The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-11-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The greatest pressure IN a steam
boiler is at the bottom. The water adds
one pound pressure for each twenty
seven inches depth.
More attention Is now gwen TO
draining swamp land in the Southern
States than at any time in their history.
The expense is, of course, considerable,
but the outlay is compensated for in the
large crops produced, and in the great
saving in the matter OF fertilizers
Courier Journal.
The Willimantic Thread Company,
who own 5000 acres of white birch in
Maine, are going to erect there a spool
finishing factory that will employ some
500 men. Hitherto the timber has been
sawed into blocks in Maine and trans
ported TO Willimantic, Conn, for finish
ing.-Boston Transcript.
A new screw adapted to be put In
position by driving has been invented
and is said 10 enter the wood without
tearing the grain. A cone point is used
instead OF the gimlet point, and the
srrew thread has such a pitch that il
drives in barb fashion, and once in po-
si,ion is very difficult to remove.-N. y.
| Herald.
/ II Uu:tfJ Oh CTcdul CHI D6 p6T-
fectly good for m )nihs in the highest
emGerature by an ounce of bOro-
sIvceride. Professor BSrff proposes to
.ave railroad carriage for milk by con-
L,n~ing it in the country and mixing it
II Ia b.Iro glycride, so that it has only
- be IN xed with water when need Cd
v. Y. SHn.
Professor Carl Himly, of Kiel, has
invented a gunpowder which completely
rcsiSts the action of water. The old
caution "kcep your powder dry" is
aereafter unnecessary, though the
is still ap .licable-espscially to the man
wso handles the new-fangled stuff
C1iiaIgo Herald.
Until recently, Mexico mas not
raised coffee enough tor the supply of
he people. About fifteen years ago
more attention began to be paid to coffee
culture, and trees 10 the number of a
million have been planted every year.
1t is believed that in a near future Mexi-
CD will export not only coffee, but sugar
and tea.-Ch cag0 Times.
About six months ago a cavalry
soldier ut the Walla Walla garrison in
vented breech- loading army carbine.
4 lie was recently ordered to Washington
to submit the improved weapon 10 the
Secretary of War and q board of officers
appointed to consider the report upon
its merits. The committee approved
the arm, and on their report the soldier
received $50, 600 out of the National
Treasury for his Chicago
Inter Occdn.
The electric light has found a novel
employment in the hands of some In
genious Frenchmen, who have lately,
by permission of their Government been
experimenting with It as n lure for fish.
The lamp was contained in an air-tight
globe, and was lowered at night into
the sea, with the result that thousands
OF fish of all sizes were attracted to its
brilliant light. Boats furnished with
nets gradually closed in upon the living
mass, and made great haul of fish,
". Y. Post.
MIR. Charles 7. Howard, Treasurer
of the Providence Telephone Company
has invented an instrument which ap
pears to be a valuable adjunct to the
telephone. 1t consists of an ingenious
combination of switches and safety
clutches, SO arranged on the outside o.
the building that by the simple turning
of knob near the telephone all connec
ton with the outside wire Is severed
The instrument includes lightning ar
resters, and an arrangement agains
Stray electric light currents. By the use
of this at achment in PAGES of business
safety from lightning and powerful elec
trio light current is secured by turning
the knob when a building is closed fol
the night.-Chicdgo Times.