Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-14
and Science. /.

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-Meerschaum, similar in appearance to
that found IN Europe, has been discovered
in Franklin county, Mo. .s
"A Bostonian has completed working
model of machine for composing types,
which is said to eclipse all its rivals
"A very small pen and ink sketch by
Raphael was recently purchased at a sale
in England for the British Museum at six
hundred pounds.
1t is estimated that thick shoes have
improved the health of women twenty five
per cent But what hard work it was
few years. ago to persuade them to wear
them! "."5t
/ "A watch, without hands, that shows on
its face no figures but those which tell the
hour and minute looked .for, has; been. pa
tented in London. The figures are displayed
as they are, wanted, and no others appear
ON the watch face. -3.3gb
Salt lakesandy ponds Iafeysaid to exist
in Dacotah Territory in great numbers,
and when worked will prove source of
much wealth. Salt can be made at but
small expense. and, the land enecessary for
the evaporating watts can be had for mere
trifle, .,.,.tJ;
photograms ALTA depth of 300 feet, in, his
diving studio, BY means of the electric light
thrown through water-tight lens windows
upon the objects to be photographed. The
value of this Invention in submarine sur
yeylng is obvious ''A0e
The latest application of Bessemer steel
is, the substitution ofmueh lighter and slen-
ideret tibes1 of steel fOrstlIe Wrought iron
masts which had already been applied to
some extent in the British navy in place of
IS sticks.2tTheanew mast lis strengthened
by transverse longitudinal plates. 40 -
Nj Boisson' has introduced a method of
treating superficial wounds by a jet of air
from the common bellows, Immediately
forming dried film over the exposed flesh,
beiieath Which healing is, greatly facilitated
and other obvious advantages secured
treated advantag eohsly in this way. noe
The elevation of the surface of Lake
Superior above the sea is six hundred feet,
that of the other upper lakes 578 feetgyet
their great depth places their beds except
that of Lake Erie, below the surface of the
ocean. These immense reservoirs Lake
Ontario included, contain nearly One-half
of the known fresh water on the globe :.
~ IF fence posts are set in reversed posi-
ton from that in which they; grew, they
will last longer Gas tar, with resin enough
to harden it when heated, is a good pre-
servatiYe. Heat it in large iron kettle
and apply it hot to the ends Of the posts
that 60 into the ground, resting the end of
each post on the bottom of the KETTLE and
applying the tar with an old broom.
/. 1T has been suggested that the interior
and exterior parts of complex objects, such
as an instrument or bodily organ, may be
represented in their positions, by first pho
.tographing the exterior part, and before the
image has been strongly impressed, substi-
tlting upon the camera the inner part The
latter will appear in the picture as behind
or inclosed in a transparent image of the
former
1t is the intention of the corporators
of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Com
pany to commence operations as soon as
practicable The bridge will be one of the
grandest works of engineering on the con-
tinent. 1t will cost not less than So 200, 900,
will be built of iron after the latest and
most approved designs, and will be placed
at sufficient altitude to allow the largest
steamers to pass under it at high water
The use of buttons so made that they
foan be attached to the clothing without
stitching by needles is becoming quite gen.
eral; and an extensive use thereof has
satisfied the public of the real value of the
Improvement The man who has no wife,
may now step into almost any store, buy
buttons of any pattern and attach them to
his dress in twinkling. One of the earliest
manufacturing companies that engaged in
this sort of button making is said to be now
in the enjoyment of the princely profit of
$780, a year. us
An inquiring German has been trying
nitroglycerine internally, not for blasting,
but to ascertain whether it is poisonous
In large doses it caused death in animals,
acting chiefly ON the BRAIN. The expert
menter, getting accidentally more than he
meant, to- suffered pretty severely from
headache, giddiness and partial loss of con
sciousness, but experienced no very alarm
ing symptoms. Externally, it produced no
effect whatever. Hence he concluded that
it isla safe article to handle, SO long as it
does not explode.