Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-12-07

Late Investigations of German
scientists have shOwn that the
electric light is not only healthier
than other methods of illumina-
ton in leaving the air purer, but
that 1t increases the power of Wis
lon in some respects, especially in
distinguishing colors. Red, blue,
green, and yellow are much more
Distinct under this light than by
daylight.
Two Leipsic chemists have de-
vised process for obtaining sugar
In permanently liquid form.
This result Is said to be effected by
adding to purified sugar solution
o email quantity of citric acid,
which combines with the sugar
and deprives 1t Of Its tendency to
crystalline.
Some experiments by M. Gau.
tier appear to prove that human
saliva possesses, In milder de-
gree, the same poisonous property
as that of serpents. The hum a II
saliva injected under the skin of q
bird caused death, with symptoms
very closely resembling those re-
sulting from serpent bites.
A new theory of the so-called
fascination Of birds by snakes IL
that the bird mistakes the snakes
tongue, which the reptile keeps in
rapid and constant motion, for .
lively worm, and watches 1t In
tently with the anticipation Of
devOuriug It,.
M. Pasteur has resolved to ex-
tend his studies in vaccination to
yellow fever, with view Of de-
termining whether or not the dis.
ease is due to parasites and can be
guarded against by incubation, A
broad field OF inv estigation is open
to Pasteur, as 1t 10 suggested by his
discoveries thus far that all conta.
gious maladies may be due to par
asitic growths, the virulence OF
which may be SO reduced by his
method Of incubation as to render
this class Of diseases no longer a
matter Of dread.
A NeapoIitan gardener, after
years of experiment, has produced
: camelia with q delicate perfume,
and he thinks, 1t probable thai
these flowers may In the near fu-
ture be 90 cultivated as to rival the
rose In the fragrance Of its odor.
Mr.. G. Shaler Smith has given
the results OF extensive observa.
lions in relation TO the pressure Ok.
erted by the wind. The most VIC
lent gale recorded by him was al
East 81. Louis, In 1871, when the
wind overturned y locomotive, the
force developed In so doing being
no less than SO pounds per square
foot. At st. Charles jail was de.
stroyed In 1877, the pressure re.
Quired being "a pounds per square
foot. At Marshfield, In 1850, Q
brick mansion was leveled, The
force necessary being So pounds pei
square foot. Below these extra
ordinary pressures, Mr.. Smith In
stances numerous cases Of trainf
blown off rails, and bridges, etc.
blown down by gales of "a to 81
pounds per square foot. mall the
examples the lowest force required
to do the observed damage hat
been taken as the maximum power
of the wind. although, of course, il
m ay have been higher.
Enthusiasts who make special
study Of sunspots and attendant
phenomena believe that the corner.
stone of q new science Ia being lsii
by discoveries pointing to an init
mate connection between collar ant
| terrestrial meteorology. just whal
| the connectionis they are not ye
able to clearly define, although
electricity is suspected OF being thu
agent through which the effect
are manifested upon our planet. I
is known that the gaseous envelop'
Of the sun is affected by eruption
OF such prodigious magnitude =
to be uttery beyond our power o
conOoptionss those disturbances ap
pearing to us In the form Of rapid.
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