The New York herald., 1871-09-16
FcnEIGy SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Professor yerchow who IS at present staying at
tho watering place OF Misdro has, according to the
AUgemetne Zeitung discovered some iacustrine
hantations on the island OF Violin, IN Lake Vietz.
Tie largest obesK ever known TO have been cut
from the granite quarries in Abed mas just been
Il ewn from the Stiringhill quarry. u measures
twenty-five feet In length and weighs sixteen tons,
and is worth in its rough state upwards Of G2OO
An Internal ional exhibition is to De held Brus.
sells IN 1876 and The preliminary arrangements for
ls orga nzatlon are now beirg made it is 10 coin.
eide with The trlennial exhibition OF the nle arts
and will take place in the same building.
The work OF fitting the large iron cassons in their
position az the new extension works which tney
t0 occupy at Chatham dockyard was successfully
carried out recently The operation or floating and
fixing the caissons was carried out under the drec-
uon OF the docKyard officials.
The largest obclisk ever known to have been cut
from the granite quarries In the neIgnborhoOd or
Aberdeen has Just been hewn fIom the Strlinghiil
quarry IL measures twenty-five feet in length aud
upwards Of TWO hundred pounds sterling. IL Is
beautiful piece Of red granite, entirely free from
flaws.
very powerful steam crane Is now being erected
at the Chatham Dockyard Extension Docks, in
tended to it inc most ponderous articles likely to
be landed there. 10 Will De tested TO lift 100 tons,
while thercis no crane now at The dockyard con
structed to RAISE above twenty -ive TONS
The Rev. j. JclIet brought the question on the
growth Of the bcelroot Tor sugar In Ireland before
the RoYal lIish Academy short time ago. lie
SHOWS that ne saccnarlne qualipes OF the roots
drawn from The experiments Is that the beetroot
sugar may be prontaDy made Ia Ireland.
The Sporting Gdzette announces the outbreak OF
hydrophobla IN several hunling kennels In England
ana Scotland The guOrn have all lost their en- try,
and many OF the Arlington nave died while still
more serious fears are entertained OF the huntsman
and OF his assistants at the latter pack both OF
whom are bitten The disease has spread among
some OF The scotch packs.
While so much activity prevails among the physI-
cal astronomers OF Europe and America In enlea.
vors 10 find out what the sun Is made OF ana TO
explain Its lneuonena, and While analogies are
found between the photosphcrc and the tails of
Imperial Academy of Sciences at vienna ma je
offered prize for the discovery of comets. In
circular, addressed 10 investigators, they remark
that Of late years but very few comets have been dis
covered, notwithstanding the mutlplica alton of Lee-
scopes aud they attribute the detect Jp the special
attention bestowed on the minor planets. Iu this
they find occasion or regret, considering the reia-
ton between shooting stars ana comets and rs the
Academy might nave adtied, solar phenomena. And
astronomers generally WILL agree With them In think
ing it exceedingly desirable that we Should know
more Than two or three hundred out OF the many
thousands or comets which undoubtedly belong 10
ouf system, espe cally rs mos. OF these which we
know are calculated only in paraUollc orbs.' Re-
cognizns the lset that ObServatorles, win their re-
guar work, cannot spare Time Tor enterprisng
sweeping OF the sSv in hope OF discoveries, tlsy
appeal 70 amateur astronomers TO undertake tne
work IN the interests oil science The time alottel
VIII expire on the 3ls or May. 1872 nc should be re-
newaJiel, and the prize Is twenty Austrian daeals,
or gold medal Of the SAME value. Ihe i'zc ~ 10
be gwen Tor me first eight comets discovered III tne
teescoplc-that ~, invisible TO the naked eye-ant
that news of the discovery shall be Immediately
sent to the Academy. THE award OF prizes Is TO
takeDtaee at the ehd May IN each year. 40