The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
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GENERAL NOTES.
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THE desirability of being temperatein
the use even Of cider waswell lexemplified
in Newton, New Hampshire. There
was no water in the town, and disasI
trous oonaagration was, averted by ex-
tinguishing the first blaze with the un-
fermented juice of the apple. Had the
townspeople drank up their cider, rs so
many of the improyident have done
during the winter, they wouldhave been
at the mercy of the flames geo a st.1'
WE can not stand this: Professor
Exner of Vienna has developed formula
for the force with which anax is handled
and shows what curve should be given to
the face or cheek of the AK. in order to
secure, under certain conditions, the
least waste of power. By means of
these formule he is able to demonstrate
that the splitting cfliciencies OF the best
axes made in Vienna, Prague, and
America are to, each other as 1873, 9.2
and 40, respectively. This places an
American AK pretty low down. p "s' ''
AT recent meeting of the Paris
Academy of Sciences a. member ,ex-
hibited small vial containing fifteen
grains of osmium, the most deadly
poison known. In o short explanatory
address he remarked that twenty pounds
of the metal would be sufficient to opoison
the entire population Of the world. b One
thousandth part of grain of osmic acid.
set free in volume Of air of one hundred
cubic yards, would possess such deadly
influence that all persons respiring this
air would be poisoned What makes it
the more dangerous is the fact that ithas
no known antidOte.. a.r..-aafl s.e.,
A CURIOUS automaton spider has been
invented at Paris. The spider is life
size, and is made of copper. BY press
ing spring it will move, round the
table in way marvelously true to ma
ture. It was made at N Nuremburg forty
five years ago, and was bought as a toy
| for the Due d. Aumale. Now it has
been sold for ESQ. This automaton j,
worthy to rank with the historic iron fly
which flew around the room and perchet
on the hand of its master, or the artificial
eagle which took fight from a perch ir
front of the Emperor Frederick, and
soaring aloft for some distance, returned
to its starting place. ps VS. stls ,niR
A PROJECT is on foot for, the erection
of large hotel in London for the ac
commodation of Americans in the Ameri
can style. 1t was intended originally
to obtain site on the Thames embank
ment, adjoining the st. Stephens Club
but this, it seems, is intended for the new
opera-house the hotel company have
therefore determined to build their hous'
at Albert Gate, overlooking Rotten Row
and Hyde Park. The hotel will have
frontage of 240 feet in length, and viii
be $50 feet in depth. 1t will be con
Quoted on American principles, with
view of combining to some extent hote
and family life. arI's we 4
A NEW preparation called metalline
is coming into use in machinery, which
promises to be of great advantage. 1
I is put into shallow holes cut in parts Q
machinery where oil is generally useo
and it acts as lubricant. 1t looks lik
lead, and has the property of wearing,
long time. Where this solid is used n
oil need be applied, the substance tax
ing its place in all respects. Ii has bee
thoroughly tested, and in all cases ha
been found to stand the trial. 1t ca
be used with sewing machines, wagon
and all kinds of large machinery. II
advantages are apparent, and we see n
reason why it will not prove. a valuabl
invention. LA ira -.ti - are