Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-01-26
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

Prof. Foster has invented an instru
ment for measuring small intervals of
time by means OF the vibrations Of a tun-
ing.fork.
Capt. Burton, who recently visited
the land of the Fans, says they roast and
eat portions of their enemies slain in bat
tie rs a quas.religious rite.
A recent novelty IN medical treat
ment consists of the hypodcrmical iniec-
tons of pure or distilled water in cases of
rheumatic or other local pain. They are
to be applied Immediately over the part
affected in quantities Of not less than two
grams, the maximum being ten or twelve
grams. They are said to be almost al
ways serviceable and never at all injuri-
Gus.
"A French physician announces that
distressing or excessive palpitation of the
heart can almost always be arrested by
bending double, the head down and the
arms hanging, SO as to produce a tempo
rary congestion Of the upper portion of
the body. In nearly every instance of
nervous or anemic palpitation the heart
Immediately resumes its natural function
IL the movements of respiration are mr.
rested during this action the effect is still
more rapid.
DR.. Bathurst Woodman in an article
contributed to the London Sanitary Rec07d
directs attention 10 the fact that ginger
beer, though usually considered very
innocent drink, contains percentage Of
alcohol about half rs large AS that found
IN the malt liquors in common use among
the middle classes of society in England
and equal to that in many OF the cheaper
alcs made in that country and the beer
drank in Germany and other parts of the
Continent.
In a memoir by Ludicke he shows
that the atmospheric pressure diminishes
waning moon. The pressure Is less at
the pergree than ut the apogee, and in
general the effect of The moon upon the
atmosphere is the inverse of that which 1t
produces upon the ocean The observa-
tons on which his results are based ex-
tend over eight wears bu, the actual effect
OF the moon upon the barometric pressure,
although undecided, is yet exceedingly
small
The following pretty optical expert.
ment is sent to Nature by Prof. +. T..
Niphcr, Of ST. Louis Observe white
cloud through plate of red glass with
one eye and through green glass with the
other eye. After some moments transfer
both eyes to the red glass, opening and
closing each eye alternately. The strength
ening Of the red color in the eye farigucd
by us Complementary green is very strik.
ing The explanation of the phenomena
Is, OF course, well known, and mgny modi-
iications OF the experiment will readily
sugges, themselves.
The spontaneous generationists have
found hard nut to crack IN some expert.
ments by Mr.. Worthlngton Smith. The
experiments of others have been To boil
wafer, assume that no living germs could
possibly retain life under this heat, and
then point 10 the living organisms that
subsequently appeared rs product of
spontaneiy. This view has been weak
ened by observations noted in these col
umns tina, the blue mold in bread appears
aiter,he spores have been baked Now Mr.
Smith comes with some experiments with
spores boiled in acknowledgements tubes,
which aitcrward came out alive and well
" J. independent.