The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-08

Scientific Intelligence.
srTrrP OANiBUsRs DRAWN ~ LOCOMOTIVES.
recent letter from Paris ssys:lluis Lie past icn
days We Qcai dOrsay has oeea env, mo- ~ seies q
sSaesmens wth locomotives slaSIs M 1se IN
can stop L5e engine anost iossaii1 evtsly AZ Is stS
Eest 70 introduce this ssse1 q traction ino rars .o
ca,taf AZ any rate this DESCRIPTION o. ioeomoson may
b. rpod 10 for many useful purposes IN connoc
Aoa With tho execution OF public works
EVAPORATION or the CAMsoDIA RIVER.
Napoeoa ordered scientific Mission 20 explore
The Can hoa ryef from the source Of the Mel kou in
frIfu Gina Tibet where ~ traces OF the river ais
rpQoar Tire country which it ,rnverses has hitherto
been pored, aud = unknown e. mo deTn geogapher
Although ceraia ruins scattered over attest ihe FAC
al lIqh degree Of civilization once existed in ills de
sertsd r.gicn. Ills expedition IS, therefore, looked
:rY3ns and gc0grapher5 OF tho Academy Of Science
Fayia
THE MICROSCOPE.
An amateur Microscopcai Society has been formed In
Aalaon. At a iae mceing Mr. Richard Beck read a
ysper tho sSpracles breathing apparatus OF IN
ar. ~ c. Cooke contributed paper ON ''x forms
Of mcroscopcal fungi" The society has received good
sSppor. aid encouragement, and lfteen new members
wele enrolled on the occasion
FRIDGE ACROSS THE MgReEy.
y Ia proposed IN England TO build bridge across the
river Messy at point two threc miles above Liver
pool This bridge rs to have railway carriage ROAD
ara foot%ays for passengers II Is stated tnat u WIZ %
of sGcicaL height enable large vessels To aai unaef
", and thai II viii be PLAYED far atoe the docks mar
Dor AMI the Sioyno offer obstacle TO mo Lade
scd commerce Of tho port IL is proposed 10 connect she
bridge with the public streets OF Liverpool ana blFeh-
bead and connect the railway With the central station
IN of construction Ia liverpool ana when u
be formed at the bottom OF Bold street and aneagh
street at end, and a. the other Win tho railways
which run 10 the eatre Of Tie of Bienhead and
sio.,reat docks building thero The proposed bridge
would be connected with tho dock railway running along
The whole line Of The Liverpool docks aud also with
every part the docks t Rrkenhead by means OF the
rrsiway which surrounds those COCKS
A WORM IN TIE BRAIN.
coro,ers inquest was conclrdcd ct Carlisle England
sriy rpon body Of factory girl named Gallagher
twenty-five years of age who died suddenly 1t was at
suspected che had been poisoned; but post-mor-
tenn proved that death had been caused by
apoplexy induced by tho presence Of parasite called
Cysuecrcus in the left sentrcie OF the BRAIN
BLANKETS BY ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS.
A specimen Of the ingenuity and handicrait OF the
aboriginal natives Of Australia has bcen exhibiting in
made the bark Of tree. The n.ghs in the lofty
ranges CT Rockingham Bay are IN the winter season very
cola and o aa 70 ne, ha S ~, Inc
Eenbark tree and beat il until It's hbres are matted
INTO flexible substance forming an admirable substitute
AFRICAN CURIoslTIEs For THE BREMEN MUSEUM.
Gerhard Rohs the German traveller In Central Africa
"a, dated Derdi the I'd of september, 1865 stating no
had arrived at that place from Ghadanes Mr.. Rohfs
prontted by the departure Of from Derd 10 for
wad Europe several boxes OF interesting objects rom
tbs interior Of Africa for the Bremen Museum
ANIMAL GRATING
b the given TO a branch OF science which is
new extensively studied and experienced in by the
of France One Of those gentlemen, Dr. Ber In
paper forwarded to the Paris Academy OF Science states
ts rcsult OF his observation He says "hat If the .a
OF r be cut or skinned and then under the
skin Of the animal IL VIII continue 70 live and grow
Asbcsore fracture be effected the fractured parts
rs natural place. in Short both physioegcally and path
logically the grated part follows the general laws Of
nasurc."
MAN AND THE GORILLA.
Tho great continent, It Is termed Of Australia Is
the rotation Of man 10 the gorilla Professor Halford
takes the side OF Owen, and Huxley Is defended by an
anonymous 10" In tho columns Of tho Melbourne
Spectator the Royal Society Of Victoria supports the
former Tho language employed by the c0mbatants ID
mich violent tan what would be admitted in scien
&as societies in general
THE NEW PLANET.
Mr.. Chevallicr Of the Durham tEng.) Observatory,
states that their observer MT Doman has succeeded IN IN
Peters Of America II is the eighty nth Of the group be-
tween Jupiter and Mars Is comparatively bright and
well ned aud about tho size Of star of nine and
half magnitude The planet was in opposition abor. 0c-
ssber s.
UNIVERSALLY OF COPPER AND LEAD.
chemist OF Hamburg reports that he has discovered
traces Of "copper" and IN Of lead, in the re-
mains or animals he has found copper and lead in hu-
csh and copper In the iDtcsnes OF beasts or prey
IN beef IN poultry, in hens eggs IN fish, crusaeea, In
nDcts, spiders and snais
YHK HINDoos OF BOMBAY AsToNIsHED WITH GAS.
The streets bombay, India, have been lighted with
EE for the first time. Tho operations OF tho lamp
lighters excitement among the natives every
evening. The scene s thus descrbed-Long before the
Niamps lighted evening numbers Of natives may
- grouping round every lamp post. and whom the
pws he erees peva tho Strongest
,.hng the weakest In their endeavors 10 secure Inc
k,Ss nosibe Mace After little preliminary chatting
the lighter ascands the ladder and when the llumna
sirr is comnIate tho mob heaye n SIGH OF .ief and
usckv sit down nj the foot of the post and with up
srsed faces gaze into the amp for hours while every
0w and then thew casp the post with their hands 10
lsl n Il reta hot Tho mystery why the post does not
- hot they cannot solve and they argue for heurs To-
Sethar unon the ms and outs OF the question until
nally tired out they return to their homes 10 dream
- fhe wonders produced by ssSahibn
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