The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-06-12
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.


OzoEE.-M. Boillot, on submitting
pure oxygen and atmospheric oxygen
alternately to the action of the electric
current, has diseoverd that ffty-eight
cubic inches Of pure oxygen yields but
one-eighth of grain OF ozone, while
the same amount of atmospheric oxygen
gives one-fourth of grain. Oxygen
mingled in the air is therefore in a con-
dition more favorable for its transform
alton into ozone.
How g GREENBAcK y PAPER Is MADE
All the paper of the money issued by
the Government is manufactured on a
sixty-two inch Fourdrinier machine. at
the Glen Mills, near Westchester, Pa.
Short pieces Of red silk arc mixed with
the pulp in the engine. and the finished
stuff is conducted to the wire without
passing through any screens, which
might retain the silk threads. By an
arrangement above the wire cloth, a
shower Of short pieces of fine blue silk
thread is dropped in streaks upon the
paper while It IS being formed. The
upper side, upon which the blue silk is
dropped, is the one used for the face of
the notes, and, from the manner in
which the threads are applied, must
show them more distinctly than the
lower or the reverse side, although they
are embodied deeply enough to remain
fixed. The mill is guarded by officials
night and day to prevent the absrac-
ton of any Of the paper. il
USES OF BIsULPHIDE EiF CARBoN.-
Until the year 1850, the OILY industrial
application of bisulphide Of carbon was
the dissolution and inflammation of In
dia rubber. Since that time it has
been applied to the following uses 1.
The complete extraction of the fatty
matter from bones used in the fabrica-
ton Of bone black. ,. The extraction
of oil from grain and olives. 3. The
removal Of sulphur from earth in which
it is contained and also bitumen from
bitumious rocks. L The securing and
elimination of greasy substances from
wool by the seyferth and similar pro
cesses. 5. The extraction Of the solu-
bic principle Of spices. 6. The fabri-
cation of yellow prussiate of potash,
and of sulphocyanide of ammonium, fol
making Pharaoh's serpents. 7. The pre-
paration Of Greek fire a preparation
of phosphorus IL the bisulphide is used
for filing inaamatory rockets or shells
8. For silver plating a small quantity
placed in the bath increases the brillan
cY of the deposit. 9. For the destruc
ton Of yermjn. 10. For filing glass
prisms, on account OF the brilliancy O
the coiors Of its spectrum. IL. Foi
dryiilg 10y It's vapor all classes Of en-
gines, with without expansion.
TIE QUrsrloS or INoREAfATIoN-
The English Afedicat Press says. TIL,
attention OF our renders may be advan
tagecrsIy directed to the subject of in
cremation of the dead preached b,
Professor Polh. He repeats some o
the arguments that have been use,
against the process nowadays, whel
sanitary scien, e las made such advance
when every iuea Of ground almost ha
become OF volue-in country lilo
Great Britain. where the population i
out Of proportion to the area of soil
and where the infection of water by thl
/ percolation Of decaying animals, situa
ted, it may be, even at considerable
distance, has been proved to occur IRE
] quently, and to give rise TO sickness il
an intense degree, it really becomes +
question of consideration as to how IA
burial III the earth may be lygienicall,
4 correct or convenient. Habit ana til
association Of ideas have Injured rs t
the habit OF earth burial. so tlsat
seema alarming even to disczss the pos
siblisy Of such pesnod being dis
4 placed. yet tie mcremation process
could It Be e<rrlad oat so as to not bur
the seEsahility Of our nature when y
rome to bid aslieu TO She last xest;ee
If orr feilew-c1eatures cacrs certai.
advantages. 5y the present procedur
we preserve no traces Of the materia
once 50 1oved ana precioas ii enr eyes
we rear monumental slabs, and com
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