Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-27

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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
For several months it has been
known that the remarkable object
which has been visible on the surface
of Jupiter for several years has been
growing fainter, and late observers
announce that it is now scarcely per-
ceptible. The spot, which is nearly
10000 miles long and more than 5000
wide, has not changed materially in
size, but its red color has faded until
the "great red spot" has become al
most indistinguishable from the sur
rounding parts of the planet. From
it's permanency of form and size it is
evident that this spot cannot be
cloud floating in Jupiter's atmosphere,
although it drifts like cloud across
the planets disc. Various theories
have been suggested to account for
the phenomenon, but none of them
appear quite satisfactory.
From a consideration of the colors
named by Homer lecturer sometime
ago attempted to prove that the
ancients were less sensitive to color
variations than modern people.
Prof. Thomas r.. Price has since dis
cussed Virgils knowledge of colors,
and sensibly maintains that the words
used for colors indicate the poverty of
ancient language in color-names,
and do not necessarily bear on the
state of the color-sense. The human
eye is capable of finding in nature
about 100 distuingishable colors and
Is more for shades due to degree of
illumination. Roget has 102 English
color-names, and modern French is
said to include not less then 500.
1t is calculated that more than 49,
900 soldiers fall victims to malaria in
Italy every year, and great numbers
Of working people are attacted. 4
map prepared by the italian Minister
of War shows that the country's 50
provinces only six are free from
malaria, and in 81 provinces it's ravages
are very severe.
Alta late meeting of the Academy of
Medicine in Ireland DR.. H. J. Smyly
read paper OIL a case of sudden
change in the color of an infants
hair. When four months old the
child was attacked with acute infam-
nation, followed by an abscess in
the bone of the left temple, and one
morning the hair on the right side of
the head was discovered to have I'M
dergone remarkable change from its
original mouse-colored hue to u
reddish-yellow. The right eyebrow
was similarly affected, and the skin of
these parts, as well as that ofthe right
hand, had assumed a jaundice tinge.
The pillow was saturated with
reddish-yellow perspiration, which
DR.. Smyly was inclined to think
might have caused the change in the
hair by some peculiar chemical prop
erty. DR.. Banks. the president of the
Academy, referred to- the case of
young woman who had half the lashes
of one eye changed to snow-white,
which she attributed to the annoyance
suffered from the persistent gaze of
a wall-eyed admirer, who had white
lashes ON the defective eye. DR..
Walter Smith related the case of
boy in whom the skin of the lobes of
both ears and that of the back of the
neck was of sulphur-yellow hue,
the downy~hair of these parts being a
bright yellow and the hair of the head
being brown.
AS an average of observations re-
corded during period of thirty-three
years, Sir G. B. Airy finds the tenn
perture of the Thames to ST. degrees,
and that of the air at the Royal OBJ
servatory so. 2degrees. The difference
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perature is two degrees during the
seven months from May to November,
and only seven-tenths of degree
from December to April. The river
temperature reaches it's highest
monthly average-65.70 degrees in
July, and it's lowest-39.4 degrees in
January.
The Arctic expedition under Baron
Nordenskjold will Try to learn some
thing this summer, concerning Green
lands unknown interior, which is
supposed-without good reason, the
Baron thinks,-to be deeply buried
under a vast field of perpetual ice.
Prof. Fries-who shares Norden-
skjold's view-has offered the novel
suggestion that part of Greenland
should be colonized by mountain
Lapps, whose nomadic habits would
probably lead them to pretty thorough
of the surrounding terri
tory, by which our knowledge of the
region might be extended. He be-
lieves that the country would be a
paradise to these people, as they
would be unrestricted in their wan
behring's and would find abundant |
forage for their reindeer herds, while |