Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-19
AID MECHANICAL NOTES

A five-ton hammer was put up in the
Altoona railroad shops few days ago.
1t is said that liquid cast iron expands
at least 5 81 per cent. of its volume on
freezing.
H. G. Hovey finds the mean temperature
of the Mammoth Cave, KY, to be "a de-
grees Fahrenheit in midsummer.
A good cement for repairing glass is said
to be secured by dissolving fine glue in
strong acetic acid to form paste.
The best way to kill insects for collection
so that their legs will not contract, is to
dip them in turpentine or chloroform.
In penetrating the earth Prof. Everit
finds that the rise in temperature is more
rapid in the older and harder rocks.
The six unhealthiest cities in the world
are st. Petersburg, Charleston, Malaga,
Alexandria, Waisans and Buda- Pesth.
A writer in an English periodical re-
Gently urges the advantages of double
glazing in promoting the health of home in
winter.
1t is stated that benzine may be freed
from all offensive odor by shaking it up
well with quicklime, about three ounces to
the gallon.
According to French medical journal,
whooping cough has been successfully
treated by DIR. Barely, of Nice, by turpen.
tine vapor.
Fuller's earth made into a paste with
cold water and plastered on to soiled wall
paper and allowed to stay until dry will
remove all the grease spots.
A piece of zinc placed on the live Goals
in hot stove will, it is said, effectually
clean out a stove pipe, the vapors produced
carrying off SCOT by chemical decomposi-
tion.
Sydney, N. S. W., is to have the largest
electric light in light. house in the world.
The merging beam is said to have lumin.
GUS intensity exceeding 1900, 900 candles.
The following recipe is given to remove
ink stains: Take of muTriate of tin, 2
parts; water, parts. To be applied with
a soft brush, after which the paper must
be passed through cold water.
A glass of hot milk is an immense stim.
ulant for person fatigued either by men.
tai or physical exertion. Milk heated to
above 100 Fahrenheit loses while hot
much of it's sweetness and density.
In Ireland the only fuel known is peat.
the Esquimaux use oil for fuel, in Asia
grass is burned, in Arabia camel chips, and
people who live along the shores Of Nova
Scotia burn the antlers of the moose.
DIR. Beddoe and Mr.. Tuckett have stated
that British heads are smaller than Brit.
ish heads used to be-" and Mr.. Horsfall,
in the Manchester Guardian, infers from
this and other facts that the British people
are physically deteriorating
DIR. Hawkins, of Nashville, has been
making tour of inspection of the marble
and iron interests of East Tennessee. He
reports eight marble quarries in operation
in Knox county. They ship marble to
Chicago, Cincinnati, New York and other
points.
1t is sometimes necessary to bore one or
more holes in porcelain, but the usual way
of doing this is not easy. If, however, an
ordinary drill be hardened and kept moist
with oil of turpentine it will easily pene.
trate the porcelain. The drill commonly
employed in connection with scroll cutting
machines answers very well.
The standard passenger car upon West.
ern reads is Is feet high and 10 feet 3
inches wide. The widest car that can get
through some of the bridges and tunnels
between New England and the West is 10
feet. It is claimed that the extra inches
gives more commodious seats and bertiis.
The Mechanical Engineer recommends.
in answer to the question, "When boiler
is short of water and heavy fire ia on the
crate, what shall be done to prevent the
boiler from being burned 2" that the fire
be smothered with wet ashes. To haul
the fire would increase the heat for time