The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-16
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.
Two-thirds of all the zinc produc-
cd is manufactured into sheets. The
remainder is employed in making
brass, in wire, in zinc.whitc as a sub
stitute for lead in paints and for cast
ings. The two chief requirements
for zinc sheets are roofing and sheath
ing the bottoms of ships.
An English chemist has been cx-
pcrimcnting for the purpose of as
ccrtaining how much of various
kinds of food must be eaten in order
to make one pound of flesh. lie
comes to the CONCLUSION that it rcquir-
cs % pounds of milk, lCO of turnips,
80 of potatoes, SO of carrots, s OF oat-
meal, X of barley meal, and 80 o
beans.
Some recent preparation have
proved dangerously explosive on
being mixed by the apothecary. A
lady in England recently put u box
OF pills which had been prescribed
for her in her bosom. In a short
time there was severe explosion,
and she was badly burned. The re-
cipe was q mixture of oxyd of silver,
muriat OF morphia and extract of
gentian.
A w cstcrn physician successfully
used ipccacuanba in dclirium trem-
ems. lie first gave it as an cmctic,
and afterwards from Is to Is grains
every other hour. Connected with
this remedy he used shower baths,
and let the patients frequently drink
strong beef tea, without any alco-
holic stimulants. 1t quictcd the ncrv-
Gus system, excited the appetite, act
cd on secretion, and uniformly pro-
duocd sleep, curing the patients in
nearly every case.
Prof. i. A. Gould, who has gone to
the Argentine Republic to take charge
of the National Observatory at Cor
dova, writes home very enthusiastic
cally in regard to the splcndors of
the Southern heavens. lie SAYS the
magniiiccncc of the Milky Way is
indcscriboblo exhibiting huge cIus.
ters, the sight of which through the
telescope cvokcs ordinations of
drlioht and surprise from every be-
holder vonnr and old, and whether
with or without ast, onomical infor-
nation
r,. c.o,.o,a ,,,,;.,,,o of Toohno
ing otcvchs ,sls instn,uoo % u e,a neJa"!E H.,
'oss n:s ~, WV" oio0'rJn'm ,L;I mo;, n;,,a I obont -
hnsollla, nnn Coi'l, w,iioi "HiSna s, "oUu. r"uuo
l,ooo Po''us' '' allu lla' "a q ,', ai "a ,ono oo
es,iilla'cI. .mo ~ po.wccil ~ % anu w .Uns' ;na
a." nooGt Gsi' ioo po"u inob th;ol oip r. wound
On % o;abt .nonls cach ~ inches hioh
bv III inches cxtcrnal diameter
Tho coroS oro hollow and & incbcs
in dinnctcr IA feet 3 inches in
IongIb MI, ,,aonet is about five
timcs os nowcrfiI "a that nscd bv
Taradav IN his lannon's researches.
ra,.. .ano, 49, 49, ,.ou,ahuo.o
iioi,i i t"poi p: u,i ,o, ,no 'o..II; ',,;", a.o
ai''H al ~" mr " X % roo' ' tho Gra;or % t" nf tho
w. .'., os Nr', ,i,. iaom'' 'no Gu."o' ,a v, 'no M
oaomTy I t"ao"i w. iu h;rdo la L,,o "O
o,o'. Uupuu toon not ~ ,u;th - tIot conntrv @ % y
~, ,,o.o "o0" h;rds % 10 narrot ' ~ ,Io n'nst
m,mWiS ,,nn,,out ' thorn r' b";ro - ,oro om % th,"
piO pl;,,,' snoc;ns pon,;,os oho,,nI
",mW on,c,o ,hom ] s,ocias nf crocoI;Io
;nI;vi71nnis nI7 % os vh;ch Jp frco,entIv v, rrnw
80 Observation-Disclosures, Ionrth of ,6ir, =,
| feet, and occasion much trouble to
the co,onists. No one of the five vc-
nomous snakes of the country is so
deadly a, the English yipcr. The
number of known harmless spccics
!. scvcniv-tivc.
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M,oi i.'oo no,,no ",sUWno,ic' ns ,hrao y" o'9'. o.
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'ou, spcoi1e ,,;I v, .' ' -: ,h, Inv mou,,;,', mE,"
oi .llc ;oa' i''It"u, N, Wor,. " o ,nI I'1 Wh;o
lo,:la'ion .N, ,.,;a y, aao" ,,,a @ ""o, w H., az
Whicli un"oi il'os 'io i IH"' "" Io,,;naI n ;nI
ulscovcry % hla,'o ny ."U o,. uoG ,'o 'Jil y;
surveys oi % ,nose 1tatIo ," INV, ,io
rectlon oi iroi7. ilail i anu NV ~. ILL.,. :!
rcspec!iVciy' 'ilc cAle.GHLo ;.I ~ ~ us g.,
Slgahtic icrhS Is catlicu DiuN I,,. I' "a la
as tac bottom oi ,ic I'LL MI 'u,o m JorU no
man. UhS inn ol .,e,,'' Sas sas' ,,o n' coil,,ar
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