The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-01-01
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
In new electric battery, ono of Ne
elements il composed Of sheet iron Leo
than the ten-tliousandth Of an inch in
thickness.
according to an English patent,
mixture of locust beans Csratesia sil;osea
and tares { Vicia satisa) may be mals -
yield an infusion cloaely resembling n.
cha coffee.
I'm the South Kensington Nussum IL
Edisons original lamp with the carbon
loop. 1t is accompanied by certidcate
from Mr.. Edison stating that il burned
1890 hours
1t is stated that Mrs. Sclliemann,
the wife Of the great oriental explorer.
helps her husband in all his scientific II.
bors, experimenting excavations under
his direction regardless of exposure to
sun and dust.
Recent dredgings by N. Lolist in
the Sea Of Galilee have shown that
twelve species Of fish are contained there
in, Of which the majority have the re-
markable habit Of Matching their eggs and
shcltering their young in their months.
"A proclamation " from DR.. Salvador
Pinci Of Catania, announces that . Rreat
revolution in the physical sciences 10 at
hand, for he will shortly demonstrates, by
the most positive and incontestible evi.
dence, that the essence of heat, of lixhe,
Of electricity, Of magnatism, aud Of LIE.
;s-oxygen!
| AR italian professor has made some
very agreeable researches, resulting in
the discovery that vegetable perfumes
exercise positively healthfnl influence
on the atmosphere, converting its oxygsa
into ozone, and thus inoseasing ito oxi-s
| dizing influence. He recommends the
cultivation Of flowers in all nlarshy dis.
| tricts.
During the course Of some cxcavaca.
tions at VillagraDds, Sardinia, some very
remarkable instruments have been found
! if, - is believed, they belong to ths
bronze epoch, which is supposed to have
been exceptionally prolonged in this part
Of the Island. The instruments in qi,es-
ton fsre two bronze saws and foas.
pronged fork, all found in the Same -
pository.
DIR. Henry Barnes records a case Of
an extremely severe attack Of gout
brought On by sleeping in newly paint
ed room. Three years before, tho patient.
All old man, had suffered from q sIiaiss
attack of the discuss, but soou recovered,
aud MP to the time VI this sxposars, had
been quite free from gonty symptoms.
Tie introduction of lead into the system
is given 10 the cause Of the attack:
According to DR.. Edward Smith, -
| egg contains fifteen and one fourth per
cent. Of carbon and two per cent. OF MI
trogeu. Another writer estimates that
the value Of one pound Of eggs, rs food
for sustaining the active forces Of the
body, il to the valns Of ol,e pound of
lean beef as 1854 to 800. AZ flesl, pro-
dpcer one pound Of eggs is shout equal
- enc pound OF beef. y u
Near Armsteg, on tho limo Of the 81.
Gethard railway, excavations for tl,os
road have laid bare so-calisd glacier
garden, containing series Of "giautse
kettles" Or large holes made in the r,,cks
by hydraulic or glacier action. One.
half Of the garden lay across tile railway
track and had tD be blasted awsy, but
tbs other half has been enclosed by
wall and will bs carsfnlly preserved.
One OF the leading chemicalmanufas-
tories "f Germany employs six regulsr
chrmisfs, with salaries varying from
1880 to $2s0o yearly, and in addition en-
Cages the services Of m eminent chemist
for theoretical work exclusively, paying
him nearly $4,000 per .nnnn,. IL Il
doubtless to this liberal patronage of.
qualified scientists that superiority ofs
German chemical manufactures ID duo.
Those in pursuit Of the marvcloss.
may get grain Of caution from the foi-s
lowing, taken from al article on .' Living
Toads III Stone," by Thomas g. Denny, in
recent number Of Science Gossip -
Most of us have heard Of Flint-Jack,s
but do not think many readers Of this
journal have met with any manufacturers
of fossil toals; bat knew, many years
ago, q working naturalist living in Leeds
| who used to prepare for sale toads-
stated to have besn found in beds OF cod
by baking them perfectly black in n
oven, and then taking square pieces q
coal, and, after splitting them carefully,
cutting = hollow in each portion to
receive the ancient reptile"
With th. new yssr, Ayers Amsfiean ~.
| manac makes its customary sppesra rance Il
il welcome yisitor in every family. Its
| pages srs repIete with crisp medical sdvice.
refreshing humer, and much Information
not usually found in sach . work. III asiro-s
no,nicaI calcolstions have : hieh epnfati1e1
for sccurscy, and they ars adsptel, ID -
vari"us editisna IT the Aimsnac, to oil passs
Of tbs globe. While = large portion Of -
| pages are devoted to an elaborate sa6ivcs-
tiseiDent VI the medicinal txepsrstiens 81
many prescriptions sss fsrely given for tho
keue3t 0f the hiOk. irrene,eefive ssf AVnesa