New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-25
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49,, MusuRoou.-M HesliDR states, III
,.'.nl de Paayaete eide Chfs'ie, that even Ions Do
srs milk becomes sour there are gene eI1sccs III
ssasl organized spores OF Oh o'oVP'"'" 'P' .ou
coxsuMING SMoKE.-A continuance Ior con
.nnanS smoke has been invented I'm Pennsylvania ~
,sts Of box containing fan, attached to tine
a. an engine so catch smoke and drive arSe
furnace Where hs fbs soEe nuisance a6ated
An ELECTRICAL INsECT.-lt is reporteu' VI
a. anthor,tv Of the late Major-Gen. Davis OF inc
ARTILLERY that the ReduViWs serratus coin ,,so the
N the West Indies as the wheel enS shock 70
6ysn0tNs eectrieUs, communicate on
e6e person whose flesh IL tOuches' 49, c,y,p
10 pppvENT THE OXIDATION OF Iron ohii
HorToMs-Prof Calvert has recently naue ",1ation
an IRON rpst and expresses the opinion might be
Of that part OF c an snc an alloy oil ea
and anthony. and 1,l by P Tse vessel ell
- stT.,o,. :, I1GHT-AccOrding TO LandsDerg,
chemist artificial light contains 20 per cent Oh
aloriao rays while sunlight contains only o. 10 'ni'
edOmAnSo Of heating PGE S Ss aRSSes the dsa
sreeable sensation produced upon the eyes NSry ur
sheets OF mica will intercept the eaiorho ray '"~
ihe hight more agreeable.
TuE EFFECT OF ELECTRICITY UPON BLOOD
INF Neumann OF K6nigsberg, IN studying inc
-, on of electricity upon the animal ORGANISM mas
- NV found that under the influence Of powerfully IN
SSg 1 Tn Between their walls, which become very
smooth, and the interior granular rsnid
movements
SALT AS A MANURE.-M. Velter having,
some time SINCE published ansaTtcle on the utility OF
eoDmop salt to agriculture in consequence OF Jus Interior
transformation carbonate and lastly 70 o1ae U1
soda NJ Pelgot furnishes criticism thereOh 70 the
e.nts of his own researches He finds that when COM
salt naturally occurs in an arabic SOL SOME Pah'
assimnlate this salt but the greater number do not
The REFRACrIvE ENERGIES OF METALs-Dr.
j. h Gladstone read paper before the BRUSH AsSocA
dion AZ the Exeter meeting the relation OF the refrae
txo eneroies and the combining proportions OF metals IN
which he stated that In most cases, put not al Ihe 49,
the combining proportion of the metal the greater - o
Fefractve energy. The rule seems 70 prevail sinonk
those metals which form definite salts snch as mag
nesium, iron, and zinc, but does not hod az an III
Gladstone do show any definite relation between tne
stomc weight Of metals and their respective reiracng
power
BEAcH-woop TAR.--M. LOnguinine stated at
neat,n0 of the Chemical Society OF Paris chat wnen
ts tar is distilled along with water there obtained
hight yeowish colOred OIL, which on oeing tsaseu ~
rs,ec potash yields crystalline eOluPo9 1 20 tha
peculiar pheno which eonst1tss nder Of the oil
x~ids chiefly tereben, boiling and dishng over pstWeen
iso and 1892 The phenol obtained has some OF Ine
inca of ordinary phenOl carbonc acld, anu
a ,,ecnaT ana eknOwn smell Of Russian leather wnen
Il famed with birch bark, and is ehleny empio9eu 0i
! bookbinding purposes
A CURE FOR BURNs.-A ValuaOle discovery
4 was accidentally made by workman In france VINO
.oue little Vanishing various pieces OF metal
, o.ohad himsef most dreadfully. In his agony, and
thont an nstants reflection he thrust his injured hano
hto the pot containing the varnlsn ana sh @
sraton FOR day or two, and in short Tune was per
fectly cured The discovery attracted conaeIspe a.
tenon In the neghborhOOd He was sent LOT 10 ae1 ~
snrs some men injured by powder explosions and pc
Ing successful he directed TO apply ms cure ~ ~
nens i'm the hospitals OF Paris where his treatment I1I
Snras was soon found to.be more efficient than ths Ola
method