The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-26
Scientific Notes.

II i said that Thomas A. Edison has had
issued to him no fewer than 1876 patents,
including p in one week lately.
One OF the largest orders for bridge
buildin, steel is that issued for the new
bridge over the Firth Of Forth, Scotllnd'
II calls for $1,000 tons Of steel.
Pren,rations for observing the transit OF
Venus next December are now well ad-
yanccd. and the probability i That theIe
viii be nothing left undone by the Ameri-
can commission to make the WoIh sue
cess.
The Sanitary Engineer reports that the
water-work~ of Chicago have cost 10 De
cember 81. 1881, including the maintenance
and interest on bonded debt, SlS,gJo,ovf'
and that the total income from water-feh'S
has been S12,137,OSo.
The american Engineering Af,cS says
that the boring for the arte>ian wen 90 -uI
nIy the village of Mount Vernon est-
chester county, \. y. with water ioI Ho-
nestle and fire-eXtinguishing purposes, IA
hcon commenced, and promises 10 De Nol!
successful.
An exchange saws that il few drops oi
~ ar alcohol are let fall upon piece OF
,,a"er .', that had been equally moistened WIN
I'tf,,irn and iodide starch solution, anu
the volatile liquids set on fire the pAPc1
In be fornd. after combustion has ce1>tu'
'. hay,o attqined a blue color. owing 10 ihe
r'.ddrction ~ of ozone during the expert
ment.
The italians are rapidly adopting the Gre re
In nroccss OF dispOSing Of the dedd ;
MAJ lnH;'I" Il snrpri,ing how many people IN
~ .ti. oo,,ntry have OF recent years begun 10
.h;,l, that the speedy consumption oi Tue
Sndy Sr, bv fine flames il infinitely Detier 'hai'
- Low combustion in the grave.
rhore "a now determination to make tIe
o,,hihition 10 be held in Amsterdam, ilo,,
iand from MAY to October, 1883, unlEe,snl 1t,sn
~, ANY" ~, nature. under the title OF an "in4SI
nationaI Colonial and General EAPorSS IL t1H -
h;h;tion.v Exhibits must De iVlH n !. ur;l
as 10 be ready for arrangement oeioi' = p
3Oth Of next year.
Mississippi doctor pr9pSU,sseS ,he ,ho rotb.
tho orc electric light for kiilng g.,;x1 Tue LII,
,non no the eggs Of which the ueS'Iu..,,o , to,'r
ilo.l ..,,,vorn is hatched. II Is wen hno" !' =
e1e.In-b hr,,sb fires or burning rubbish VIII .n u.
, .IA' ,hose nests. and il is probable 'nHt .nS
traI, .Siiamt 80 electric light would destroy III
4 D. FAAH
u,., " time enough moths to MAKE eoou ,.t
siiot no, A. anv rate, the experiment Is WI
while being made.
The land and Water has curious Iph, pI~
unication ne from Mr.. W. Bearder' o. %,orte
umtb muir England: "Mr. Charles lam ,rn,,
lnH;.e fishing in the Plym, hooheu "a " tV ar
lm, VIM, eleven inches long. when i"u rh, =,
aD9u' D99;a-r,bber band over its heau. snr &
d iIinped back over the gil-eovsrs nar All.
Dailu ueoompressng the gills. Ihe nDrns nor ceptr p
was ,te eo ,sb which extends from the a;eide iehi
o, o, ,e ,be lower jaw to the belly and Where a TIN
os band has evidently been ii ptss'iy tse lower jaw
mas sbauId n like to know ia Il anyoUf6s ~ w6e,he he
arred % the fish with the b"na oa at,"mut /.
,s, n not is head through it in an an aii xed is
- ,ate q for a bait. How the nsn na;,ion. an,
mSs,err. xs !, -, IL Is In splendid conU"T d'Dm" Thi
have preserved it for my museu us,nr.Iists /,
aesnrrenre will cause man. hi.ui harding In
revise soms Of their ideas
life Of fishes.