Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-01-26
SCIENCE.

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micoderma vini.
Late tests by NM. Osmont and Witt
lead to the conclusion that vanadic acid
after treatment by hpdrochloric acid
gives a fine green, which is capable of
being employed at once in dyeing.
In Liege a company has been formed
to purify sewage by iiltering it through
Stag made in the manufacture of mild
steel. 1t is said that the slags can
afterward be made available as ma
nure.
German manufacturers of wire have
more than they can do. Their full
force have been working night and
day trying to overtake orders from
Russia, where a tariff on this species of
Import is soon expected to be enforced.
Some English chemists and sanitary
reformers have started q movement to
make bread from the entire gr Tin Of
wheat, and not from the inner portion
only. The movement has the support
OF the first Psychologists of the day.
Diamonds, MI. A. b. Grif1iths con
siders, had been formed by the action
of highly heated water or water gas,
aided by great pressure, on the car
bonaceOus matter of fossils in the sedi-
mentary rocks, followed by cooling
and consequent deposition of carbon in
the crystalline condition.
In Eschershausen n farm, : the soil of
which is rich in alkalis, has for 20 years
been MANFRED only with artificials.
The crops have always been good; and
only a falling off in straw has been
noticed when ''silica' plants were
grown for four to five years in success
ion, but the original yield has been
obtained when slime" plant had been
introduced into the rotation.
In n high vacuum DR.. f. Demar-
cay volatilized cadmium slowly at a
temperature of 100 degrees, zinc at
1874 degrees, bismuth and anthony ut
292 degrees, and tin andlead at $50 de-
grees. The quantity OF metal volati-
lized in "a hours is sufficient to be
weighed. At higher temperatures the
rate of volatilization increases; at 1Ss
degrees, for example, Oh grain of cad
MUM was volatilized in 20 hours.
From experiments on the growth of
wheat, rye, barley, and oats in solu-
tons of various concentration, it would
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flourish in solutions having the strength
of 0.5 ,2.5, 5, and 10 per cent. This is
in accordance with the well known fact
that q crop of oats on n soil in poor
condition is frequently better than that
grown On the same soil which had been
much improved by %manuring.
There is no end apparently to what
can be produced under the influence
of the GLORIOUS climate of Californy.'
Lately, on q respectable authority, il
is asserted that a tree lately felled in
Sonora county was SAT feet high. Near
the ground the diameter of CHS form
liable specimen of vegetation was not
less than II feet. When the wood was
converted into use the measurements OF
the contents of the products were start.
ling.
Canal projects are very apt TO place
of the strongest maritime power, at
the Egyptians have lately found out,
and other nations, such rs France and
Germany, may discover, as well as the
British, that the maintenance of q navy
in n high state of efficiency is n very
costly business. Yet it cannot be de-
MED that the 'science more exquisite
which is entering into wal is pushing
barbarism into the background, max
ing people cautious about trying hand
to. hand conflicts and stimulating in
ventive effort for the general good.
A prominent Philadelphia physician
is of the opinion that Notwithstanding
is a very bad habit. He says that
many ills which are ascribed to other
causes are in relity due to the effects