The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-02-26
SCIENTIFIC.

ID
NJ. Richenbach. in noticing the state
ment that DIR. Z. Spitzka found in the
egg of n turtle a live maggot, say that
he once found in a hens egg = small
piece of printed paper.
Mr.. Maxwell Hall has sUcce ded in
establishing n regular system of mete-
geological observations throughout the
Island of jamaica. and both shipping
md agricultural interests have the BEN
Sfit of weathcr-forecasts.
Prof. Oweu. in an article lately pub
lished, questions whether man cverHrC-
ceives a third set OF teeth. lie ascribcs
alleged cases to the temperatures Of old
and worn stumps in consequence Of
the shrinkage and absorption of tic
Jaws.
Calomel, DR.. E. Drechsel notes, read
lily dissolves in a solution of mcrcuric
chloride and eur nitrate. Mer-
curic chloride is prccipitatcd, however,
by nitrate, except an eX-
cess of mcrcuric nitrate is likewise
present.
The commission appointed by the
government of South Australia to in
quire into the matter of the sparrow
nuisance have ent in n report. They
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have multiplied excessively, should be
destroyed, and hat rewards be offered
for the heads and eggs of the birds.
A matchmaker at Nouvry, in Swift
zerland, claims 10 have made n watch
which will run four years without wind
ing up. Tie Nature says that n box
containing two watches intrusted to tire
municipal authorities on Jan. 10, 1879,
hoe iuct 1,oat ayar,nl anI tha YvatpI1g
were found Going.
1t is stated that the Fheug-ehui, CT
the superstition of geomantic influence,
is still SO strong in China that troops
had to be sent to protect the telegraph
line between Soochow and Shanghai.
However, the authorities in that country
are quite well awake now to the neces-
sity of the adoption of the great inven-
lions of tie west.
A tunnel to join France with Spain
by passing under the Pyrenees at some
point equidistant from the Bay of Bis
consideration of the government of
each country. The present routes by
Bayonne and Perpignon are too distant
for a great portion of the traffic be-
tween the north of Spain and the south
of France.
Prof. Archibald Geikie writes in the
Nature giving a general idea of the
great geological value of the fossils
from the shales of Liddesdale and Esk-
dale, on the Scottish border. The more
important of them consist of fishes,
crustaceans, and arachnids. When the
discoveries are fully examined, the
conclusions are likely to prove of great
Importance.
L'Etincelle is the name given to a
new petroleum motor invented by NM.
Eteve and Lailemont. 1t is like an or
binary steam engine. A hydrocarbon
yapor is injected into the cylinder, and
there ignited by a spark from a small
dynamo machine. Tho explosion of
the gas drives forward the piston, and
the same process at the other end drives
IL back. The consumption of petro-
leum from which the vapor is produced
is said to be very small.
In the Gazette Chemical RdliaRo. ID.
Vital says the reaction discovered by
.Sch9nbein in researches on blood stains
is preferable to- any other. A blue col
GRAFTON is produced by n mixture of oil
of turpentine and alcoholic tincture of
the resin Of guiacum on the addition of
a little blood or a very dilute solution
Of hemoglobin. But all substances
capable Of acting as direct or indirect
oxidizing agents are capable of produce
ing the same reaction.