The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-06-29
SCIENTIFIC.

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OnoASIc ELEMENrs AZ ELzcrRo-MoroEs
1tappears, from the authors reseerches
Thai 3 interior Of . muscle 10 negative
which indicates that there Is oxidatioh b
the Interior and reduction at the exterior
-that all organised bodies appear formed
7~of--sosto osay-an & infinite numbsx q
eiectro-motors. which intervene probably b
the phenomena Of nutrition.-BseqxAsl
NOVEL WELL BoRna.-In various paxtl
Of Scandinavia the boring OF aztesiaz
wells is done by means Of q Jet Of water. a
description Of the process is given IN Ding.
ler's Polyteehnisehes Journal. The stones IL
the diluyial ground. which arc q hindrance
to such operations. are thrust to one aide u
Emailj Il large. they are shattered with
Dynamite, and the boring is thereafter pro-
ceedod With. In Kiei q artesian we'll
were thus bOrcd during the past six months.
To cure the intolerable itching that al.
'vnys follows frost-bitten toes. II Il rfeces.
.sary to exclude the air from the affected
part II it is not accompanied with swell-
ing, gum shellac dissolved in alcohol, apr
piled 50 as to form q complete coat, Is the
easiest remedy we know OF. It dries soon,
does not adhere to the stockings, and gem
orally lists until they arc wen. n the
lhesh becomes swollen and painful, plastsrs
ofegood sticking salvo are Of great service 4
lut il highly innamed. use any mild poul-
tice that viii exclude the air from the di.-
oasod part, n keep 1t moist. doing the
rest. fi5o aHf hsh 10 ral1
A RHnARxADLE Wan SuP-Tho new
British man-of-war InAexible. Is now In
-courseof constructions at Portsmouth, having
nm iron armor two feet thick. The ship issa3
feet long and rs feet wide. and IL to carry
two sl-ton guns. Those guns will have On
exterior diameter of 9 feet, "a feet length
and 16 inches calibor. The projectile weighs
l.65o lbs. and over q barrel Of powder 900
'bs-) is the firing charge. The vessels en-.
gincs win DO of 1000 horse power, operating
on twin scrsws- The hull viii have ls7
.water-tight compartments Altogether the
lnfexible is tho most wonderful specimen
OF naval architecture ever undertaken.
1t Is claimed that tho steam hammer
lntely erected at Woolwich, England. Ia the
largsst pieco of mechanism Of its kind In
al Europe. The weight Of the falling Dor
ton Is ncarly forty tons. and its force Of inn
pact Is greatly augmented by the uso Of
steam to drive it down from the ton. the
augmentation being estimated to equal the
force represented by allowing the hammer
to fail. of its own weight, from a height Of
eighty foot. 1t has been allowed a striking
full Of fifteen feet throo inches. The ham.
mer Is As feet high. and covers. with h
supports, q base Of about 100 square feet.
It's weight Is about o tons above the
ground. and the iron used in the foundation
below Weighs co5 tons.
Dry earth treatment for ulcers. bas been
very successful. Large, slouehy ulcers.
after being washed, were covered with o
thick layer Of earth. over which a piece Of
paper was placed as a support, the
being neatly bandaged. In o few
days the ulcers bagan to Gear, and when
he surfaces looked healthy and granulat-
ing. q dressing made as follows was used,
A piece Of muslin tho size Of the ulcer was
immersed In carbolic oil lin the proportion
Of / part acid to 10 parts coooanut oily;
with this the sore was covered. and over TINT
dry earth was placed, and then moistened
earth and . bandngo. In q short time the
process manifested istelf satisfac-
torily. while all odor was intiroly removed.
ARTIFICIAL BurrEn IN CorrNnAoxN.-It
seems that our friends in Northern Europe
are not to be outdone in the butter market
BY the French nor ourselves; and ono Of
them, named Diderichsen. has devised q
new method of making suet butter. which
differs In some Of it's details from TINT en-
in this city two years since. Tho
suet in first washed in cold watcr. and cut
up in fine pieces then it is placed in wood
en- vessels and molted by aid Of steam heat.
About ! per cent. of sodn, dissolved in some
water. is added to the melted fat, which is
cooked for o few hours. Fresh soda is add
ed. and the boiling repeated. after which
the mass is washed with boiling water and
pressed through flannel. To this mass.
whilo still warm, but not above 40 deg.
Fab, 8 per cent. of olive oil in addcl. and
8 or 4 per cent. Of sour milk. and tho whole
is then churned.-Seientyie american.
WArER ON BoAnD SHrr.-The Importance
Of preserving the who.esomcncss of water
kept on shipboard, especially on long voy-
ages, has lodi professor Kolbe to make q
series Of experiments by filling new barrels
with good wn.or and adding to some of
them small quanti.ies of sahcylic acid, one
grammo to twenty Itrcs OF wa.or being the
maximum. The experiments were maio
during the winter. aid the barrels were
therefore kept in n heated room. According
to q letter received from Professor kobe.
the experiments have 50 far boon sat .s.ac-
tory; bat. for the purpose of giving the ex-
pertinent a moro piaet.ciis q lipe. u number
Of barrels were filed in n similar manner.
and sent out to SEA in the carly part of
June. on board ofasship which has st lrtcd
from Hamburg OF q years cruise. At tho
expiration Of this time tho water is to be
examined. and the final ~rcsults will thin bs
published. -
PHoroGRAPnIys SoUsD.-Professor Vo-
gpl. in q letter to tho Photographer, Phil,-
delphia. Pa, says TINT KING. at Paris his
constructed IN apparatus. consisting of n
little drum. over which is stretched q very
elastic skin. A stream of gas let through
this drum will burn 'as usual; but as so N
Ms a tune (by i~sinping1 a r,kes tho skin