Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-26
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

functions of the heart in cases of drown
ing, hanging, or fainting.
The packages of tomatoes put up
last year in the United States reached
the total of 19,968, 900, of which New
Jersey put up 5,592,00 cans.
The grape islands of Lake Erie have
1000 acres Of vines, and the yield in
1879 was 100000 pounds. The wine
production was l, 1926, 400 gallons.
The largest sugar-mill in the world
will soon be erected in St. Charles Par
ish, La. The weight of the mill, in
cluding engine, will be 100000 pounds.
The wooden trade in France has
been making rapid progress In 1851
there were only $50, 900 woolen spindles
in that country, but now they number
2,27O,OOO.
The Hudson Highlands and Cat
skill Mountains contributed 100000
evergreen trees and 100000 yards of
evergreen roping, which was sold in
New York City during the holiday
season.
Experience has shown at the Pc
troleum Iron Works, Titusville, Pa,
that barrel of petroleum will gener-
ate heat sufficient for making ton of
iron, while ton and quarter of coal
would be required for the same result.
AT KOlomna, Russia, they have just
celebrated the completion, in the ma
chine shops of that place, of their five
hundredth locomotive and ten thou
sandth railroad car. The first engine
was built there in 1868, and is still in
active use.
Oshkosh, Wis, has the largest
match factory in the world. 1t cut up
100000 feet of logs into matches, and
used 100000 worth of revenue stamps
during 1879. Besides, it manufactured
one-fOurth of all the merchant work
sash, blinds and doors made in the
United States.
The Mature says that the ascent of
Mount Hecla was made last summer
by Miss Th. Petursson, daughter of the
Bishop of ReykjaVik, for the purpose
of geological investigation. Her re-
port of the condition of the larger
craters indicated that an eruption on a
grand scale was impending.
The skull of a large cave bear, diff
fering from that of the hitherto known
species, but resembling somewhat that
Of a bear of the pampas of Buenos
Ayres, has been discovered in a cave in
Shasta County, near the McCloud
River, California, by James D. Richard
son. 1t was buried beneath several
inches of cave-earth and stalagmite.
Two Germans say they can con-
vert agate into onyx, and have patented
the process. They place the cut and
polished agate for week in solution
of iron in nitric acid, only one mile
meter deep, and then treat those por-
tions of the stone which are to be white
with a solution of equal parts of car
Donate and hydrate of potash, dried
and burned in an earthen pot, until the
desired color is obtained.
"A paint, which is rendered self
luminous by mixing with it a sulphide
of lime or some such phosphorescent
substance, is attracting public notice in
London. The painted surface of an
object which has been subjected to the
light of burning magnesium of the
electric arc, or Uf the sun, will remain
luminous for long time in the dark.
The paint is considered suitable for
buoys at sea, signs, and number of
other applications.
Mr.. William Morris, of Greenock,
Scotland, is reported to have discov-
cred process of photographing under
water, even at the depth of ten fathoms.
He has, says the Glasgow NeS0S, Sc
cured two negatives that are remarka-
bly, distinct, showing q sandy bottom
with number of large boulders COW
cred with seaweed, and an old anchor.
There are many ways in which such an
could be made useful, and
an aid to science.
The earthquake of Lisbon in 1855
was felt over surface of 1886, 900
square miles, or over a twelfth part of
The earth's surface. Such extensive
shocks are generally attributed TO vol
canic action. Observers at the center
Of the area perceive a vertical oscilla-
ton; the movements become more
oblique on going from the center, the
waves being propagated with regu-
arity which is not observable in the
earthquakes of non-valcanic
countries.
"A correspondent tells the BVenjng !
Post how to climb stairs without fatigue. ,
Always go up, he says, while inspiring !
,r drawing in the air, never while re-
ipiring. At the first step begin to in
ipire, at the fourth or fifth step stop {
ong enough to respire and to begin in !
piring before starting again. BY this 7
means the fatigue is greatly lessened- {
indeed, reduced to minimum. Elder +
Y or delicate persons should never
furry up stairs. By taking it leisurely /
md in the manner described, they will /
ave both breath and strength. v
DIR. j. H. Provost has found that
ain removes much more matter from e
N uncropped than from cropped soil.
lie placed three inches of soil in two t
.lazed earthenware pans seventeen s
nches in diameter. Four grammes of f
White clover seed were sown in one of t
he pans, and the other was left with v
ut any stimulus to vegetation. Both T
,ans were exposed from July 2lst to il
october 4th, and then the drainage il
yater was collected and analyzed with tt