Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-17
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.
Notes Of the Latest Experiments and Re-
searches In this and Other Countries
MATTERS Both Terrestrial and
Celestial.
GENERAL NOTES.

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this country and on Leng Island to Mr..
Harrison A. pyar.
China is TO establish q coast meteorolosi.
cal service with the assistance Of Sir Robt.
Hart. Mr.. Knipping is organizing storm
warning system in Japan.
On the authority of Prof. Maudelin it Is
asserted that the Viola syrtica, the Viola
tri-coicr, aud the Viola arvensis contsiR not
less than .Oe3 to IA per cent Of solicylic
acid.
DR.. Andres and N. Faye both agree that
cyclones, tcrnadoes, and trombes are one
and the same mechanical phenomenon,
and that their powerful action is due to
force in upper currents.
For the first five months OF this year the
Partisan Company for Lighting and Heat
ing with Gas have received S6,l25,OI5, or an
increase OF 7.S2 per cent over the amount
received during the corresponding period
OF last year.
For last year the worlds production Of
lead is estimated by Herr Landsberg at
4iO,0O0 tons. China ard Japan are not In
cluded as producers OF the metal, although
the probability is that their output OF led
is very large every year.
There is a brewery near Berlin that
manufactures every year about 92,oOo bar
rels of beer. All the buildings are con.
nected with electric wires, and the head
brewer can sit in his room and there con.
troll the whole OF the operations OF mailing,
kiln.drying, masbing, cooling, fermenting,
&c.
The waste Of the wild cocoons gathered
in the woods of China, Japan and Austria.
lia is made into felt one-half the size OF
hair felt and is used for the manufacture
of hats and for furnishing purposes. II has
the peculiar bright color Of silk, and Is
sometimes used with hair wool, cotton and
other substances,
The heart OF the city OF Cleveland is ira
yersed by system Of bridges, which carry
the tracks OF the New York Chicago and
ST, Louis Railroad above the streets and all
other thoroughfares for about mile. This
elevated road cost q quarter OF million
dollars. The first train passed over II from
Chicago to New York on August 80.
The operator at the Mobile office OF the
Mobile & Gulf Telegraph Company, was
recently surprised by hearing over his
wire through messages from New Orleans
to New York. An investigation showed
that an unfortunate frog had found its --aJ
into cable box, and its body burned al.
most to a crisp, formed sufficient conn &C.
ton between the Western Union and the
Mobile & Gulf wires.
There is a substance called cotton velvet
made in China. Ii is very soft and dura-
BILE. Generally it is dyed Of . dark. blue
color in solution of one part OF indigo to
thirteen parts OF water having a small adj
mixture OF wine and lime. After the vel
vet has been allowed ts soak in this solu.
ton for about half an hour il Is wrung out
and dried in the sun. This process is r..
peated II times, and finally the texture Is
dsmpensd carefully with spray of slight
" calculated water.
Some time ago DR.. j. Wander Berghe was
struck with the constancy OF the proper
ton OF copper found in bread, and made an
examination of wheat. In 100000 parts
of the gram there were 40 OF metallic cop
per, and oats yielded los parts in the
same quantity. lie made. OF course, the
usual preliminary tests 10 ascertain the
purity Of his reagents, and che took care
that his gas.burners were made OF iron.
Even the porcelain capsule was supported
on platinum triangle.
The Sanitary Engineer says the substitu-
ton of electric lighting by the use Of two
machines driven by one engine instead OF
gas, at the South Kensington Museum,
London, has resulted in a saving in the
working expenses at the rate Of nearly
So, 200 a year, or more than Sll2 for each
lamp. Up to the end of last year the 81
lambs illuminating the Lord Presidents
Court and the Sheepshsnks and Raphael
Galleries had been at work for six months,
or 3i5 hours nf lightning
This is an interesting piece OF lniorma'
ton from the Pham ZcitWmg: Place a
watch, with the case open but the works in
motion, in a vessel so that the watch will
be- completely covered with benzine. After
three hours it will he found that the watch
has been thoroughly cleaned. The vessel
should he covered with parchment paper,
and the watch before il is removed should
be slightly agitated. Lastly, the watch is
laid in bcnzine again, but'this time little
petroleum oil is added in order 10 iuDri-
cate the machinery.
Malaria and its cause have been inves.
tigated by Prof. TuCci, Of the District OF
old Rome. He believes that he finds the
reason of superior sanitary condition OF the
Agro. Romans in ancient days in the system
of deep drainage prscticed by the Romans.
their sewers being often ut a level OF -
metres below the suface Of the ground. The
superficial drainage OF the present day, he
thinks, can scarcely be more salubrious
than the stagnant waters above ground, be-
cause Of the combined action Of the water
and the atmosphere upon the tufa which
lies beneath the surface OF the soil.
Alta meeting Of the Academy OF Sciences,
Paris, on August Iith, experimental re.
search es on the formation OF craters In the
moon were communicated by VI Bergeron.
He sends hot air through brass tube into o
melted hut gradually cooling mass Of
Wccd's alloy. The bubbIing OF the air
firms circular space first like circus and
then like crater. Soon, however. the
mass becomes pastry, and forms cone In
the middle. Some slightly different effects
were had with other alloys, such as more
broken up appearance Of the side OF the
cone. An interruption Of the current gave
rise 10 the formation Of two concentric era.
tiers.
On October II there will he n Congres. Of
Electricians in Paris. Among other sub
iects 10 come before the members will be
the determination Of the length OF the
mercury column equivalent TO the practi-
cal ohm: the construction OF lightning
conductors and the influence Of telegraph
and other wires on electric storms: the
means Of establishing q general system for
observing electricity, and the meieorogical
importance Of the transmission OF inteIli.
gence by cleo ricity. n hplOmatc pDn'
gress will also consider the subject OF tele-
graph cable protection. IL is thought that
NJ. Crochery will preside over the former
meeting and N. Duclero over the lstter.
An effort has been made by Herr Victor
Never 10 determine the color Ut pure
wafer. He has found that il Is 9 shade be-
tween blue and green. Taking two glass
tubes 40 millimetres in diameter and about
] - metres in length, he connected them by
means Of rubber tubing. forming tube
about : Il metres long. Both ends OF this
tube are fixed in glass plates and fit,ed
with metal sockets, which are provided
with brass nozzels for filling the tube. All
being arranged, the tube 10 placed in per
fectly horizontal position and covered with
a black cloth. Upon looking through the
empty tube the field OF vision appears col
orless, as the cloth and the mstaI. sockets
prevent the glass from exerting any infu-
epce. As coon. however. - the tobe u
filled with distilled vstsr m intense bluish
green color IL Observed.
The President Of Oh British Association
for the Advancement Of Seience this year
DR.. Charles William sl~mens-is not .
native Of Great Britain. When he was 10
years Of eye he arrived in England With .
stout heart but with little or no money.
He took with him from Germ my some i'm.