The New York herald., 1866-04-21
Scien tlnc.

The Lords Of the Committee Of the Council on Educa
ton OF England have ordered that the Museum OF Irish
Industry Dublin, shall be converted into College Of
Science for Ireland.
THE suPPLY or IODINE AND BROxISE.
iodine occurs commerce much abundany
than bromne ana hence does not command ~ high
price the latter element the present commercial value
OF beomne being weight Tor weight nearly double that
Of iodine The greater portion ~ the bromine Of com
obtained from the mineral springs OF Thcodor
shall near Kreuznach Prussia that OF the iodine OF
from the mother liquors Of "vnrek, or kclp,
being the liquors which left after the complex solu
ton obtained by ylyiaiing the asher OF seaweed has
been freed far possible BY careful evaporation and
cooling, from The chloride OF potassium chloride Of
dium carbonate OF sodium and suphae OF sodium, which
the salts most abundantly contained In them These
mother liquors also contain bromine, though IN much
smaller smaller, quantity man ,oa'n' .on o. %~ Srn~oca ~,r
but MOI more than half an ounce of bromine
Both the bromine and ths iodine contained in
seaweeds OF derived from The and the
snTscrs srK % : n:a 90 .hs!:ss @ N sss %
to contain larger proportion of bromine than Of
iodine The oa the Dead ses has long been known
% = o"ua b. Sg the Old %s,hods of ansy
ss the least Of Iodine and Mtschsrlisch has
trum ansvss described above the portion of
Iodine In the water Of the Dead Sea which might well be
conceived 70 be exceptional ~ ms r.spe .s IN 80 many
peau containing spprccisbls quantity Of
brom'ne For example he found that the residue from
the evaporsiicn of six snd half pounds Of -es water
taken on Helgosnd treated by his process showed the
bromids Of copper spectrum or seven minntes but did
not give the lsast sgn Of the iodine spectrum There
would thus seem reason 10 believe that bromne moro
sbundan, In nature than iodine. " 80, NAV bs sore
that will one day be more sbnndsnt IN commerce TOO
ARCHAEOLOGY N ESoL,SD.
Al late meeting of the British Archrooet sl As0cs
tiop In London the following exhibitions took place
Roman found In Winchester street, consisting Of
5amian and curious implement. Among articles
of the medieval period examples of boaiswaiu's
whistles OF the fifteenth century various terra Gotta
vessels from Suffolk moel singular plismsnic ring set
xt Mocha and horse bit rfAfsd be Of
cent British manufacture The proceedings were isrni
mated by paper upon the pcinrs ~ l"mley sas- snd
Mr. Panch6 argued that entirely wrong date bss been
assigned both 70 the pictures and The eftses aud he
l0nged 10 different period 10 that which has beeD aitrb
uted tn them The pictures app ar IN have been copied
from painting or prints of the fifteenth century. Tho
caiges are ali of The time of James a. except three
which, by the them, show that they are not
Lgmlsy-, but Rayengs Of The fifteenth century
CHEMICAL PROGRESS
The Clcrnca society ~ England has had meeiing Va
London Dr Galtstone read paper ON 'fyTophoNpho.
diamc Aed md SIX ne~ m.thois % preparing ~ One
method CONSISTED ia throwing penisrblonde o phospho
rus into the strongest solution - ammonia w. DE-
the snlts 90 The ard aud their propere-
heating Of an acid solution of pyrophosphcdamic acid
with fcrric sali The red sais of iron give rth The
acid insoable pJrophosphahnae u roo on heatihs
Tho reading ~ the paper produced warm discussion
RAILWAY U~DER rHE sgHsyY
sir Charles fox la had meeting 10 Liveuooi With
large number Of the local magiFiraiss town 'ounchs
sioners tor the purpose o. explaining plan for ,on
structlng pneumatic railway between hve1oel and
Birkenhesd under the riyes Mercy So Charief 81
plsned that the principr ~ pneumatic rsiisay had
been successfully tired lafss @4e a. sydenh.n and
one being conrtrus,s tbe bei ~ tho ihnmes
between Charing cross aud the Waterloo station The
proposed railway from Lversscl 90 bfseuheai was =
mile aud three eishths 10 easih Ihere would be tso
stations Liverpool and al Brkeblead fhr eo~i
wac estimated si fO coo, With boosng POSER 10 raiAa
the capital GOO 0co The mated coti soud bo~
ever be much r.nf I'd The bed u The we're found
oonsst u rock instead of 90 cssands II wa estl
mated ths, f3S0 600 The 'fshc would ptOdues - 90
year pas hye pes cent div dead, aud Llo 900 Tor
working erpen-es The sp@~d would bs a. 10 rate 81
twenty miles hoar aDd each train of goods Ahd pAs
sengers coud carry ii hve hundred ras.enssrs Who
would be chan 81 pence three I~rce and Oue nny,
according IN class IL answer 10 uanerous qsestous
orphaned that tbsss would ~ o. danscr ~ coll flon
aud the Carriage lunsrstt and ~sl lighted would al
ways be In plenty % ffosh ar
ssrNrfAi FoH -srfrTots
" Henry Ci.re DwFiiis isisty rofnrnu lasisf "
the Academy ~ s-ncs- ~ Pars tha fat that nat ness
obained By caenaiion from rbnrne ~ usgrssiarn Will
whom exposed 20 she ast0n rsisf fpf roue nouihs
scquire orsasranle corsistsnsy and b@c0fn@ bard
enough 10 cut maftda lafniua ~ This fns.ncs4 oi
rnodsrsfe thickn.-s 10 ir.nal1cid h.o alsbsstof VII
tb. subsantss DeTiils has been ~rsbe 20 fasts
a. N with plaster % Pans cuy Vie former lufsi
water A nisturr ~ shsis end magnesla In Iesffi
made up paste ri'h saisr v god ~ ulg4i e.
and wtli beoouBs stnssdlngiy bard anfer ~sisf
Execution OF Thomas shisids ts Hish
mo.d.