Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-03-26
SCIENTIFIC NINEIlaNY.


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BY means Of his newly invented
tbeImOpile. for the measurement Il
infnitessimal degrees OF heat, Mr.
Edison asserts II TO he possible to
measure the millionth part Of de-
gree Fahrenheit. Nor is this oil,
for the new marvel will show infn-
itcssimal changes in the moisture of
the atmosphere" changes which
are hundred thousand times less
in quantity than those that con be
indicated by the present barometer
A new application of the RUBIN
koff electric coil has been made in
the neighborhood of Marseilles. In
stead of using birdlime on the trees
which are frequented by birds of
passage, a copper wire is wound
around the trunk of each tree and
decoy attached to neighboring
staff. When the flock has been at
tracted by the decoy, a shock is CIV
en- by the apparatus. and the birds
are more surely stunned than by
rifle. Similar experiments have
shown that the parasites of vines
and their eggs may be destroyed by
the powerful electric shocks.
DR.. v. Jagielsky asserts that the
Tartar steppes, Iceland, and the
Shetland, Farce and Hebrides Is
lands, are almost entirely exempt
from consumption. These places
being low elevations, the fact tells
somewhat against the especial or ex-
elusive value of mountain climates.
DR.. Jagielsky is inclined to the opin-
ion that the immunity is largely due
to the universal use of koumiss aud
a similar drink called bland" A
large number of medical men share
the bolief that if anything will check
the progress Of lung diseases it is
koumiss, especially in a warm, dry
climate, like that of the Tartar
steppes during the Summer months.
"Spence's metal" is new metal
lie compound which will probably
prove of much utility. Chemically
considered, the new substance is one
of the class known as thiates, or sui
phur sulphides, and specimens late
~ exhibited in London consisted of
an ore of iron pyrites containing
both lead and zinc sulphides. 1t
possesses the valuable properties of
melting at low heat, expanding in
cooling, great tenacity, and being
practically unaffected by acids, wa
ter, or atmospheric exposure. 1t has
the very important advantage of
cheapness, and is said to be espec-
tally adapted to great variety of
purposes. AS substitute for type
and bronze metals much is expected
of it.
DR.. Delamotte, an eminent savant
who is thoroughly conversant with
the geology and geography Of Egypt,
is of the opinion that the ancient
Nile had its origin in lake much
larger and higher than the Victoria
Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika of to-
day. From this lake he thinks the
water was distributed through var