The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-22
INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE.

The Dlacksmith-shop of the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago, at Pittsburgh, has
been much troubled by the unsettling Of
the brick torges by the jar of steam ham.
mers. Necessity has, however, proved the
mother of invention, Forg9s OF asbestos
paper have proved decidedly successful
method of overcoming all difficulties.
The pleasant odor of cedar, according 10
Mr.. E. Lewis, appears to be as persistent as
the wood itself. Slivers taken from white
cedar stumps found twelve feet under water
at low tide, near the Narrows entrance to
New York harbor, had the odor of newly
grown wood, and piece not twice the size
of ones finger perceptibly scented drawer
for more than year. at is certain saws
MIR. Lewis, that the coast where the trees
OF which these are the stumps grew, has
since undergone depression of eighteen
or twenty feet, an event which may have
occupied as many centuries
The enormous glacier, Fonor Syartisen.
on the SEMEN Island, in Norway, which is
the mediterranean Of its kind in Europe.
will shortly says Nature, be made the oh.
iect OF II remarkable enterprise. II appcars
that a number OF speculative merchants in
Bergen have Obtained the right of cutting
block ice Tor export from its surface Some
blocks have already arrived at the latter
place, aud rs the quality of the ice has
been found to he good, large shipments
may be expected. The glacier is about 10
square miles, and as the distance from its
border TO the sea is only couple of miles.
the ice may be obtained very cheaply. A
similar attempt to utilize the glacier Foge-
tnndGn was maAe some years ago. hut
failed, owing to the blocks, in their down.
ward course, repeatedly breaking through
the wooden bore or conductor in which
they were slid down TO the sea.
NJ. TQrnicr, the surgeon ofthe Maternity
hospital in Paris struck by the great NOR
talliy among infants prematurely born,
and those which are very SICILY after birth,
has conceived the ingenious idea Of con.
SttuCting box which is almost exactly
similar to the inCubators used for poultry.
This box is divided into two compartments
the lower one being used as u reservoir
for hot water while the infant is placed i'm
the upper one, which is well stuffed at the
sides and fitted with sliding glass cover
The temperature is maintained ut S6 de-
grtes Fair, and NJ, Tarner has found that
by keeping infants In the incubator for a
period varying from two days to six weeks
their vitality is enormously improved. He
| months children, six scven-months md
thirteen oight-months children and he ha,
only lost two of them, whereas accordinl
TO his statement, threo.fourths of then
would have died but for this adventitious
aid to vitality.
Considerable difference of opinion as I,
the color of perfectly pure water las hith
erto prevailed, and the Investigations o
Mr.. Victor Meyer, n German experimcnter
may therefore not be undressing, In
| the course OF his experiments he found thai
the color of perfectly pure water is neither
| blue nor green, but q shade between IN,
two. In order to demonstrate this, he tool
| five glass tubes, about IL inch in diamete
ami about feet in length, which he con
nected by means Of rubber Tubing
thus forming q tube about - feet long
Bot" ends of this tube were closed will
| glass plates fitted in mental sockets, tn,
latter being furnished with brass nozzle
| for filling the tube with water. The tub,
| itself Was placed in an exactly horizontal
position and covered with black cloth
| Upon looking through the tube the field O
vision appeared perfectly cOlorleSs, tn,
cloth and the metal sockets preventing In,
color of the glass from eNcrting any infu
ence. Upon Filling tho tube with distillc,
| water, however an intense blush. gree,
was observed, which he considered To il,
the color OF perfectly pure water.
A salt mine has been fonnd In the mouY
tain near Snlgburg Austria, which gives in
dicUionS of having been occupied an,
abandoned at least 1000 years ago. IL con
| tajus u large and confused mass of timbers
which were used Tor supports, aud mum
bcr of miners implements. The TIMBER
are nOtuh,d and sharpencd, hut were sub
jet to an inundation aud LEFT in confuse,
heaps The implements consisted maiuly a
wooden shoyels, have handles, etc. Anon,
| the different relics there were also "A hgske
made oi Unframed raW-hidc, n pierc u
cloth woven ut coarse wool, the fibre o
which IS very even and still IN good pr,
scryntion and Il torch bouud togrthcr vii!
laN fibre. II appears probable that IN,
ancient salt miners were overlakon hy the
! uooding Oi the minc, as mummihed bodic
have also been discovered. The lind seem
to haNp belonged to the PIE. Roman times
as the axe handles were evidently used fo
bronze axes, specimens of which have beef
found upon the surface of the mountain
| The relies are of q high order, the baske
being superior even to some that were use,
III early historic times.
A shot tower is certainly curious Mac
to the uninitiated visitor, aud the process a
manufacturing the lcaden missiles is mos
interesting. ofcourse IL is necessary Tim