The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-21
SCIENTIFIC MEMORANDA:

II. Vogel fiuds that the light emit
ted by the sun is less intense near the
edges OF the solar dice than at the cen'
TIRE con pairing the latter with a point
three-fourths Of the solar radius from
the centre the relations are as 48 10 So
The difference is, in his opinion, caused
by the sbsorbsnt power of the photo
sphere.
Iron states that Russs possesses val
liable coal deposits OF enormous extent,
one OF black gas coal on the river Kama
being especially valuable.
Professor Huxley, the recently APP
pointed Lord Rector OF the University
Of Aberdeen, proposes certain changes
in the medical examinations. German
or French is to take the place OF Greek
In the preliminary examination, and
the examinations ia Natural History
and Botany are to take place earlier 10
the course.
An octopusin the Brighton Aquarium
has deposited number Of eggs. These
she vigilsntly guards, usually encircle-
ing or conceslipg them within q coil OIL
one or more OF her snake-like arms
and vigorously repelling the approach
oil any OF her comrades 10 the same
tank.
P. Carries states that the alkaIoids
are distributed through all the layere
OF cinchona bark, but that quinine ia IL
much greater proportion in the epider-
mis- than in the liber, the proportion
diminishing regularly from the outside
to the inside.
A report was recently read by COM
mittee OF the Master Mechanics Asso
citation of Baltimore, 10 which it is re-
commended that Oh railroads travers-
ing line districts it would be an econo-
my TO construct rain sheds and reser-
voirs for the collection o. the water to
be used in the locomotives, and so
avoid the formation of incruststions
and the expense OF the repairs required
10 consequence.
Mr. John Aiken has observed, that
after the same water has been melted
and irczen q number of times, it gener
ally burst the tube in which 1t waf
frozen. This he explains on the hy'
pothesis that ice containing air is Wig
cous and adapts itself to the form o.
the vessel; by repeated ireez'ngs the
air is removed, and the pure ice being
less or but little viscous will not 20 east.
ly adapt Itselfto the enclosing walls.
P. Harvey finds that the lime in cal.
careous or limestone waters forms an
insoluble soap with the STUNT OF wool
and that this inter eres with the etfects
the dyer wishes to produce. This Is
especially the case when tustic, msdder
or cochipeal are used.
NJ Bechsmp states in the Medical
Gazette OF Bordeaux, that he believes
alcohol 10 3 physiolog cal product OF
the liver. In the course of bic expert
ments he obtained sufficient alcohol
from the excreta Of person whose
diet was rec trom alcohol to determine
it by the alcohOlmeter
The Niniao JJurnal recommends the
use o. pulveriZ iuel in the manu- &C
tore OF IRON. Ii states that the iron
made in this manner will bear greater
tensile strain when reheated and rolled
once than that which has been reheat'
ed and rolled three times by the ordi-
nary process.
Bromide OF calcium, in doses OF from
Is to so grams, is recommended by DR.
Hammond as an excellent hypnotic
1t must be kept in the dry state, IS the
solution dscomposes quickly.
The urgent necessity OF examining
the tasten:ngs by which balconies are
attached 10 houses is demonstrated By
the recent death OF Mr.. James Simon
who stepped on q balcony to speak &c
some irends, when the front rail, which
was weiged into the stone by wooden
wedge that had rotteG, gave way, snC
ne tell ca the spikes OF the iron railing
| below.
Mr. II. B Cornwall finds that the
zinc blende from West Ossipee, n. II.
contains notable amount OF iodium.
OF surface waters, Professor New
berry observes There is much appre-
hension in the public mind in regard to
the purity OF streams which drain the
surface OF our own aud other countries
Water in itself is a disintectant, and 9
large volume OF water, when exposed
to the air, 80 rapidly fines" itself by
the oxidation otis organic impurities,
that when cooled aud settled or filtered
10 remove its suspended ingredients
the water OF most ofour streams 70 ever
more palatabe and wholesome thar
that taken from wells.
Mr.. Cowie, of Shanghai, in China
has observed the passage across the
suns dice OF an object which he thinks
ia q planet nearer 10 the sun than Mer'
curry. Pooi Daniel kirkwood. by COM
pairing Mr.. Cowie's observations with
other recorded dates oil similar phe'
nomeua, concludes that they indicate
the existence Of an interior planet
whose year is "a days, % hours and 3:
minutes.-Scri5nerS for November.