Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-01-07

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.CuRIosIrIEs OF IcE.-Ju 1850 Mr..
Earaday discovered that two pieces Of ice
placed in contact frozs together almost in.
ssantly. >" Mr.. eTyniall says One hot
summer day l entered shop on the Strand:
on the window fragments of ice were lying
in basin. The tradesman gave me per-
mission to take the fragments Of ice in nv
own hand; holding the first piece I attached
all the other pieces in the basin to it. Tho
shermometer was then above sixty degrees,
and yet all the pieces were frozen together"
In this way Mr.. Tyndall formed chain of
ice. This experiment may be made even
in hot water. Throw two pieces Of ice in
4 pail full Of almost boiling water, keep
them in contact and they will freeze to.
gether despite the high temperature. Mr..
Faraday made another experiment Of the
same sort. He threw into vessel full of
water several small pieces Of ice They
foatcd on the surface of the water. The
ponent one piece touched another there
was an instantaneous refreesing. Attrae.
ton soon brought all the pieces 10 contact,
80 thst in an instant IN ice chaia was
formed sksw f am
An ice wheel turning on a surface Of ice
refreezes n, the point Of contact; during
the rotation a series Of cracks are heard
which show the ear that successive refreez.
iogs are eoassantly taking place. The
phenomenon Of refreexings are easily ex-
planned. At the surface Of a piece OF ice
the atoms, which are no longer in equilib-
rium on the outside, tend to leave their
aeighbors. ~ happens 10 boiling OF evspo-
ration. Meeting ensuss- Bat il two pieces
Of ice are brought together the atoms on
she surface are restored 70 their equiiibril
uuE, sbe attractive action becomes What IL
vas. the atoms resame Their res.tssss With
their seixhsOrs and jaxtapositiaa sasses.
In Consequence Of ,hls property iee Is en-
dowed With SRsslas Elasticity. A rope
and kpes ~ buckte may BE- sas 10 of i-e
Is may be mssldei- The sehss.bsy Who
6 Is bis hands wish saes and csmprs-ses il
inie ball, proiaces the pheaemcnsa Of
refseering. and fcrnss an ice bah suiiciensly
hard TO prove dangerous rr.jeesie-
This explains the extraordinary rigidisy
Of the bsidges Of sssv which .rs sfsea seea
in the Alps saspsaded srer dceg crcvas~cs-
The Alpine gaAes. BY csatsousiy wslkisg
Ga these saewy masses. freeze the p&r,i-ir>
together and trsussrss the snow iaf. ice
IT snsw be compressed into aoa,ds lee
ssssaefte- @sy be ob,4ined FsH a hsIlox
i~ll 18th sass. pre.-ei ss bard - pskxibl..
saa yoa Esay ebtsia irs bsik .dmirzi.iy
t-snsiues5- Ns,hiaS woali be easier thaa
10 dine with service made of us,afde4
sp0s-Plases. eass~es. decanters. sh oi
ssss- A gsssiemas in Paris recently
served sherry vine to his friends belure
hss ere " tcskess made ef ssc~ Ssss
eo@pfes ID IN this way does sgs sssas ~
rapidly . %sshs be ih.axhi lre re9uire.
grezi deal vi heat before it sei.s A layer
u scc 5fsen breswes Q rrs,<essss sxsssss
cold. If ESa ssasi prersss aayshing fron
ssskEng ts tz9psrssars selsu thirty too
degrees dzrsag the very severesa fs~ss.
vs isss that yes have sas ID wrap il 10
ve; rs<s Tie process Of fressing gives to
the insiroaic- bedies al the heas secsssary
10 d~ssrvy a. Tbs water ia the rags slyxsy
Esras sssh pisos af ics - she rsx. .sa is
,he sseassi2e dsssgSes hess, = Lieh ssrsss
tbs etjeei wr.pp~d in the rags
A tres vnppea 10 ass, q il uus oia-
ssssS WITH vsfsf, dcs "a ffsess svsa vkess