Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-11-01
CURIOUS, USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC
GLYCERINR GLUE.

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it's cracking when dry. A German
chemist in Nuremburg has called atten-
ton to this.
MOLECULAR FORCES.
The Gazette Maritime ct CONNER
ciale relates in it's column of marine ac-
cidents curious instance of the formid-
able power of molecular forces. The
italian ship Francesca, loaded with rice,
had put in at East London leaking bad
| ly. A squad of workmen was put on
| board to pump the vessel out and I'M
load it; but, in spite of all their dill
gence, the lice absorbed the water more
rapidly than they could discharge it, and
swelled until it forcibly burst the vessel
to pieces.
| Some of the meteors-or "extra ter
rene," as he terms them--are believed
by Mr.. Proctor to weigh but G. few
grains, and from this up to a ton or
more, hundreds of thousands of these
becoming incorporated with the earth
every twenty-four hours; and yet such
small accretions to the earth's matter, it
is computed, take many millions of
years to add single foot to it's diane
ter. Briefly explained, these meteors
travel in vast belts and in highly eccen-
trio orbits round the sun, and are very
numerous, and when their orbits inter-
sect that of the earth they are brought
within the influence of it's gravitation,
and on entering the earth's atmosphere
become luminous and fall to the surface.
BUTTER UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
With magnifying power of 70, Mr..
| Taylor asserts that the adulteration OF
butter with suet or lard can be de-
tected, the crystals of the latter being
larger than those Of the former. The
use of polarized light and selenite
plate aids the finding of the suet. Veg
etable fats may be discovered by treat
ing the suspected sample of butter with
little sulphuric acid, when, If pure,
the butter will appear as whitish-yel-
low Opaque liquid, which becomes scar
let after five minutes. Fat and butter
will, however, first be q transparent am
Der liquid, and then, after twenty min
utes, dark brown Opaque substance;
and butter mixed with cocoanut oil
changes in short time from an opaque
pale amber liquid to pale red tinged
with violet.
ANIMAL DOORS.
A writer on odors and their recogni-
ton Ii the Journal of Science. says:
"Take an OK, sheep or goat to coun-
| try where the fora is strange, and he
Will browse upon plants analogous in
odor with those which have formed his
food in his native land. But whenever
he perceives a strange effiuvium given off
he avoids the plant as doubtful" A
superhuous bear at the Paris Zoo had q
bun with prussic acid on it given him.
But bruin was not to be caught that way.
He pushed it into the water, and not un-
til the odor was entirely gone did he eat
it. The poison had then lost it's force.
Animals have pronounced tastes in odors
The literal in " fine frenzy rolling" of
the cat in catnip is notorious, while the
, pard and panther grow amiable beneath
The influence of lavender water
THE EYEsToNE.
Among the lesser commodities known
to the druggist trade is the eyestone. In
! former times persons of wealth and fore
| thought carried the article in vest
| pocket. Travellers, In particular,
blinded by cinders, were prepared with
an keystone; it was clapped into the
cinder eye, there roamed at will, hunted
the cinder with speed, and thrust it out.
The demand for these stones has fallen
off very largely, but they are still kept
and sold in considerable quantities. In
regard to the use of the stone for the
purpose in question the fact seems to
be that its movements are regulated by
its shape, and by formation on the fat
| do nf no 10
blade in turbine water wheel. The
whole resembles shell just begun
| before the cavity was formed, if shells
were so formed, but which they are not.
The stone is composed of limestone, and
vinegar or any acid by its action upon it
causes motion. The stones are found in
the seashore on the Pacific coast, being
gathered there by sailors.
A REMARKABLE CLOCK.
Among the most ingenious and COM
| plicated mechanical achievements of
modern times is a gigantic clock, Just
completed by Messrs. Lund and Block
ley, of London, at the instance of Mr..
Premchund Roychund, a well-knoWn
native of Bombay. Some time ago this
| gentleman intimated to the Indian gov
O&nu4OuU I11S OCS11O W pAOSSnU
University with new clock and CARL
Ions. and, his offer having been accepted,
deposited large sum of money with the
authorities, requesting them to lay it
out on his behalf in the manner indi-
Gated. The dials of the clock are thir-
teen feet in diameter, of opal glass; it is
fitted with an apparatus enabling it to
telegraph it's time daily to the observa-
tory and synchronize to correct time all
the other clocks in the university and
Bombay City. Connected with it is a
carlton of sixteen bells, weighing about
twelve tons, which can play sixteen tunes
and $50 changes, besides firing" at
full speed as smartly as though the peal
were being chimod by expert ringers.
The repertoire of this carlton includes
Irish, Scotch, and Welsh airs, as well as
British melodies, two or three familiar
HYMNS the British national aptheno ond