, 1879-03-08

strength which llleIr parts do not rosscsf.
| lnese ma t''e many valuable discoveries
made by the Board since ita Organization ,are
| but the foretnstc OF what 1t could accomplish
now that tho machine, which has taken three
years Of extraordinarily patient effort to perfect,
Is done and ready far III use. Tile Hoard has
planned most exhaustive investigation Of th,
plan has been commended by tic beat cogncets
OF this country aud Europe. 'rllc hoard II adj
mirsbly constituted to do the work proposcd
sbsl. ss'oes ga + so.;is aoy 81 usa s sasxa say:
ORDNANCE, President; Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore,
United States EnEineers; Commander l., A.
| Bcarislcc. United States Navy; Chlef. Engineer
ss!yH ana mechanical engineer; Prof. Il. 4.
| 1hussson. OF the Stevens Institute; Con. VIII.
lam aooy Smith, civil engineer. :.
ffni. Ihuraton Ia Secretary to The Board, and
| "a such receives tho patry Bn1nry Or el.9o0 per
annum: Tho other civilians on The Boara eorvc
Without pav. And The uascrnmcut officers
draw ITO extra pay for their services the hoard.
Ihe money anpropriatcd by the Government for
tie use OF the Board has been expended for the
machine already referred to, fur samples to bo
tcated, III salary 10 hired chemist WIN has
made great number ot the most valuable asi-
alysea Of Iron aud steel, and Tor Tie actual c1
while In service as srgh.
Tic results already obtained arc worth to the
Government a. large consumer VI iron and
atcc!, att to the eonntrJ at large, ten ttmca The
| Just Ut tl,e threshold OF It's useful labors.
Evers mechanic In The lund who works Iron
Or stcel, every citizen Of the United States rho
ridcs over q bridge, and every engineer who
ulans an, iron or steel STRUCTURE, mud every
maker OF iron or steel IN OUT cQuntrY, ID fn-
tcrcstct to hara thu Government furnish to the
Testing board the money necessary to cuable It
to 10 on md complete It's work. The railway
companies have at esPccia interest IN The
prosecution OF this Investigation tu cu,nplgton.
consuming ah they do about one million dollars
s wo;th t' oi rai!t p e.. daY, AMI losing sou!eites
BY the failure Of single bridge. The tloyern-
Deut as such consumed 10 3ifttcn months In the
Department Of Public BuIl1Ings alone, presided
maid steel, much ofitiu sl'amefulyil l).propor
ttoncl forms Involving waste in one direction
and fearful risk III The other. And yet thu
right Of Government to appropriate tnoncy
questioned by SONS members OF Congress At
the last session or Congress clause Was 1ncor-
poratcd IN the sundry Civil Appropriation bill
providing that Tue machine, when completed.
md TIN. the Board should cease to exist whet,
the money heretofore appropriated IL expended.
Tile muntY las been used as already stated, and
the Board must dIe just ~ Its Invaluable 'abors
repeal the hostile legislation contained In the
Inst Bundrr Civt! hIlE und appropriate Esy s9j,-
000 per aIttM for the use OF tho Board Curing
thc next three or four Years. or until IT, work IL
fully done.
TIE PHILOSOPHY OF roULTICEs.
PoRa!ar Science Non.hIs.
The elect Of poulticcs L. probably different
from that Of bllsters, although ultimately pro-
ductlsc OF similar relief; for, II NC ugain tako
tho simple INSTANCE Of finger inilamcd 10 con-
sealeuce Of thorn bav1ur run into IT. va find
thnt ,vc ,a, rc1,v, +ha r,i,, !, t,r ,rore ot,iar
h.. .,..,,s. - ,'a.a I...s a. -; ,' ...
" put1ns ms na''o 'oto co'1 wafer OF py p4uhE-
! tut, the hnger Into warm poultlce. Both Of
| these MEASURES apparently SO dissnar, will
nro],,co like result In rcrar3f 10 the in1arncd
ron,. ,i,t ;< ,,o,h ,r,It ,".s.r ,ho nre.s,,ro -,
oIood ~ Tic Vessels where stas1s las already
! taken place. The cold, applied 10 the whole Of
the hand will CAUSE the arteries leading Ia the
fnrcr IN contrnc,. nn1 win thua dtmhntsl, ihp
~... ""s~, t,". .a..a", 49, ~. a7" w..
supply VI oloou u toe 'nHaaeu pafts a'su iosseu
the pressure In tic blocked caoillarcs.
pycssu7e, not by diminishing the flow Of blood to
Tho pa.s, but by dlIatiDg the vessels around tic
poiut Of stasls, and aiiord!ug the blood ready
cxitinto the veins. In the case OF internal Or
Euus. tliu blister applied to tfie skin probaby
nets sike tss cold applird to ttse hnger' while ie
mu. por.u ts H. H.. a,ri,.,,,. ~, M
rams IN liz. snr,,t, wny ~ It deus tit. stnariial
! ones, tie warmth penetrating through the THU
thoraclc Or ubaoinlnal parietss on shs account,
w.es WHIT We @ "tan 70 seaeye @'n ~ tne cues. or
t,e,,r wv r ~ common ' nror1r. p T. m,r'u., M
thc jinsccd rncnj with hnt wafcr. md nuny,n,r Il
t3lrrctiy to tho skin is uultc wrontr bccalsr ii