Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-08
sCINTuLATIoNs OF SCIENCE.
Curiositles and Discoveries in the World of
Progress.

UTlublllth anu bloNu'NliNS al '''N '"i'h W
Progress.
French artificial diamonds, made of
a variety of llint-glass ard graded to
conform to caret sizes of real dia-
monds, are called "heliolas.
The France system of boilers with
out furnaces has been applied to the
towage of boats on the Rhine and
Marney Canal for length of five and
a half miles, of which more than Il
half is in tunnel.
1t is anticipated that the new cleo
trical railway at Brighton, England,
will be open to the public before the
middle of May. The short line in
operation last year has been relaid to
a 2.7j-foot gauge, and made nearly Il
mile long.
1t is expected that the Arlberg Tun-
mel will be finished by the erd of May,
and the Arlbcrg Railway by the end
of October. The total length OF the
tunnel is found to be j,GS meters less
than was estimated before the boring
was completed.
Roots and shoes may he rendered
votcr-nroof bv soaking Them for scy-
sroI hdnrs in ;bict sonny water The
oxnlarotior is that the comuouud
forms n FATTY acid within the leather
which then acquires the property of
ro.istirr thc rrnctration of moisture
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Some oi the trains ol the Luhuol
ana southwestern railway are 10 o'
permanently equipped win ihcah"'S
cent 'leclric lai,lls S"PPlI'u ny o"'
IcrieS OF 'he lloll''cS-hurNc sI,l,. pattern '.I
Inc estimate" cost Oh "orhihg Is oh'
quarter cenV ati ho'r ioi cac" la"'I u
Il hoihIual ''e-c"''o'' ILLUMINATING
power
Keeping close to what may hcrallc'
p the Prussian idea OF exhibitions, tina
those prove of the most service to nj
concerned which are devoted to Il dis
play OF what has been ELECTED IN on
department OF human cilorl, an ci
glnerring exhibition VIII be hrlI Il
BrcsIall III June next from the ''l'
u the llth'
Built-up.wood, like that cmpIoyc
for a good many years back in bottom
!, Ing chairs. already completes with cal
vas for the purposes of the artist an
withIblinders' board for book covers. II
:. lightncsS, almost entire absence
~ cleavage lines, and non-liability t
split are among its commcndabIc tc;
lures.
+. During 1888 Professor Tacchini mad
# solar observations at Rome. indcatin
a prolongation of the maximum Of ii
IN sun-spot period. and as compared wit
NJ the observations taken in the prcccdin
: year an increase in sOlaractivity. III
to number of spots was not very muC
To greater. but the number Of groups IN
the size of the spots, especially fro
20 the last quarter of 1888 up to the h,
,r ginning of February. at least. we
considered signs of exceptional con
I'd motion in the centre of our planctal
,i- system.
AT the forthcoming Turin Exhibit,
t. street railway will run from the |
" azzo Carlo Felicc TO the principal e
france nf fine buildinr The mott
cr powrr will he supplicd by electric A
rumulotors invented by Sirnor Nior
K The Mora secondary batteries din
from those devised by NJ. Fourc in hu
'rt inc thc lead arranged in hanks or t,
to0ns of wire and NOT in ulatcs. Al
he trial with Schuckert dynamo-clectl
machine and 3Oaccumulators weight
nc - pounds each NJ. Nigra was able
run four-whcclcd ear carrying thr
~ persons ut 4 speed of II! miles
hour
, An elaborate paper on the compo
US tion of the ash of wheat grain and VIII,
ri straw grown at Rothamstcd, EnglaI
IT, in different seasons and by differ,
" manurcs. has been written by Sir
no b. Lawes and DR.. j. II. Gilbert. I
I" general conclusions are that the inl
'c' cnce of the season ON the compositi
10 of the ash is very much more mark
vi than the influence of the manure; Il
nj the composition of the ash of norma
IT. ripcncd grain is very uniform, and,
Us fact, only varies in any prOnOunt
m MS degree according to manure. wi
III there is very abnormal deficiency
III one or more constituents, and that
amount of mineral constituents in
III straw has very obvious connect
IN IN with the supply or exhaustion Of tn
rs constituents in the soil
of Mr.. j. Aitkeu of the Royal Socic
Vi EJ;nLYrnL .n,,IoraJ ,ha fnIInw,
cr. experiments in Illustration OF
cr- tendency OF dust to move from