The New York herald., 1866-08-05
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.


the subject of Isaac smiths letters patent bearing date
April 26 1864, and il consists a novel Of lock
ing the breech piece in closed position when the ham
mer is down, while the is safety notch in the
tumber and also in a novel Of covering the
tse In the breech receiver through which the hammer
works when the hammer Is at full or half cock
whereby dust and dirt prevented from entering the
said mortsc and cloggng the parts contained therein
Recent geological Investigations, verified by actual cx
permcns to establish the fact that largo portion
Of Southern Illinois contiguous 10 the OHIO river con
tains valuable deposits OF lead. The Louisville Journal
ssys:-In the opinion OF Professor Lyon, which
is confirmed by the uniform experience OF
miners, there can be no reasonable doubt that
the whole region is filed with like veins lying
from thirty to dny yards apart, yielding ore in pay
ing quantities depth below the surface varying the
main om twenty /? thirty feet and reaching down to
the enormous depth of from thirteen hundred to sixteen
hundred feet growing richer the deeper they descend
Science and experiment unite in warrsniIng The conclu
.iou that the earth there literally swelling with lead
orr under conditions Of development the most inviting
to capitalists.
Coored starch Il the latest aud greatest novelty OF
the season. II Is made pink, bun, the
and delicate green and blue will soon bo produced
Any article siarehed with the new prepare.
ton i completely colored-dyed should have
said. but II washes out and the garment
thar pink to-day may be green tomorrow, and
bun afterwards we can hardly say dyed" u
is Intended especially for those bright but trcacherousy
coored musns that costly, wash out and perplex
their II the pattern has been mauvc they only
need the starch II green green starch; and they
bc rendered aud pretty shade thus becom
ing not only wearabe again, but very stylish. White
anti lace curtains may also be coored IN
the same and Infinite variety afforded.
George A. Mitchell, of Turner Maine the inventor Of
tho "copper tip for chiidren's shoes aud his son
eight years Of age were recently drowned in Twenty
Mile river his residence. Two Of hs boys
had gone in 10 battle. when Que Of Them got
beyond his depth The father rushed into the
water TO save has child, bat both drowned
The bodies we're found IN half hour afterwards hut
al attempts at resnscita'lon were unasang Mr. Nit.
chc wm IN preseason OF an independent fortune OBJ
tsned through has invention.
~ tis boiler works Of Mckay and Aldus, In Boston,
the edges Of the plates psned down 10 the right
he,eI before the riveting leaving much nea,er and
much safer lob of work
lump Of oc-.ay ten pounds-piaesd in a wsn win
render IL delightfully."- cool and far pleasant than
from pitcher ~ lc- The lie has TO be renewed
once in about ten days.
v. Marcy has communicated TO the Paris Academy Of
Sciences the description Of very ingenious instrument,
which he calls myograph. for exhibiting the vibrations
OF the muscles OF the human body especially when
under the influence Of fatigue
A seric- Of interesting experiments have lately hesn
made Ia Paris having reference the preservati or
meat py parsfdnc The results arc thu, N meat be
plunged IN bath Of psraine at temperature Of 200
degrees and subsequently nIoher baths Of paano Al n
lower temperature viii keep perfectly fresh for q
great length of nme.
Arrangements now nearly complete for the York.
shire rpe Art End Industrial Exhibition Tho Guaran
tecd fund amounts 10 seven thousand pounds and
fths of this amount have been pad up. The building
of The Exhibition wa designed by icssrs. Atr and
Turner and bas since been erected. Ia the various
spaces between the Trainings In the from, being
placed carvings scgorcai paintings, a. and IN other
parts ebszoned the Of the nobility and gentry
Of lork hire.
from rouqne whom they cent 10 investigate the vol
csnic phenomena at Neo- kairDeni VI Fouqus states
that he mas discovered the Of Methsna described
by sirabo and that he found AT Sansak posses
ing al the properties Of the Groio del Cane,
Naples He has also asrcuaincd that Tho whole western
portion Of the ISLAND volcanic and state Of great
activity.
The Brazil and River Plate Md says that Captain
Burton. The African traveller nov British coDsul q,
ssntoe e de,erm ned, soon tho opens To
where he some time made the discovery Of dor
mant soioano. known tho locality by name signify
ing the exploding hlli" u has hong been bolcved that
Brazil was altogether devoid or volcanic formations;
bat f Captain Brrions irdpr~ssions confirmed by
a closer scrutiny he viii have added another 10 tss
many important services he has rendered m active
aud practical gsographer.
Tho JomBst IL <ia> informs that recently the
common traction engine constructed by the firm of
AIbarsf et.Ie of Lsncour had degcpdcd the inclined
road from Iaop the railway terminus, with mean
speed OF EIGHT kilometres as miesl per hour.
Tnis incline II Afterwards mounted In eisht minntes
with load o dvc tons, and with pressure Of steam o
ouiy seventy three pounds on The peh. The inventors
conclude from the experience of smother trial they made
that the engine capable Of hauling thirty tons, ss a
spsad of from and half to three and half miles an
hour, from The terminus TO Iaon, 40 this slope
Daring a recent meeting u the Royal Institution, at
London air Henry Jane. Of the Royal Engineers, gave
IN acooun, OF the ordnance survey of Jerusaem. We
sre familiar enough with hs Kind OF typographical work
IN our country but 70 hear of an ordnance survey
q tho Holy Tand-to hnd modern sclcpco MIXING iisef
~ with traditions Of the earliest tlmes, with our
scrptur,l nssocla,ous and with the Crusaders
and sAraoens inspires notion of inoongru
Hy II Is true neyertbeiess, that party of redcoaied
Inrleh aappers have taken accurate plan Of the cy
n David and carried line u iss sllng all scroas the
country from tho Mediterranean ai ians ~ the Dead
Sea The object being 20 sot,le long debated aass,sn
lbe difference or level between the two seas, and Ne
now learn from sn u Jamcs that i = ssited The ar
ference i great, for the ievc of 'be Dead Sea ~ 2
fe~, ,.o~ that q Tie Mediterranean and the highest
ground pa.pea over IN tho line a tho survey Mount
gcopasl Is ai2f feet above the lsvel of the hcisf
rancan. Tho uouai y olives Z 80 feet Mount Zion
1850 feet and Mount HOrah go feei shove the same
level pas precsg'ious taken ~ eating fnsrts
In the solid rock he soate to pfsssrse means -
TESTING lhe surysy fa,ars i1s and of rsnaeuE
il neanshAe useful 70 uavellers or % Tho party now
.nzagsi IN ths exploration = Palestine sr ~ james
saies that jerusalem oceapics spaoe o. ab0ut three
quarters of mile ID srgfh ard half mile Ia wsdihp
trsl has iass ben maize a Foresos a sairass IN
sigminsarn which " A. rght a. IN ofsnsry ~sssenat,
nearly sexbs shf capable n ,erning fDasfsi tsi