St. Landry democrat., 1882-11-25
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

NJ. brame mas rested the preSefVa-
tive property OF Hydrocinic acid with
the result OF finding the bodies Of ami
mails poisoned with it to. successfully re
slst decay tor year, although at times
exposed TO a heat OF one hundred de-
grees Fahrenheit.
Observations by Herr Pernter show
that the sun shone at Vienna last year,
1868 hours out OF possible 4472 hours,
or only thlrty-seven per cent. During
the winter the greatest duration Ut sun
shine was at mid day, but in the sum-
merit was i'll the forenoon in the win
Ter there was more sunshine in the at
rernUon than in the forenoon. The
ciearest month was July and the cloud
lest was October. The observations
were made by means of the Campbell
Stokes shunshine recorder.
Measurements by Herren Hammer
and Holland OF the movement Of a
large glacier in North Greenland show
its progress at the middle to be about
fifty feet in twenty -four hours, the rate
being apparently about the same in
winter as in summer.
The abundance of remains of the
mammoth in Siberia is remarkable.
From the fact that at least hundred
pairs OF tusks are annually put upon
the market NOrdenskiold infers that
during the time that has elapsed since
the conquest OF Siberia useful tuskS
from more than 10000 OF these animals
have been collected.
Recent ''fnds'' are thought to throw
new light on the history OF the Swiss
lake dWellers. Among the objects
found are wheel with an iron rim,
pIS nd I'm 4,
The inventor Of the 'sfusing Disc.
Mr.. Jacob Reese, is credited with hav-
ing expressed the belief that if it were
possible to produce fameless com.
bnstlOn the intensity and quantity of
heat obtained from given amount of
fuel would be very greatly increased
thereby. Mr.. Thomas Fletcher, of
Warrington, England, has succeeded in
producing a combustion without flame.
The heat rapidly increased and the
iron quickly melted and ran into drops.
He even succeeded in fusing refractory
tire-clay, the intensity of heat being
much greater than ever before OBJ
dark the burning OF the gas was shown
to be entirely invisible. 1t appears
that flame really indicates an imperfect
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Tbraa kinds If lioh+ ~
anr;ne thnndsr Storms a ma pf9uuced
as fnrked Ightnino Sheet ,;a hhnoWn
and ball lightning. Mr.. b. g. jenkin
+. r. "A. s., contends that only tile first
OF these is true electricity-tlnnda
storms, according to his view. heina
manifestations OF chemical rather thar
electrical energy. He believes tllathv-
mosnhere and nndsr c na.a upper Upper at
is drawn into the mixture. Of nitrog oaas
union OF the hydrogen ana nr,.1
causing the second form If I;o NY sen
which appears to he almost n.i,l,ii.,,
flame among the clouds. and = ths
form most frequently seen Tic t,,, sao
der is not SO much the noise If tha i,ao
trio discharge as the report Of GAS o' az.
nlosions. Rail liphtninr l. 50, Saa 9A
n;t;on rha harn nI xaa - Intense Il
Twn seams ~ ind;n .S 3 tha " me last
characta = = A.0 snoii n.y. TIC
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1t is stated that in the volcanic dis
tricts of Italy an unusually high bar
Ometer is regarded as all Indication If
the approach of an earthquake, If this
belief is shown by scientific inyesti-
cation to be well-founded new field
OF usefulness will be opened ia the
weather service in countries liahla IN
violent earthquakes, ..'.Sso= =
The size of the rose-bush at Hides
helm, Hanover, believed to be more
than thousand years old, was arro-
neously stated. It's height is abant
thirty eight feet, and its branches exs
tend to width of about tlirtv- fanr
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