The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-07
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.


The luminous clock dials which have
attracted so much attention arc now
sold in Paris. Although gradually di-
minishing, the i.i,osphorescence is sufii-
cient TO serve liniil daylight, enabling
one 10 read The aJur at any time during
the night without other illumination.
Exposure to day light rcncws the phos
phorescence for another interval of
darkness.
Instead of instinct it appears to bc
sight which directs the carrier-pigeon
in its course, and upon which its RAFT.
of speed large.y depends. In recent
experiment some Berlin pigeons were
taken to Cologne, a distance of over
three hundred miles. Part of them
were looscd on clear day, when tbey
returned to Berlin in five and one-half
hours; while another group, released on
II cloudy day, were twelve hours in ac-
clmplishing the distance.
An official report attributes the un-
| healthy conditions of climate now ex-
isting in the Island of Cyprus to the re-
moval of the forests.
Records exist of the near approach to
Ln, ~ ian, ~ az as. VI Sene,ai oo'ne.s,
been determined with any degree OF ac-
curacy. On July 1st. 1770, a comet
was within 800, 900 miles of the earth,
and is the closest approach of one of
these bodies of which as ronomers have
,,os ,,,,o o,,, 80 haie ,d,,a
or nao,I,, t;,,o ,;,,,oS ,ho ',,,,",, a S;s' ;so'
otor ~ do o 7, i; "pp"'o III, ,.,";, gu. u,a,
that tho onr,or;t;o, of snnh n,ona,aSs ,sS
should = ,nen a no,,;c of tor,.a, or,n,,,,
unenlightened and superstious inaabl-
tants OF the earth.
After n recent submarine exnl,s;o,
of dynamite. the surface nf the wainr
i'm the vicinity was cnye,ed viii Tho
noot;uo bodieS of al, ;n,,no,,so ,,,,,J,or
of fsh which Lad henn tiiled hv ,ha
concuss,on. II !, suvvos,od that :hnaIs
of berriny mjuht ho readilv con,urad in
ia;1 Ini1 ,"""".,. ~ .elesiapn co".u pe
h; a ~ """Vu".I ~, ~ 'io "pl';oaon VI 'ne
p;',,ms, ~ a,',, a',c uy nsi,nc cou'o Ut
''S'''''s s''' "' ''c pioPc' 'i''c'. ,1i
Parties who made the ascent of Mt.
E,na after its recent eruption, found
snowbalrks vet unineltel beneath the
newly emitted lava. 'll
~,
nicc "'i'eien' te.cpnohe coiiipanles
are III conPeili"n IN faIls, VIZ: me
Tower tue Beli ana the Edison 1t IL
saiu 'i'at 'hr beli anu E'llsoh COMPANIES
VIII probably chtcl Iusioh,.
The Covcrutncnt of Victoria has an.
noiuird 4 hoard to advise II ns IN tho
best means bv which il can asst I IN
furlherinr tho dtyel pment of the min
o'"' ''9V''' ''' vi '''o '''o's
To determine their relative intelli-
gence, New Zealand authorities have
examined five native children and five
of English parcntage in reading, writ
ing, spelling. geography and ariihme-
tic. The results obtained were consid-
cred, on the whole, about equal. In
arithmetic the showing was largely in
favor of the natives.
"A publisheu statement shows the
mortaiity Ill indla from snake-Dltes to
have been 22,Ou0 persons IN single
year. Iilis startling loss or lite is caus-
Ell Dy ihe COBRA, KRAFT ana other deadly
species, the most notable OF which is u
corinati, known also by the name of
kupper or foorsa. The effects of the
hitoo vary WIN the difforout species of
snakes. The bite OF the cobra produces
son of nthors occas;ons oroat no;,, n,
wnls;ons and nsuaIIv 5eoth Tho h;,o
of Ecb;s cn,.;''ota csnsos hIood 70 on.o
Gron, uho nnras ~ ,ho ,,;o,;,' ,,'H ~ 80 at
Tor i;nnor;,,,, wool, ~, ',,n,a "no, e.
|
The elevation of railwa, lines in diff.
terent parts of the world urc ui,eu ~,
follows: The Apennine railway reaches
its highest point at an elevation of 2.O2l
feet above the sea level. The Black
roresI ra''"ay as' 'ius 10 z.'SV ice'
the oehiiherlnS i'he' TO z,9Zo ieci thc
caucasus me, 10 o,2Oo ieet. lhe 81.
Uo'naru runner Is 1.aoo icct ABOVE Inc
level OF ti'e sea me railway across
Drenher rises !" i,4oo 'ect the Mont
1ehis rhiiWaN, 10 i'oo. ieet' the Norlh
racine, 10 o,i-V Irci me central laclfic,
TO ,o'V ieel: ana Inc thloil laclilc, I"
o,ZiJ ieet. II ne highest ot all Is the
line across lhe Andes which reaches an
elevation OF lo,bbo ieets
mn p.;, ~ ,,,, -.
II. ~ ha u'.s n,"S', tIoW mai'o.u, ~,
i ai ce,. ,ao cao, un VIZ ,h '.aIT nu'u,tu
river.
\ c. .,.. r
- D. 80, o,',;o -" .,; n;n"'"'s",u' ~;
noa ",'s app''eu Po.a;om Vi n's
poMet " i',"wn's os e,tc'ric''n G seneI'
n'eu py "aan.','e '''n'nincs. ihc cA'
pertinent p'o.eu 50 s"ccessiuI .il"t 1T
thirly horses to agricultural work IN
the vicinity of his workshop by
means of the electric machines he ex.
poets to be able to make use of the
power for various operations over q
surface of ten square miles.
r.
"a ue'e.a ~i,o,i'"nuent rspor's .''
iluI,s o. ,e'''ni Hhole "ealph he"l
.ne laHe u"',''ts VI 1uIras' IN .,'c i-ah'
VI p'le,A' oo"o,e , oal'ie-"A ~