The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-09

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CA0mic0l Nexe, With regard To Father Sec |
eAi's discovery Of efack in the interior Of
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more likely that the crack exhibited itself be. |
cause where it existed, the metal would be
thinner than throughout the rest Of the tube,
and would therefore cool more rapidly, be-
coming, in consequence, darker colored,
thus showing on the exterior both its extent
and direction?'
An exhibition which attracts CREST ats
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Messrs. Natthey L johnson. of Hatton Gar
den, who show two Of the finest platinum APP
paratus for the rectifcation Of sulphuric acid
in the exhibition, besides anumber of smaller:
apparatus and ingots Of the same metal, sew
ernl beautiful arrapgemeHts for analytical
operations, and q rare collection of prepare
tons of the precious and rare metals:
An ingenious, but certainly not very in
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ing purposes has been proposed in France.
A French chemist estimates that human
corps Of ordinary dimensions, by process
of combustion in retorts, may be made to
yield I 800 cubic feet Of Illuminating gas, at
cost Of about SLIGO.
Coal miners phtisis is supposed to be
primarily induced by the inhalation of carbo-
nsceous particles. The chief melting cause
is the Inhalation of the very impure atmo-
| sphere occasioned by the burning OF oil lamps.
| The long continued inhalation of dusty ats
| mosphere may, under certain circumstances,
produce similar i'll effects.
A maleabe cast iron is made By Gas-
| Cow firm of such tough tenacity that the teeth
| of pnions, cast according to tins process,
| which is kept secret, have been hammered
down to the solid base without cracking.
/ From recent statistics it appears that the
worlds annual total production of fine cop
per is set down at 10000 tons. or this Chill
/ produces about 81, 900 tons.
| Hydrogen has been collected from stel>
/ lar iron to the amount of nearly two and q
! half tunes the volume of the metal
| "A large fossil lump of the lower maxilia-
/ ~ of mammoth has been discovered In
i Nptt,n lre t.tn ySE W. ypay ~
some sandstone rock; il was handed over to
I the members of the Nottingham Philosephi>
! cal Society. by whom it has been examined
with much interest. The centre of the stamp
| is greatly worn by constant masticatlon, but
| the enamel lines of the series of grinders are
very bright and clear. The tooth was found
| in the Sand drift eight feet six inches below
the surtat =: it weighs ahont four pounds and
/ half, and would form creditable addition
TO any Museum in the kingdom Mechanics
Mdga1tat.
The Pit,sburg Chronicle gives publicity
to project which is contemplated III that
enterprsing CITY, which is nothing less than
the tri- partite or three. way TUNE to connect
Pittsburg with Allegheny and Manchester,
and is to be made under the beds Of the
rivers which separate the three cities.
The magnitude Of the iron trade Of which
Cleveland Ohio, is the centre, may be seen
from the fact that in one week three million
one hundred and eighty thousand pounds
we're received at, and one million four hun
ired and seventy thousand pounds were
shipped from. that city.
A vein OF saltwater was struck at Law
renee, kars -, Il few days ago. while boring
for water for wooden factory. The water
Yields one half pound OF salt to the gallon
At that yield. the business Of manufacturing
salt is considered profitable in that section
--Ingois OF lndium. at the Paris EXhla-
ton, weie hing about fifteen grains, and val
ned at ahout So, tito. exhibited by, N
Richter, Of Frihurg, one OF the companion
discoveries OF This elemsnt.
Utah is rich in minerals and needs look
ing after. Lodges of copper ore that bea
evidences Of containing considerable silver
t was recently discovered near Great Salt LAX,
City.
A rich vein Of silver OF the highest prom
ice has just been discovered at the Piziiranl
nine, in Bohemia at depth of 400 tathoms
or 1870 faith below the level ofthe sea.
A diamond weighing between twenty ont
: and twenty-five carats, has been found on thu
Orange river, in South Africa.
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