The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-06-17
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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,


81 per cent. more sugar and more than
per cent. less acid than those which
have remained secluded from the sun
lie ht
The city of Paris has gran ed piece
Of grouud in the park Of Montsourls tor
a school off CT logy, The usslLl ins ct
(such HI bees ana siik-EcIms), the aox-
Hilary insects (such as Those useful 10
plants), and the noEious insects will sll
be studied,
The gathering IN Of cloth stretchtd
in the large bleacG-fislds Is a new Euro
pean application Of tho electric railway.
The railway constructed has twenty -Une
branches, each about third OF mile
iu length. Tue pieces of cloth are crn-
nscted at the ends su as to form long
lengths, aud the railway trucks roll up
as much in half au hour as could be done
by the old method in half day or even
more.
-Tue present increase Of the popula-
tion of England from excess Of births
over deaths is about per centand MI.
Proctor computes that If the world had
started with l, 200. 900 Inhabitants 5000
years ago ian estimate probably far too
low and had made an uniform increase
at that rate, the earth's present popul,-'
tion would be 2lS, 500 Qua, 000 600, 00O,-
600, 900, 900, 900, 900 900, Up0. Even Ii
the orld's population had been only TO-
4,U00 years, ago, aud the same rate of in-
crease had been kept up that is nov in
progress in England. tue number would
now he so great that l22 0O0 600 90
sIch glubes as this erath ~ouli oLly give
stauding room ior tue vast population,
supposing the en,lre surface OF eac ii globe
to be occupied.
French government commissions
seem to favor attempting to form an in-
laud Algerian sea 10y hJo ing the d, selt
of Sahara, notwithstanding the objec-
tions made.
Til, fifty-second annual meeting OF
the British association for the advance,
ment of science and philosophy will
commence Its session at southampton.
August 23d; the French association
eleventh meeting, August "a; and the
American associations thirty-irst meet
ing at Montreal, August 90. Some OF
the most remarkable discoveries OF tine
year are. usually announced ut thes,
great gatherings of most distinguished
savants.
The failure of seeds 10 grow durins
the cold season proves that higher tenn
perature is necessary f. their germina
ton, and II is II Very natural supposltiuD
that the b-st results are to be obtained
when the heat has been raised 10 ~ high
degree as potsisle without destroying
the seeds. Prof, Fl. Ballou shows thai
this is tar from being the case with all
kinds of seeds. Iu an experiment re-
peated several times he has obtained II
much more rapid growth from almond
and walnut seeds in house kept at u
temperature varying during the twenty
four hours from Al to so d grces FahreD-
heit than in house heated from SO to
n degrees. Furthermore, the plants
s;srted in the warmer house we're earlier
arrested il their dev 10, mznt ,han those
from the cool house. A further study OF
this suhjec, might lead to impor ant re-
suits in showing the most favorable tenn
perature for hoi-hous,s for the variour
kinds e sesds, aud IN pointing out {
plants which cann,t be pr ftably forceO
IN lighthouses.
-Phttau, the eminent French natur
nlist, finds that Jlne-bng can exert IA
great torce in proportion to It's size hi
u locomotive.
English microscopists have give,
various facts showing that human sat-
jScts have been in many cases infected
With tilaria-a much dreaded worm.para
rite-by the stings from mosq',ito.s
These parasites breed in connll IS mum
bers in the human body, usually inv"d
ing the circulation in the evening, in
ere sing till midnight, aud then renrlni
to other parts OF the system.
=, M. Renau has expressed the opinion
that century hence mankind will stud,
A little Use than rhy steal science.
Y The curious ideas concerning nat
ural phenomena enn rtaiue by the Jap
anese few decades ago are illustrate
e by a work teaching of Heaven an
o Earth" written in 1921 and ju,t trans
/. lated into English. According to thi
r work. the earth and the heavens are gov
II erned bv Il male and fem lie princirlr
|, lain is changed form OF the male priu
# ciple, aud the vapor uuder the cart b c
!, tue female Prioclple, Tne earth is th
? mother of all thing; Rhd heav-
Is the air or wini in which Ihe s'ioi.
sun, moon aud stars arc hung Th
}. heavens move from east 10 wrst c'utTa
9 ry TO the motion OF running water. @hic
Guns from west to east. s me Of tL
water in the earth flows To the north
wners it is turned into vapor by ia
snrth.aiT, aud forms clouds which are u
u turn changed to rain by the wind. L
the male season, or summer, the qnanti
y " of water increases; while
dimiDish.s in winter-the female princi
pie. Thunder is produced by the min
Cling Of the male and female principles
A kind OF beast is said to move in the al
with the thunder. which is not consid
cred strange. because at a certain islam
- about 10 900 miles from Japan thers is
bird which il covered with fur instead q
Fathers, and which eats FIRE. Earth
- auakes are sYbter-anean thunder Sno'
is vapsr which has become frozsEi fog i
also this Yapor; haze is the v"p'r mix"
- with volcano smoke. Tue writ T prom
ises ia conclusion to make the action @
naiara syah ~ raiu wind. ftr, quit