, 1880-05-01
SCIENCE.
SCIENTIFIC, NOTES.

Mr.. Forbes claims In NutHrg to l,nyo NJ
ready given his reason for believing tint lio
has located planet more distant from tho
sun than Neptune.
At a recent lecture at tho Conservative 1es
Arts ct M6uers, OH the Industrial Applicn-
tIons of Artificial Retrlgerators, NJ. ihloul
pctet produced a sensation by cotnfng IL
medallion In frozen quicksilver Of the weight
OF iiftcen Kilograms.
The experiment OF sending up tlrca con-
necied balloons will 10 tried in Lille Mt tho
end of next AIny. Tho hnlinnns nro now 1T
ting in tho vcstibule OF the Palnts do rIntlus-
trio Of tho Champ do Mnra, Paris: there will
1T the sasnc tiine 10 descent In u parachute
BY N. TnvlB.
During the years between 1871 and 1875, tho
Inflicted by the pi'snonpna Of nature, was
distributed Us follows: By Ice nMl FROST
1b3, 0oo, 900 frailca; by hals 1000 o00: BY fire.
10 9Go ooo; by stnrn's an floods, 81 COO 900; by
cattle-dlsclise. 81 t000,W0
Tho natives .of COCHIN China especially in
tho nloru northern districts OF 1ildo-Clltna,
liavc the great too Of tho font separated from
the others like tfo thumb of the l,snd. 80 that
it can be hsetl. in a limited tlegrct, III tho
c"ssa eS Ws si,nas 20 far sek ss \ 'so T. e. "
From ~ cents worth Of froll-nre may he
$40 wnrth Of inrspshncs, $40 worth Of
tahssbniyes som orth Of e9 t9 ~ nnals.s
Of watcl,.spElnss, s4oo,oo0 worth q hair-
wa.c6es).
A machinist In Nevada has invented an
effective Improvement on the common door
XVI Witch m , ,eaf5s sa IT, y ons Se e f9f
taking hold Ut itwltll !llppeIs from! tho out
side. The end Of thu key Il mnuo to rtvo!ve
Independently Of tho key itself, atd n tlilef
tho' KY. " ~
suds 10 tho sl!spcctrtl lcaIsy Joint. Tho form
| ntlon Df .huublea Will aIlnw M escape. 'r!lls
IL safer TIM! trying tho tnlnt with u lighted
!iuck9t Or chandelier, 1t IL repaire,l Is solder
ing with plumbers iine HUlder; II It be n very
small orts. heat the plcco first with spirit
LUMP. and I'LL the aperture with cg!nent-
81. Yon,, one ot the ad,nlnstretors OF the
Paris captive hallonn, IL publishing. q pnrn-
balloon, devised oil the plan. Worked ont By
NJ. Glt!ard ln Ills great experiment executed
# rarls IN 1852. Tho only differences Is TINT
lye @ ss5sMs M sd tWT w.. a aGs; atSf
e,se Sa fq 10 ae esuesssstuiy sss Sy IL IT. GSr II
luTis Al,u In London Ia belng constructed nUw
eonai sxSo @ .s @sh Vii 10 s'o opsns @ o
juno 10 to celebrate, tho tiftietl anniversary
OF Belgian independence.
Tho Frarpl, Academy OF Sciences numbers
seventylEtt AZ press1't twn Eenta !. arY w w
III tint OF geography Anl navigation. Tl,t
number OF foreign associates md e0rrespDltt
Ing numbers allowed by tho BtAtuteS IL l0H
TllHrH nrD now four VMclNrleH, tWn in the
chemical sectltAl, ono In tlla bDtNneal. aill
oMe In that uf geography nINl MnvHMtlon. In
this pDrtlut Dt the .AGnilnnly FrHllec, 0HtAtttI
Of Paris hta.fs tho liSt wlti,D lllaInbor1; tler
fnllUw tireut DrltalH, u: Germany. II
UnLtetl States, 8: Russia, y; SwltxErlalNl: u
, Srandnavtau countries. :: ltaly, !; Hc!giun
and Holland. 4; Austria, 2: amt brnztt, l..
IN the Engtta'l tfccin,llc, No. 7s0, all nc
I count III EtyeIl Df a tlnld for the preservation
J Of anlnlnl and vegetable tlssllrs, wlltcl, wa
yersity Of berlin. Tie lllitl uay bc inlecte,
/ by It, Of TIM entire object may l,n tmnterae'
| Iii It; III either case tho elusttutty VI tn
tissues mi! il0x!biltty ot the 1nlnts Arb pre
, served. AL sorts Of vegetable 0rg1llltAln
,l,aY also bu preserved In this iiultl. 4 culOn
nf exqnisit water AlR1R, which Ind been i
the mud for year, appeared to 30 ErnWln
, III the water. rM formula fur tho prtlN.rt
tim Is rs inllows: In 1900 Rtanls ut bni
tng water dissolve a!tlnl, 100 grams; cor
carbonMta Of lMtas,'; 30 gf4ms; arsa@.'ini @
! INK ada to. every 10 lItres ot tlle sallltlon,
!. Hires Ut g!ycurtmu md litrg Ut methyll
alcohol. Anatomical preparations TINT Il!
tn 1e preserved dry nro lnniata9tl til tic t!ul
y {rulA sIx to twelYe days, according " ttle
+ slzu, alal thon dried III tllo open air,