Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-12-08
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
Compiled for the WuoD RIVER TIMES.

Compiled for the WuoD RIVER TIMES.
For the fortv-tifth time in his lie,
Dr. Pa!isa, of Vienna, has discovered
small planet, increasing to 243 the
total number of those tiny worlds
known to belong to our solar system.
From recent researches it appears
that chlorophyl, the remarkable sub
stance to which the vegetable world
owes the color of it's foliage, is made
up of two coloring matters, a green
and yellow; the relative proportions
being 100 of the former to one of the
latter. Botn have been lately OF,
tanned in the crystalline state.
Some of the dwarf race of men re-
ported by several travellers as dwell
.crs in equatorial Africa ale now at the
Hoya! Aquarium, London, to which
""'hropolog'sts are i"vitcd,for studying
this remarkable people. The tallest
of the dwaris is fonr feet and a half in
hei 9ht, and he Processes to be II giant
among his o. people.
In Switzerland, the minnow reaches
All altitude of about 900 feet above
seu.level, according to Mons. Y.
Tati,, and the mil!er's thumb one of
1900 feet. The PEREZ, stops at $500
feet, and no others pass above 1000
feet, although tho carp, tench, rudd
and club have been successfully in
troluced ut 5000 to $500 ieet.
A Frcnchman has devised pro.
cess of giving to felt slight coating
OF plumbago or metal. by which the
appearances of FURNISHED steel, copper,
bronze or silver NAV be initiated
The product is likely to prov. very
useful when apple d to stage proper
tics; besides being inc xpensive, il.
does not materially increase the weight
Of articles treated with it.
The hair of a young girl, who died
n. the age Of lj in an insane ASYLUM
of Hamburg. is reported to have shown
alterations of color coincidinu with
Periodical changes in the PATIENTS
mental and physical condition. Be
sides epileptic fits, it was noticed that
she experienced, while in the ASYLUM.
quite regular alterations OF excite
inent and calmnesS, each of about a
weeks Duration; and that the color of
her hair was red during each period of
agitation, while it became hionde in
her quiet intervals, n complete change
OF tint taking place in two or three
days.
DR.. Hrlriegel has found that it is
very important to plan,.dcvelopment
that the time Of seed.iormnny and the
season OF greatest heat and light
should be coincident. lie has illus.
tratsd this by experiments in which
he sowed barley, under otherwise
identical conditions, on April 2lst,
May 2S,h, June %, August "a, and
Sept' mhe LIST; the FRS, crop hecon
my ripe in So days, the second pre-.
matur"ly ripe in S, days (th- maxi
mum heat an light happening too
early in the plants GROWTH, the
third r'pening imptr'rc,ly in $50
days, the fourth in goo, and the las, in
$40 days. Fro M this it appears that
the productivenrss Of u country de
rrrds not so much on its mean TEN. |
p-ratu,e as on the question whether
its supply of heat is received a, the
right time. and in England the wheat
harvest IL known I" be chiefly deter
mined by the temperature during
july and August. Under glass,
plants are sub jrct to great r.dnc,ion
of light, which, with other unfavora-
bile conditions Of hot houses, DR.. He'll.
ri.gel has shown to diminish ve,v Sc