The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-21

All ordinary fruit acids are said to
act upon tin, and one case Is reported 10
which persons were made violently
sick from eating fruit preserved in tin
cans, no foreign substance except tin
being found in the fruit.
Excavations commenced a short dis.
lance from the walls of PoMpeii, with .
view of ascertaining the nature of the
surroundings of the city, have led to
discovery, within an area Of few
square yards, OF thirty skeletons, ten of
which were huddled together In one
room of small suburban villa. Brace
lets, necklaces, earrings, and other
objects, were found upon the bones.
The handling of petroleum in any con-
siderable quantity is, as is well known,
attended by much danger on account of
it eXplosiveness and the rapidity with
which fire is spread thereby. NJ.
Ichlumberger, whose mind has for some
time been occupied with this subject,
has finally proposed plan by which he
believes that all fire following an ex-
plosion may be prevented His method
Is the placing of a moderately large
bottle of aqua ammonia upon every
barrel of key of petroleum. Should an
explosion occur, the shock will shatter
the bottle. spread the fumes of the am
monia in the atmosphere, and produce
an automatic and infsllible extinction
of the flames. NJ. Ichlumberger is very
confident Of the efficacy of this plan,
and believes it would also prove valu-
able for extinguishing the fire caused
by explosions in mines.
The death was lately announced of
Mr.. +. A. Nobert, whose fine rulings on
glass have given him a worldwide
celebrity. As test-plates for the lower
of microscopes he ruled bands of lines
of varying fineness from IL 200 to ii 600
to the English inch. was formerly
his opinion that lines so fine as the
liz ,000th of an inch would never be
seen resolved in the microscope. This
feat was accomplished, however, by DIR.
Woodward; when Mr.. Mobiles immedi-
ately produced new plate, having one
band of lines of a fineness of 224 900 to
the English inch. Whether or not
these minute lines will ever be seen
cannot now be safely predicted. Mr..
Nobert has always been reticent in re-
gard to his methods, and 1t Is thought
probable that no one is acquainted with
the secret of his success. 1t may there
fore befall us that Nobert's microscopic
ruling Is to be counted among the ''lost
arts"
The presence of disagreeable odors in
the atmosphere was the source of
considerable annoyance to people In
certain districts of Paris last summer.
The smells were found to originate in
a certain establishment where refuse
matter is manufactured into fertilizers.
NJ. Buchard, Of the Paris medical
faculty, has examined this question of
the effect nf fhQse pmanQfiOns nnOn
health, and has concluded that they are
Innocent. He does not believe that they
convey with them the germs Of
disease, and finds that the gases Of
which they are composed do not load the
air enough to produce perceptible
poisoning. Assuming that contagious
diseases should manifest them
selves within eight or ten day after the
planting of the germs, the weekly
health bulletins of the year have been
examined to learn If any increase OF
mortality followed the introduction of
the unpleasant odors. Nosuch increase
has been detected.