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Tn Krnpps 4 gun manufactory. Mt
Essen. comprS a9rhonic acid is used
for the manufa616 !. At ice and self.
ger water may - 1 "S : the work
men. M
For a period otto four yearsa one
of the men EMPLOYEE German Rtra-
marine works had b. observed 3 buf.
ter from consumption. 1se |[hl.,
of the employees is attributed toA con-
slant production of sulphurous by
the burning of sulphur in the ofse Of
the making of the ultramarine.
A composition has been invesd by
M. NJ. Dankworth and Landero,f st.
Petersburg, which is reportedp be
tough, elastic, waterproof, insulng-
in short, nearly sufficient substite for
India rubber. It is composed ofkmix-
ture of wood and coal tar. linsef oil,
ozokerit, spermaceti and sulphufyhich
are thoroughly mixed and heate for a
long time in large vessels by nahs of
superheated steam.
In recent German scientific wo,, DR..
Otto Mohinke advances a new arlment
in favor of Darwinism. Small n is
disease supposed to be confined I'd aman |,
beings, but DR.. Mohinke had a Kbbon
(hylobates caucolor) in Borneo which
was infected through contact VIII his
clothes on returning from hospitA and
passed through all the stages of tb dis.
ease, escaping, however, with snly q
slight injury to one of his eyes.
Major White, says the Journalf the
Tvs Ia hoo
steam fire engines of the city of hrlin
with pipes for the discharge ofom
pressed carbonic acid into the team
chamber. When the engine startsirom
the station the boiler is heated; on rriv-
ing at the fire the carbonic acid iss first
employed as O motor, then the ga and
steam work together, and finally team
alone is used. BY this arrangement the
engine is brought into action four G five
minutes sooner than would be othe wise
possible.
The following analysis by Schwartz
tends to show that American barley is
richer in starch, and therefore n ex-
tract, than European barley. Moisture
1871, starch, 65.05, albuminoids 1.4l,
ash 1923, and phosphoric acid 1853. The
percentages Of starch, albuminoids, ash
and phosphoric acid are calculated on
the perfectly dry barley. The following
comparative analysis Of American and
European barleys by the same authority
have been given by contemporary
MOisture-American 1871. European
1911. Starch-American 66.O5, Europ
can GAIA. Albuminolds-Ame
IL Al, European 11.2l. Ash-American
1923, European nil. Phosphoric acid
American 1853, European 1895.
A futter has been caused in scientific
circles by the announcement in the
Union Medicale of June ID OF the discov
cry, on piercing a new gallery in q Goa
mine at Bully Grenay (Pss-de- Calais) OF
a series of very remarkable caverns. In
the first were the intact fossil bodies Of
a man, two women and three children
Beside them were petrified pieces o
wooden utensils and remains Of man.
mails and fish, Is well AS stone weapons
A second subterranean cavern revealed
eleven bodies of gigantic size, the fossils
OF several animals, and Q great numbe
of various objects, including preciou
stones. Into third aud larger cham be
the miners could not enter on account Of
the carbonic acid it contained. If al
this turns out to be sr true as it appears
to be the existence Of prehistoric men il
a stern fact even to the most skeptical