Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-05-06
SCIENTIFIC. MISCELLANY.

clarcS 'lat lie mas hcen able to find
no skeleton save that of the NEGRO
which corresponds in proportions
and outline to that of the statue of
the Apollo Belvidere.
The finding of a petlitied shark at
the La Panza gold diggings, Cal. is
reported. Its weight is about two
hundred pounds, and its original
length was about eight feet. A pet
rified whale, some forty feet in length,
is imbedded in the earth in the same
locality.
A Brussels genius has q plan for
constructing submarine apparatus
for travelling to the North Pole. 1t
is presumed that when the pole is
reached he will act on another hint
from Jules Nerne's fertile imagina-
ton and seek an opening to the GEN.
tire of the earth!
Mr.. NJ. A. Nedder finds that wa
ter is not freed from organic imruri-
ties in freezing, and that the germs
of arimalculn are present in very
much of the ice taken from stagnant
water. This being the case, consid-
cradle risk must attend the use of
such ice in drinking water.
Some experiments with reference
to the spontaneous combustion Of
various materials, such as wadding,
raw flax, hemp, sponge, wood dust,
and the waste of silk, wool and cot
ton spinning, appear to demonstrate
the important fact that small guam
titles really take fire sooner than
large ones.
Trouve's electrical polyscope was
recently placed in the stomach of a
fish swimming in Paris aquarium.
Without producing any sign of incon-
venience, the lody of the fish was
then Illuminated by the apparatus,
which caused it to radiate into the
aquarium II light equal to that of q
common candle.
At Osnabruck, Germany, building
stone is manufactured on large
scale ON the Stag of blast furnaces.
Six million bricks were delivered by
one firm during last year. The az
titicial stone is valuable for ventila-
ton, as it permits the passage of sew
eral times rs much air rs ordinary
building stone. 1t has tho advan-
| tage over burnt clay bricks of being
much less easily saturated with
moisture.
During some recent experiments
in Glasgow it has been proved that
telephone sound can be conveyed
through a less fucile conductor than
the usual unbroken wire. In this
case break in tho wire was taken
up 10y II number Of persons, who
by joining hands continued the
electric current through their bodies.
the effect of jnterposino these hui
man links was to diiluse and weaken
the electric power; but the current
was still sufficient to convey some
audible reproduction Of Il song from
the transmitting to the receiving end
of II telephone.
Some time since Il manufacturer
had occasion to construct Il machine
for cutting bars Of cold hardened
steel. For this purpose ho mounted
disc made of soft wrought iron
upon n horizontal axis, so as to be
rotated with great velocity. With
n moderate speed no cutting WAS
produced. But on causing the peri
phery Of tho disc to move at the
rate OF about % GOO feet per minute
the steel was rapidly cut 10y the soft
iron. Sparks were thrown off in a
state of fusion, and became welded
together rs they fell, although both
the disc and the steel bar were but
very slightly heated
DR.. Ahercrombie relates that
gentleman who had been soldier
dleamed Tint he heard Il signal-gun,
saw the proceedings 70, Displaying
the signals, Learl he hustle Of the
streets, the assembling of troops,
cite. just then he Was aroused by
his wife, who had dreamed precisely
tine same dream with the addition
that She saw the enemy land and q
friend of her husband killed, when
She aWOke IN fright. This occurred