The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-05-27
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For the CARBON ADVOCATE.
bClENTIFIC NOTES.


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"A large fortune Of several million
francs was left by NJ. Henry Giffnrd, the
eminent engineer, who recently died a,
his homo in Paris to the French Gov.
'rnmentfo use i'll promoting the progress
of scientific discovery.
An English g, ntleman has exhibited
hyacirth which. in consequence of be-
ing under stone, had hlossomed six
inches below the snrface of the ground.
The leaves we're white, but the flowers
were deep purple.
The French psychologists Perrier an
Poirier have found hat, properly;speak-
ing, star.fiSbes have no blood circulation
at all, as what has hitherto been suppose
to be the benrl in these animals is simply
n gland.
Il has been noticed that wines, es-
pecially when hard nd,acid, are impr "
ed in favor1hy the passage of an electric
current through them. The electricity
is claimed to have the same effect as ags,
m,llowing the wines by the decomposi-
tion of the bitartrate of potash.
The electric light was used IN re-
cent search for three persons who had
lost their way in an attempt to ascend
n peak of the Alps. The use of the light
was not successful, but the idea seems to
tave been good one, and in many sim
liar cases might serve TO dir, ct the wan
derers.
The tensile strength Of glass has been
shown 20 be between 1000 and 5000
pounds per square inch, and the crush
ing strength between 5000 and 10000
pounds per square inch. By trials q
short time ago. NJ. Traulionie found that
flooring glass, one inch square and one
foot between the end supports, breaks
under load of 40 pounds.
The Central Bureau of the weather
service of France receives daily ninety
sewn telegramssfrom foreign parts, and
ffty-two from France. From these tele-
graphic reports the weather probabilities
are calculated for eight agricultural and
four maritime districts, to which warnings
are telegrnphed. Eighty-two'per cent. of
the predictions thus sent out have been
justified.
DR. Suys is credited with the state
ment that Brown-Sequard once injected
the head of a dog, after being separated
from the body, with d, ,fibrinated and
oxygenated blood, and at the moment
when the injection of this blood had re-
called manifestations of life he spoke the
dogs name. The eyes Of the head thus
cut from the trunk turned toward him, as
if the masters voice had still been heard
and recognized.
Two microscopes the "Jnm-
DO" and the "Midget' an iuter-
esting exhibit at recent meeting of a
London society. The former instrument,
probably made about half century ago,
WIS four feet and half high and weigh.
ed 125 rounds; while the Midget, -
fully equipped for work, had total
height of only four inches, aud weighed
but few ounces. Six of such micro
scopes as the smaller one could be en-
closed in the eye-piece of the larger
The question of the existence OF
earth tides, or oscillations Of the earth s
crust corresponding to those produced
in the sea by the attraction of the moon,
is being investigated by British CON-
mission. A pendUlum is so suspended
that its slightest motion tnrns mirror
and causes the point of light reflected
by it upon distant screen TO move very
erceptibly. The pendulum is proved
to be in continual change Of position,
for the motion of the reflected light is
incessaut, and so irregular that it is hard.
| ly possible to determine its mean posi-
ton on the screen within or inches
--Camels live from 40 to so years
horses average from 25 TO 80; oxen about
90; sheep, s or 8; and dogs, ~ 10 IA
Concerning the ages attained by non-do
mpsticAted animals only a few isolated
fa It's are known. The East Indians be
litve that the life p' riod OF elephants ia
II 1out 800 years. instances being record
ed of III, Sc animals having lived l3(
Years in e,Ifnemeut after capture at al
unknown age. Whales are estimated tC
reach the age of 400 years. Some rep
tiles are very ong-lved. - instance be-
ing furnis he'd hy tortoise which ws'
col fined In 1853 aud existed until 1853
when it perished by an accident. Bird;
sometimes reach a great age, the eagl'
and the swan having been known TO live
100 years, The longevity of fishes is of
ten remnri able. The carp has beer
known to live 200 years; common rivei
trout, so years; and the pike, 80 years
while Gesner, a Swiss naturalist, relates
that pike caught in 1897 bore rin[
recording the capture Of tie same fst
267 years before. Insacts are very short
lived. ususlly completing the term o.
their existence in it " weeks or months
SONS even perish within few hours af
tir emerging from grub state, and die
on the very day of entering upon iheil
new life. As general rule, not to ap
piled toe closely, large types Of animals