Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-02-03
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''1Cspsaia sthdiis, q Bsrliu,. fo,srnsrlv. q
the Prussian AfHfle,y, has established a
msupfsctory of hi, nswIyethsehsed ron-
powder, which seems ito lbe Vsucccssfuie-l
This gunpow der is made by Substantially
spPlyiFnga a!be process fyrgpp cot,sni 10 wood.
cotton Q re and wood are Identical in
chemical cons,itdtiob, both being com.
posed of celoiose, The one % loose
horops form, theio her closely compscted.
5ilRpakiUg gnupowder, Capt. sEchultzs
casia log, Preferably OF beech wood ioto
Veners across the grain. Those thin
sections i.a are thoroughly dried aud reduced
to granular form like saw.dnss. The
graaulated wood Is then subjected to the
actiobe Of nitric acidAthe details of the
Up: ocess being secret-and on being wasted
and, dried becom co explosive. sn37lzs s5r
The + St advantage of ibis powder, d.
the, absence, II all danger Of explosion
during the preparation, The manufactures
of be common black powder Is long and
complcated process, aud there ia con.
siderable danger at every stage Of II:
whereas the Scholfz powder does not bel
come explosive I'd laheso process Is neatly
lcompleted. Besides this, it would never
be necessary to keep q large,stock on hahd.o
Que mag"zne Of crumbled wood, and
another Of chemicals would. be equally in.
nocent: A few hours manipulation is
sufficient ito coiIvert ethese harmless 'afn.S
gtedieats into 'the'explosise products re!
qnreds gaBd,i Independently Of the
safety oflts prepafatioDsp the wood powder
1 10 i'sslf pcs esses many aadvssnages lover
The black. ,
! 1t does hot try the gun as the eun cotton
does, and i,sipower is uniform, and therefore
4 admits Of aeurate calculation. "a iIf soaked
n water, cit needs ouiy. to be dried again TO-
be as good as before. Compared With
black pow der by weight. it is about double
The strength; compared BY, volume. It is
about the same strength. II is little
cheaper than. black ro sder, considered
with regard 10 results 1'hs brilliancy Of
the fame and the ab.elce of smoke Will
make it valuable for pyrotechuicsis pur.
poses. as also for blssiius 10 mines o.,
tunnels q % L-goa 30 syoda .2l.m xi. issi
ARE THERE OTHERa INHABITED WORLDS fs
"A lecture wai delivered in5 New York .
one evening last week. by Prof Draper, of
the New York University. The lecturer
entered into scientific analysis of the cir,
cumstunces and conditions required on our
planet to support life4such as the exit.
euce of an atmosphere, OF water, food, &C.
Ii these conditions exist on other planets
and no greater opposing circumstances
exist, there is s'roag gpresumptive evidence
land Of course there capr be no other st
present9 that other planets are inhabited.
| Mercury and Venus, be declared, we're too
hot to support any kiud OF life. OF tha I,
earth next in order to them. all were mote
or less Informed. q Mars, which follows tho
earth 10 the solat system eis Hfty millioos ot
miles further away ftom the sun than1wsus
arcsa Suow spots are discovered upon Il, 81
and other phenomena such as occur 0p our a
earth. proving The existence of air and ii
water, which in their turn prove the exist.
ence Of vegetable life, which here supports
animal and human life II, therefore, the
conditions exists in Mars for supporting :,
human life. why should it not be Inhabited 10
At present, telescopes do not reveal obiects
very, distinctly, but 10 0 few years these
heulties may be overcome by science, and /,
we may then be able TO speak more posi-.
lively on those things. The Professor then
alluded to the moon hoax which created
| such asensatiou here some yearsla ago. By q
means of an electric light, discovered By +
tot yak, hhe s'ereescop'c Iiev OF the ?
moon was gtyenl Oh canvas, wnicn adaed II
s'ea''y " .ne interest ots'his par! ot tha
,ec'n'e anu Y she note 'nseiagent sppss'
neiislos enpo sc. .uereot ~ .ne audience. he
snoNei 'ua' 'ne uarA sPo,s, as seen oy tqe
nah'u eye, anu supposeu 70 90 water were
g'eas chF',es oi seserai nandred miles Ia +.
! Hlo'p,, prooany "oican'e,- snd conea'n'ng
"o-wa'er .ine "oue spots are rugged
mountain proJec,lons' 1voicaeic also, which
| ae teiescope sAn'o''s as actively a. wosk.oi
op'y one sue sM me moon has ever
appes,ea ',ao = @ .ae qsatte, 70 cannot tell
rSs Se'pe. sue o.rs, s,ae Is 'pnsel 60 Or oot
on that Pof ION Of = Which we never see.' -, e
Fun. oh, glorious IaugbIgr rhno,aa "
man loving spirit that for a time do,t tska
she burden f'om The weary back /: that tIoat p
| lay fsaIye' 10 the feet,s bruised and cut by