The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-05-24
POPULAR SCIENCE.
SULPHUR and naphtha are used in the
manufacture Of rubber cloth.

SULPHUR and naphtha are used in the
manufacture Of rubber cloth.
The delicate perfumes Of melilot and
woodruff are made from coal tar.
CoLoRINa matter known as cauline has
been obtained from the red cabbage.
DILUTED in alcohol, in the proportion
of one to 100, nitro-glycerine can be kept
safely.
A RIVER moving with o velocity Of two
miles an hour will move pebbles as large
as hens eggs.
THERE is no organic reason why fishes
could not breathe air il the gills could
be kept moist and free.
The daily movement of the great
Swiss glacier, the Mer de Glace, is from
seven to thirty-six inches.
IT HAS been calculated that the gold
OF gold lace is not more than third Of o
millionth Of an inch thick.
In THE Kaga ware the red is first baked
in, then the gold added and the porcelain
again submitted to the fire.
The ordinary work Of horse is stated
at 22,500 pounds raised one foot in
minute for eight hours day.
The fogs Of London have a great In
fuence on its death rate, which increases
with their heaviness and frequency.
A RECEIPT for chapped hands is piece
of camphor the size Of a walnut melted
with half cupful Of mutton tallow.
| A BAR Of iron seventy feet long, at o
temperature Of 80 degrees Fahrenheit,
heated to 212 degrees, expands one foot
Four million of young spiders
threads, which are not 30 large as those
of grown spider, are not as large as
single human hair.
The alabastrile marbles of the ancients
were not marble paper. but hard car
Donate of lime, identical with stalagmite,
the modern alabaster.
A VEGETABLE green, perfectly harm
less, for the use Of cooks and confection-
ers, has been discovered. 1t is made
from the grains Of raw coffee.
IT is said that lead tank will spoil
petroleum in week, causing it when
burned to choke the wick. StonewaFe
or slate is suggested for tanks.
HARD rubber, for ornaments, is mado
from the caoutchouc by mixing with II
large proportion of sulphur, and baking
at temperture of 300 degrees.
NOTHING is 80 fatal to oysters as sand
storm or covering their beds with mud.
The mud and sand accumulate in the
oysters delicate breathing organs and
suffocate it.
The effect Of diet Of fish seems to
be sedative, quieting, producing dull
ness, rather than intellectually. That
phosphorus is brain food is one Of
Agassiz's few mistakes.
DARWIN found that Of eighty y-seven
kinds of seeds sixty-four germinnted
after an immersion Of twenty y-eight days,
and few survived immersion in sail
water Of one hundred and thirty-seven
days.
PULoUE is made from the agave OF
American aloes. 1t is n popular errol
that trees belonging to this genus re-
quire century to arrive Mt maturity.
The flower is sometimes put forth in ten
years in hot climate.
IFA piece of tissue Of mixed wool and
silk is plunged into hydrochloric acid
the silk is soon dissolved, while the wool
remains, so that by carefully weighing
before and after the operation, the pro
, portion of the two fibers is easily ascer
:, tanned.
A FULL font Of Japanese type com
|, prises 80. 600 characters, of which 800
4 are in constant use. Each Japanese wor,
/ having adistinct character, the TELEGRAPH
has been useless to that nation, and tn
r telephone is likely to prove blessing t
them