The New York herald., 1872-03-04

The JosTnal for January Of the Quekett Micro
scopicai Club contains "Notes on Podsoma" oy
Mr. M. Q. Cooke and ION the so-called Boring or
Burrowing Sponge" by Mr.. J. G. Waller.
IN the Complies Rendus, for January 2, M 4. VOL
picelli has memoir 'Un Electric Currents Obtained
by the Bending OF Metalsn From this it appears
that all metals. being bent or twisted give rise to
the development OF an electric current, and that
copper exhibits this phenomenon In the highest
degree.
A partially successful attempt at aerial naviga-
ton was made In Paris on the "a ut, by M. Dupuy
de LONE. Notwithstanding that q strong breeze
was blowing at the time OF ascent, the constructor,
with his assistants succeeded In obtaining for his
balloon deviation across the direction OF the WIND
ol from ten to twelve degrees.
The Journal or the FrdnEtiD Institute for Janu-
ary contains valuable report made by committee
oil the institute ION the Explosion OF Steam
Boilers" The other papers OF most Importance
are one by Mr.: Frederick A. Genth, "On me Mineral
Resources oil North Carolina" ana the continuation
OF Dr. j. Farrand Hurry's paper ION the Flow OF
Water In Rivers and Canals.'
Copper gas pipes are not often used in this coun-
try, stl II IS important TO Intimate danger IN :he
use OF them. The Journal de pEci1fdge states,
that on the occasion OF workman cutting through
which he was much burned. IL appeared, upon
examination, that the pipe was coated with black
matter which was found upon analysis TO be an
acetate OF copper, liable TO explosion between 2J3
and 24S degrees.
In the Annalen der PhystE und Chemie (Poggen-
dOr) H. k0ber reviews the opinions OF all VINO nave
commended l0r the existence OF water vesices In tue
atmosphere. He thinks those views do not hold,
nut that the water floating in the air consists OF
actual drops envelOped In air. ana tnat these some
times form c0nglomerated hud masses. In the
same journal DR.. Pincus states that ozone Is
rapidly formed when hydrogen gas is burned IN q
thin flame with q fine point in either atmospheric
air or oxygen gas.
The Soiss Times has created q very ingenious
story, IN the name OF NJ. Plantamour the astron-
omer, who's said 10 have determined The path Of u
comet to be such That on the twelfth OF August the
earth must, of necessity, be in collision with the
hery messenger This charming bit OF sensation
writing grows out OF the simple fact that about the
twelfth or August our little globe crosses the me-
teOrlc stream. which maCe so line display III 1868,
OF the comet or 1852.
The Papers announce the death or the widow OF
J0hn herapauh the mathematician, and one of the
last associates OF circle which hair century ago
Included among ITS members Davy. Herschel,
Young, Woaston, Brougham and Gilbert. Hera-
pain, unmarked by the public, was yet remarkable
man, the two volumes OF tne unfinished "Malhe-
matical PHYSICS" constitute OF the bases OF che
the President OF the British Association, and now
being worked out by the present generation of
matnematiclans. The promised publication OF the
fragments OF the third volume or The miscellaneous
WORKS and OF biography remains uDperformed.
Among the many plans which have been, or lale,
devised Tor Utilizing the sewage matters OF towns,
nOL the least Interesting Is HlckeyS system OF con-
servancy by carbonlzatlOn.n The Indian govern
ment mas granted some money for testing the ell1
cacy OF this plan Mr. Hickey proposes to decOmpose
employ the gas tnuS formed for Illuminating CoWhS,
ana use the reSiduary coke mixed with the am
m0niacal liquors, collected III the gas reOrts, rs
valuable manure. According to the report OF the
experiments made the gas produced was equal to
1l56 cubic feet for each 900 OF population, but Its
Illuminating power was inferior TO that OF coal gas.