The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-03-13
SCIEN aIFIC.

| Professor Duncan, in a lecture at the South
Kensinston Museum recently, stated that
AS onomers are beginning to assert the pre-
sence ofe universal arlnos phere, extremely
rare and fine, which occupies The spaces be-
tween he planets and The sun.
Lightning aud lightning conductors were
the subject OF discussion at a recent meeting
OF The Society OF Telegraph Engineers. In
the course OF he debate, gentleman pre-
sent said that for the purpose Of attracting
lightning from u passing cloud, gas let,
flaming roh the mouth OF a tall pipe, is far
more eiiectnal thana pointed metallic rod
Several actual glaciers exist in the NJ, reed
group of mountains q jacent to the valley OF
Yosemite in Calltornla, and have been ex-
ahmed by Mr.. John Murr who describes
them IN the Overland Monthly. The largest
n, ar Mount Nee ure, is h ,lf a mile long. and
about Cne same distance in width az he
! broadest place. It. has progressive motion
OF one inch per day.
The comparative merits of chloroform and
ether as al aesthetic agents being recently be
fore the Surgical Society of ireland Tor dis
cussion, it was stated by one OF the mem
bers, that while only one death had occurred
in % Pa cases OF either iuhai% tion, Que death
| IN $3.50 cases wac reported from chlorogorm
well.known practitioner was quoted as
having stated that al hough he had himself
chlorofo"med upward o. 6. 600 cases nothing
would induce him 10 submit to its Influence
! The treatment Of premature mautal decay
! produced by overwork was discussed at a re-
cent meeting OF the Medical Society of Lon.
don. The President DR. Thomas Bryant,
thought 1t was rather over w orry than over.
! work that was injurious to the full-growr
brain N glect Of ordinary hSgienic rules
accompanied by worry and much work, was
injurious. He expressed the opinion thai
overw ork, thong injurious TO the young
was not 10 the adult. Dr.. RouJh said tha
worry iu iiseli was evidence Of falling power
Anything W.T. ch exhau It'd phosphorus in ID,
Drain caused dlmlnuion Of 10 entail power
| One of the few European lighthouses iiIu
'iiiN''' OH - 1A0ahS " tue oiectflc 4ght Is Lua
a Duugeness, on the English coast, neal
which occurred the awful disaster TO the emf
grant snip. Northdeet. by which over thre,
hundred lives were lost The light is s,
bcIiian Mt, however, that several wrecks hav,
been caused by reason of the inability Of mar
inerS, when tAeir vessels were near the light
house, TO distinguish objects between them
selves and the shore. The beacons at tht
mouth OF The thames, known as the South
Foreland Lights, winch were established il
1884, have bean provided with electric appar
atuS and hereafter will be lighted in the
same manner.
In advocating the project to send Bri-
fish exploring expedition TO the north poaI
regtoda' Dr., Hooker tod the Chancellor OF
The ExcLt qUer mat many and most valuable
additions 70 botanical knowledge might be
obtained within he Arctic circle. From th,
discoveries which have been made of fossil
trees, he said, it would appear to be proved
that trees of the same nature aud and spe
cies lad existed in Europe, Asia. and in ia
! pan, and that enormous forests of the sam.
Kind I'd once dourisheG in Artic lands AS
an instance OF the existence of animal life in
the far north, Admiral Ommaney mentioned
the fact that one whaler had caught go SAL
mon in 4 ford above the S0th paraller OF
north latitude.
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