Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-08-15
Curious, Useful and Scientific.

Curious, Useful and Scientific.
SIR ISAAC NEwroN's scientific papers
have been presented to the University
of Cambridge by his heir, the Earl of
Portsmouth.
NICARAGUA has lake of mineral wa
ter, which is said not only to cure
cutaneous diseases, but to take away all
appetite for liquors.
A NEW Spanish dictionary, intended
to be complete, devotes to the word
oJo, eye, fifteen royal octave pages, CIV
ing citations from lightweight authors.
/. DR.. Fl. B. HARE mentions a child
with scarlet fever, who could not be in
duced to swallow the beef tea which his
condition required. AS he took ice
greedily, the tea was frozen and then
readily take1.
THE new oxy-hydric light, from which
SO much was expected, has proved q
failure in Paris for practical purposes as
a general streetilluminator and its use
has been discontinued in the streets of
that city.
AMONG the lots of old copper thrown
into market by the recent advance in
the price of that metal, were twenty
huge cannon of very curious design and
finish. They came from Mexico, and
are supposed to have been in Seville,
Spain, in 1746.
Mr.. ALEXANDER J. ELLIS gives in
recent number of the academy long
and interesting article on the pronun-
citation of the letter o. He inclines to
Prof. Max Mueller's opinion, that the
Romans gave it an immediate sound
between English and 10.
THE California Academy of Sciences
is discussing the origin of the iron sand
found in great quantities on the coast.
One theory is that it was an evaporation
from the sea, and another that it is the
result of disintegration. 1t seems to be
admitted the sand supply is sufficient
to establish the iron industry in its vi
cinity.
The degree of LID. was conferred
upon Capt. James B. Eads at the last
commencement of the State University
of Missouri on account of the wonderful
skill and science which he has exhibited
: in the construction of the bridge over
! the Mississippi, and which has attracted
the attention and admiration of the
first scientists Of Europe as well as OF
: America.
The Scientific american describes an in
vention by Jean Marie Lasche, of Paris
for expeditiously covering walls, ftrni
ture, etc., with ornamental designs in
oil paintings or gliding. The painting
gliding or imitation is executed of tir
r or other metallic foil, in the workshop
a of the artist, and applied to the desired
r surface by sticky varnish, or water
y proof cement. as readily as wall paper
A PROCESS of wood carving by ma
chinery has been introduced in Pari
;, by one NJ. Lanteigue. 1t is adapted t.
all kinds Of wood, the harder and drie
: the better. The wood is passed through
!, rolls or matrix cylinders, whereby an,
- desired pattern is impressed upon tn
: surface with delicacy and effect tina
compare favorably with the work O
: skilled carvers, and at cost almos
;, nominal. The process is rapid, as tel
y superficial feet of finished work can b
v produced per second.
d The Hartford Courant says: cannon
e the objects of art in the exhibition {
20 the Hartford Art Association, there is
IS lion and tiger by the famous sculpto
II OF TaTls, VI. TdrVe, cdst III AMellca
d sterling metal at Naubuc. Few of on
lie citizens are aware that so near this cit
lie there is being manufactured one of tn
he most valuable and wonderful of meta
to "a metal harder than cast steel, that
not affected By air or earth, and tia
can be cast with perfect ease in an
form. Preparations are being made
J., use it for works of sculpture"
G INDIA-RUBBER trees, it is stated, occup
1t belt of land around the globe for fv
ID hundred miles south of the equato
ID These trees yield on an average thre
e tablespoonfuls of sap day, and can /
Is tapped for twenty successive season
ID They stand SO close to each other tn,
Is one man can gather the sap from eigt
n trees. In tract of country thirty mile
st long and eight miles wide, there hay
lie been forty three thousand India-rubb'
I'd trees counted. In Europe and til
at United States there are one hundre
lie and fifty manufactures of India-rubbt
at goods, employing five hundred oper
III tives each, and consuming over te
i'd million pounds of gum every year.