The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-04-27

| be thinks, that the roar of the
; guns at Waterloo was heard or
the English coast, more than one
hundred miles from the battle
! field.
! The vineyards of Russian Turki
stan are being destroyed by q
parasitic fungus known as cry
siple.
The sand of the Sahara desert
is sometimes heated to a tenn.
perature of 200 degrees Fabren'
heit by the vertical rays Of the
sun. This gives rise to scorch'
ing wind-the dreaded Simoon-
which is rendered still more terri
BILE by the burning particles OF
sand it carries along. In 1913,
Burkhert recorded 122 degrees in
the shade durings the prevalence
of this pestilential blast.
| The ventilation Of the great AL
pine tunnels under Mont Gents
and the St. Gothard so as to free
them quickly from the smoke of
trains has been work Of much
difficulty. 1t has been proposed
to create a current Of air by the
keeping of large fires at one end,
but the expense has been found
excessive. A French engineer,
NJ. Pressel, suggests that the same
object may be attained by cooling
the air at some point in the tun-
mel by water, which would give
the difference in density Of the at-
mosphere necessary 10 cause a
draught. Cool mountain streams
are numerous in the Alps, and
could be readily applied to the
purpose.
The sale Of 800 telescopes in
France during the two years end
ing last October is cited by NJ.
Camille Flam marion as showing to
some extent the remarkaolegro with
Of astronomical taste in that coun-
try. The demand for III. Fiam-
marion's books is, however, o
more striking proof, two Of them
having quickly reached an aggro.
gate circulation Of $4,000 copies,
while third has lately appeared
in it's thiIt tieth edition.
The librarian of the Alessan-
drina Library at Rome, Prof. De
Macs, claims to have evidence that
great Egyptian obelisk is buried
in the vicinity of the Piazzi di
San Luigi di Francesl, near the
side entrance to the Senate.
The ground in the Jura noun
tains is in state Of movement, as
is shown by some curious obser-
Vations pointed out by NJ. Girar.
dot. Villages that we're invisible
TO each other at the beginning Of
the century, or even thirty or
forty years ago, are now visible.
First the roofs appeared, and then
the upper part of the walls. Such
is the case with the villages of
Doucier and Marigny, near Lake
Chalain. Important changes have
been noted even within ten years.
Sixty per cent. of the mechan-
ical energy converted into elec-
tricity and applied to a Faure
storage battery has been recon
verted into work on discharging
the battery.
The story is told Of the famous
German scientist, Alexander Won
Humboldt, that, being engaged in
experiments with Gay Lussac in
Paris and needing large num-
ber of glass tubes on which very
heavy duty was imposed, be IN
structed the manufacturers to
seal the ends Of the tubes and la
bel them German air. The air
of Germany was not on the list of
duty paying articles-and the
tubes duly passed the customs
officers without any demand.
The desirability OF connecting
lightning conductors with gas and
water mains has beer recognized
by the Saxon Government, which
has issued instructions as to the
best methods Of making the con-
nections.
Assays of several hundred mil
lion dollars worth of the uail7c
gold Of California nave shown all
average proportion Of $50 thou
sandths of pure metal. The gold
of Australia gives an average OF
$50 thousandths.
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