The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-09-23
For the CARBoN ADvocATE.1
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

According TO Prof G. +. Yeo, OF
Kings College, London, ar5sort to traps
fusion of blnoA has saved lite in more
than half of the recorded cases in which
this treatment has been tried.
Microscopic vision has separated
ruled fines as fine as ll3 600 to tn. inch
but, according to Prof Rogers, the evi-
dence that flu, r liros than that have been
Re solved under the microscope is not cou-
| elusive.
Analyses by NJ. Il. Rcyer indicate
that the 6ronzes used by the ancieuts
contained neither lead nor zirc, but were
alloys Of copper and tin, with small
quantities of nickel, iron, phosphorus
and occasionally cobalt.
A French physician, NJ. Laverad be-
lieves be has disco the cause of ma.
lnrial diseases in very minute ORGANISMS.
These microbes resemble necklaces OF
black beads in appearance. and are To-
Gated in the red blood-eorpusc!es Of ina
ldIldl pNlltDlS.
BY thrustirg TIE ends of green strub
wood malice scrub"--in the fire and
C itching in bark trough the sap driven
out at the other end, an Australian sup
piled himself with water and saved bis
lie while crossing waterloss region.
Prof. Proctor says! Il do not iusist
on the suns being inhabited when cool
enough. Without speci,l warmer and
light-giver he might not be very com
Portable world. Perhaps there might be
inherent warmth enough for all practical
purposes, and n proper amount of light
might shi le from his interior, though
suitable apertures, on large masses Of
floating cloud"
The flesh of different animals has
been analyz zed by Prof G. vinchow to
determine TIE amounts of water and ex
tract contGined therein, as it was thought
that the relative value OF meats might be
thus shown. The differences, however.
are found to be too slight to be of any
importance. Veal contains more water
than beef, lean beef less than well-ied
beef, and unhealthy meat greater quan-
tity than sound meat,
Prof. Germain See has called the at
tention of the Paris Academy of Medicine
to new medicinal alkaloid said to re-
semble digitalis in its action but having
none OF the Objectionable properties OF
drug. The new substance is called con.
vallarine, and is obtained from the lily
OF .he valley. l acts powerfully on the
heart, and lowers the pulse very decided.
ly. The plant itself is aid to have been
employed by Russian peasants fer drop
sical affections.
M Regnard has been utilizing dried
blood from slaughter-houses for the fear
ing Of lambs. He made experim, nts on
six lambs deserted by the ewes. Three
were ted with the usual diet of beet-root,
hay, ETC., and to three the dried and
powdered blood was given with the other
food. The first steadily LOST fl sh, while
the other lot rapidly increased to three
times the original weight. aud were con-
sidered phenomenally fine lambs. A
similar diet is to be tried upon calves.
Herr Fuchs is inclined to divide the
animals of the sta into fauna of light
and fauna Of darkuess, the former being
found little b, low depth of thirty faith
oms, and the first specimens of the Latter
type appearing at about fifty lathoms be-
low the surface. He is led to make this
distinction from the fact that in some
places where the light limit is higher the
deep sea fauna rises higher, and in fresh
water lakes where the light penetrate, to
greater depths the shore fauna extends
further down.
In paper before the American As
socia,ion for he Advance ment of Sciruce
DR.. Haughton. OF Dullin. disagreed with
those geolrgists who believe the ear,h
and moon have heen gradually cooled
from an intensely heated liquid mass to
their present state. According to his
views, the moon formed II part Of the
earth MT a remote period us calculated
by Mr.. Geo. II Darwn-but the earth
itself was originally formed by the ag-
grcgation 0 separated masses OF meteoric
matter cast off by the sun and cooled to
about the temperature OF intrrstollcr
space-probAhly AGO degrees below the
freezing point Of water.
Prof Colladon, of Geneva, has dys-
crihed curious experiment which he
has been in the habit of showing to his
cllsses. He fully charges an mir gun
with compressed air, and introduces
lead ball nearly filling the bore but small
enough to move freely. lie then stands
the gnn vertically and plac, his thumb
over the TOP Of the bIrr,l when an a.
sistant pulls the trigger, Hhe thumb re-
plains in place, While the ball is heard TO
fail back IN the tube WLn the gun is
reloaded in the sane mnuer. tie same
ball is discharged with sufficient force to
pass through pine board about halt an
inch thiek. Prof. C1lladon bas freqneut-
ly triel this experiment successfully. but
a any clumsiness in closing the tube
firmly with the thumb may result ~
serious il jury it is not an exp, riineut TO
be generally recon perdrd
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