The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-29
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

Ihe volume OIL water on the globe is
estimated to be 224 times that of the
land existing above the sea-level.
Prof. Cook believes the Hessian av
Wilde ultimately termiuated by the
parasites preying upon 1t. He afirms
.hae Tue potato beetle Is being reduced
III NUMBERS from a IKE cause.
The p~hosphoresc ant property of sulp-
hide of calcium has been applied to
photography, a picture being produced
that is scarcely visible by daylight but
which stands out in startling relief in
the dark.
The eminent Berlin physicist. Prof
| Siemens, lately prophesied that ssthe
energy Of the solar rays. manifested in
currents of air or in falls of water. NAV
by-aud-bythrough the electric furnish all
heat necessary, and render us indepen-
dent of ordinary fuel.n
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that the perfumes of plants and flowers
exert a healthful influence upon the
atmosphere, by creating ozone. and thus
adding to its oxidizing effect. His ex-
periments indicate that no ozone is pro-
duced by inodorous plants.
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made between science in the state of
hypothesis and science in the state of
fact: and inasmuch as It is still in its
Hypothetical stage, the ban of exclus-
ion ought to fall upon theory of evolu-
tion.n
An exceedino s;mn,e loot for hrttor
has been communicate to tho pelo;on
Academy. when be,ted in a sb,i,ow
vessel to a temneratrre hot ono
hundred and eftv and ono bnndred and
sixtv deurees artificial b,ttar nrodnces
yery little frotb. but the mass nder-
goes a sort of ~irreop,ar boil;no accom-.
panied by violent Jerks which tend tn
project some of the butter ont of the
vessel Tho c,seons - or sonor otas
in brown clots on the sides while the
fatty norton of tbe samnle ~reta;ns its
natrral color. Natural butter. ON the
other hand, similarly heated produces
abundant froth, the Jerks are slight,
and the mass takes on a uniform brown
color.
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the blue gives actinism or chemical eff
feet. Now, the pus of variolar pustules
absorbs, by its yellow medium, the act.
inic rays, which results in corrosion OF
the tender flesh at the base. thus leay.
ing pits.
,rbe ,,roest land animal which ;s
known In have existed on tbe o,obe has
been descrihed Inv prof Marsh It's
mama 10 AUon,os,,,,s ;~,nn,on;. The
tbiob home of tbe monster ia over e;obt
feet lone with a ,t Tho large,
ord os t,ro,.y syo ;,c,os com,.r;
s,n Of tb;s hone with tho fem,r Of /.
crocod;le would ;nd;c,te hat tbe foso;l
s,pr;,p If Of similar nronortions had !.
total lenotb Of one bn,dred and 6fteen
feet. That the reptile was at least one
hundred feet long when alive Is PROB
able. The other bones of the animal
which have beer found are proportion
ately gigantic. One of the caudal yer
tebrae measures more than sixteen
inches IN transverse diameter,