meeting. To show that this combination bot vi
recent origin. y communicating from Mr. JosTH DN
oS II jersey CITY, was rad. nom which II appeared
that early ~ l-s Wien anthracite cnai ns but hit'
used he put m 10 awoosr factory a tent"n Mas.
boiler ana attachments ior heating purPses sufposine
flame would BE- more elective for making steam. hs
tapped he boiler head the top aud inserted one end
Of pipe having In II regulating cock the other END
entered the ssh pit that the steam discharged would
pass through the CRATE bars be decosed on contact
tb anthracite and thus Increase the fame but The
great Inconvenience from the suphide Of hydrogen
which escaped into the factory from want Of draf IN
the stack caseo II "a be- discontinued Again In iS+5
lrih De tired Tie burning OF rfhlh lot HritF H"h
in oupola furnace erected at the expense Of sa'ory
son in Jcr~cy cry NJ hhcir oundery. but the boiler
being sixty feet from the cupoa II IVES alter Tie III.
me Ting laid asd. until boiler could lie made expressly
Tor The purpose ard placed by; that aas never
done Tie Idea II the burning of TIE vapor 81 wnirE -
very Old one vii be .ecn BY examining The follow
Ing dates 81 patents granted IN iiseoubTl Inc Ai.,r
icau water burner wns patented by Capt Samuel Mo
rev Il oxford y. H.. Dee II, 1917. IN improvement
ON uore,s wntefbufner was patented by ]. L. Sullivan.
Of Boston Mass. Dec. 10, lsls' ana another by nm
Mr. sTrTsos remarked that in the presence Of the
ynpor Of water during combustion there may be cat
nlytio action. by which n morc perfect union al tne
Lrnlng elements effected II thsir TO- there can De
no doubt nf is utility In the ordinary combustion OF
fuel II In Asccrained that large proportion O' thc oi'
yccn Of The nir escapes uncDmbined II the use OF steam
viii facilitate the utilizing oil thls oA{gh Nouu pe
decided advantage. This the only light ~ which b.
could view any benefit arising fun the use oi ir 'hlor
of water IN connection with mel
Nh uIBBES thought the amount of uncombnrd or
yeen which escapes up the chimney WAS not great nc
cn,rp 10 rheincs tests made It'll the vast products
OF furnaces II Il shown thai only five or s1 per
cent Of the oxygen thus escapes
Mir K0oT remarked thai the escape ~ unccmbiBed
owen ia much efra nom The Urea hch heat bon
eis Than from furnaces.
Dr. Pow I'LL drew diagram Of the furnaces used FOR
burning wet innbark. which he had so"n III operation
during The lnst week. " hen The furnaces were hrSt
nut mn iron crate barr used hut they were soon
warped 40 as be useless. The crates ARE now made
~ Ire brick The ovens about four feet VIDE and
feet long; the hIe IL tTst started With wod ana
Tie whole interior Is made nearly red Rot before the
spept tan Is put In. The flame is conducted from thus
oven through a psssage.way under TIE boiler Ihtie
seemed 10 be great draf ~ proved by holding Tue
hsnd before the damper but he accounted for this by
OF vapor IN the chimney There is protH
by two or three per 81 the tan that not burned
The same quantity Of e made of coal would have pro-
duced great dram.
MI BAHrII1T said the vocation ~ water in combna.
ton with fuel ~ expose fresh surface III coo 10
the action al oxygen; there WAS 10 cheinrsi action
ts..f hat tan
mir very rlowly permeates, makes II srpolderng hic
but moi bright one In burning tar, NJ Od CITY, me
fnrpac.s are two feet long and foot vide but the
smooth surface Of the tar prevents II from burning ns
,l,,fore water is put into IL which causes the tar 10
buible and in this way greater surface IN exposed
10 the action Of oxygen In The process OF combustion.