The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-01-05

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of corn; At this rate. it has been
computed that the product of a single
seed of corn would amount TO- sufi:
cieut in eight years to supply the
entire human race With bread for
a year and a half. ':.. ,<,2t %, =..a-
= The experiments made by NJ. Bou
chut with pepsiue, as an agent fo1
destroying worms in the stomach and
bowels have beea repeated with very
favorable results. Even the tape
worm saccumbs to the digestive action
Of pepsine in large doses, while the
more highly organized tissues Of the
stomach remain unaffected. ''.'-.1'@ -
In the opinion Of Dr.. Herr, The
: telephone is not to remain asingle
; apparatus, =; varied only; in form, but
must be modified according to the
purposes for which it is to be used.
He believes that a telephone for long
distances must differ from a city ap.
paratus, and that an instrument 70.
transmitting song cannot well be used
for conversational purposes. He is
endeavoripg to put this theory into
practice BY adapting telephones to
these different applications, and thus
creating distinct types Of the iinstru'
ment. His special object, has been,
however, to extend the range Of the
telephone BY forming an instrument
better suited to long distances, and it
is claimed that a considerable degree
Of success has attended his efforts.
The action Of gunpcvder, '.l@ zhen
fred has been studied by a number Of
scientific men of emiDence during the
past century and a half. Their opin-
ions have varied greatly as to; the
force of the, explosion. Recent esti-
mates, as given by Prof. Abel, F. R.
S., rate the pressure developed by the
explosion at fogty7tWo tons Per square
inch--the, powder! being fred,iiu a
space equal to Its own bulk, q Iu:the
early part Of the eighteenth century,
Robins. an eminent; English uatbe;;
mstician, believed that, the pressure
could not be more than seventy
pounds to the square inch :; but>ez-
periments In l7432led him to change
his figures to six and half tons per
square inch Count ,Rumford,y one Of
the greatest Of American scientists,
made gunnery a q special l,ls study, and
from, his experiments concluded that
the pressure must reach six hundred
and sixty,tgo tons to the square inca
Other estimates have been made,
varying from tea to hundred and
fifty tons to the square inch. ,E"7g
A curious physical phenomenon is
Eendosmose, which is;Ithe inward mo.
tion of a fluid, tbroug ughtaimembEaneous
or porous substance, ioto.a vessel con-
tanning different fluid, This prin,
ciple has been; industrially applied to
the treatment Of molasses, and in eer-
tain processes of tanning, while it may
serve to concentrate alcohol n"mem-
braneous reservoirs. II IS believed
that it. may some day be largely
employed 10 concentrating useful priu-
Eciples difused through large quantities
|, Of other substances or products, 10
removing injurious matter, etc. To-
encourage advance ;n. this direction
the French Society for the Encourage:
ment of National Industry proposes to
award a prize of one thousand francs,
in 1882, for an industrial application
Of eudosuose- u~y4 lisa,W. .a
''" The effort of Prof. Bell to locate
the ball in President Garfeld's body
BY means of an; electric induction
balance is freshiin the memory Of all,
Another plan for detecting metallic
substances in the human body; has
been submitted by Prof. B: to the
French A Academy of Sciences. The
method is as follows: A fine needle
is inserted near where the ball Cor
other piece Of metaD is supposed TO
be. This needle is connected by wire
with one terminal of a telephone,
while metallic plate laid on the skin
is connected with the other terminal.
When the point of the needle reaches
the ball an. electric current is set up
between that and the metallic plate,
producing sound in the telephone.
The needle may be inserted in several
places with little pain, and the pain
may be prevented entirely by means
of ether spray. To test the method
ball was placed in piece of beef,
when it was, proven that contact Of
the needle with a piece Of bone pro-
dueed no sound in the telephone,
while very distiuct:sound was heard
whenever the ball was reached.