Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-28
BITS OF SCIENCE.

A new telegraph system is in course of
! construction at Tripoli from the frontier
| of Tunis on the one hand to Egypt on the
other.
Scientists propose to employ as source
of emergency power for ships of war fur
naces into which petroleum is sprayed
! along with superheated steam and hot
air.
Filtering stone is now made by mixing
in water in certain portions of clay, levi
| gated chalk, coarse and fine glass, sand
and ground flint. They are nodded and
| hard burned.
DR.. Eft Guenot reports that he has re-
moved large crop of warts occurring on
the hands Of patient by giving daily a
ten-grain dose of calcined magnesia in the
morning before breakfast.
A gargle made of strong black tea and
| used cold, night and morning, is now the
fashionable preventive in London against
falling victim to sore throat during the
cold winds of spring, and similar "cOld
spells" at other times of year.
Strive upholds DR.. Biedent's su ggestion
that only cream should be used for the
earliest nourisbment of young children
brought up by hand, as the digestibility
OF any milk is inversely as the quantity
of caseine which remains in the skim
milk.
Salt will prevent manure from burning.
German kainite is cheaper and would add
more value to the manure. 1t is said to
contain 30 per cent. salt and % per cent.
potash. Layers Of earth, mold or clay
will check fermentation and prevent fire
fanging or burning.
An engineer in Michigan has invented
an attachment to steam cylinders which
cOndenses the waste from the steam cock
on starting the engine. 1t does away with
the kissing noise which frightens horses
and worries men. The engineer has been
offered SAT, 900 for the patent.
The microscope reveals that there are
more than 1900 muscles in a caterpillar
and that the eye of a drone contains 1000
mirrors. There are spiders as small as
grain OF sand, and they spin a thread so
fine that it would require 400 of them to
equal the size of single hair.
According to Prof. Young the central
portion OF the sun is probably for the most
part mass of heated gases, the photo
sphere is she'll of luminous clouds, the
chromosphere is composed mainly of in
cOndensible gases and what constitutes
the corona is entirely unknown.
The mellowness of old wine, it is found
by experiments in Germany, is due to an
increase in the proportion of glycerine
contained in it more than to a decrease in
The orthodox ChuTchnadn says returning
missionaries declare that unfermented
wine was never known in Syria.
An 9rOnaut says in his voyage across
the English Channel the land lay behind
like map, and the bottom of the sea could
be clearly seen. 1t may be assumed that
by instantaneous photography the time
will come when charts of the sea may be
made with perfect eXactness, thus greatly
diminishing the dangers Of navigation.
The British Medical journal says: eve
often hear great deal about the damp
ness of our climate as a cause of disease,
of the respiratory organs especially. But
the death rate and the amount of rainfall
do not appear to stand in any definite re-
latiOnship; whereas a spell ofcold weather
produces an immediate and notable eff
tect."
At a recent meeting of one Of the Eng
lish mechanical institutions, there was
examined some cast-iron chilled tools, the
exhibitor stating that with such tools, the
cost of which he showed to be merely
nominal, he was able to turn cast and
wrought-irOn and gun metal at from 80 to
100 per cent. higher speed than with tools
made from steel. Surprise was expressed
that such tools were not in more general
use.
The Chicago Druggist recommends the
following for the cure of severe scalds
and burns: Cover the injured parts freely
with soft soap. If the burn be severe
apply soon after linseed oil, with plen-
tiful dressing of flour. This cakes on, and
fresh oil and flour can be added. When
this covering falls off new skin will have
formed and no scar left. CarrOn oil is also
regarded as an excellent remedy where
the skin is unbroken, care of course being
taken to exclude the air from the injured
part.