Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-17
Scientific.

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and whirlpools in the water 10 the couTre
OF steam formation may be all observed
During the night Of Nov. II the snow
the valley Of Storelydal. in Central
Norway, between Gl aud GO degrees
north latitude, was covered With "a
layer Of black and gray duet Of proba
ble volcanic origin.
The B,a5,ng Ns0s, speaking Of the
refults OF the researches 0f Sch hlIemann.
says that the Greek story Of llion ao
cords with the discoveries at H,.ssrlik.
and the conclusion is inevitable that
the Homeric Troy could have been On
no other site.
DR.. G. II. Yelyington asserts that the
copperheld never bites when coiled up.
bu. will throw the middle OF his body
into long, almost rectangular. curves.
and with his head and al inch or 20 OF
the neck alighily elevated above the
ground Is ready to defend bimself
As an inducement to the greater
utilization OF buttermilk in bread max
ing, 1t is stated that it contains four To-
five per cent. Of milk sugar and one
half per cent. Of mineral salts, Aad that
after settling for cheese making il llso
contains one per cent. OF heterogeneous
matter and nearly a. much Of bu, er
/ fat.
At the last meeting Of the Paris
Academy Of Sciences ii WAs sts,e tbs,
a person who for the past two year. hs-
been experimenting near Nice with
sulpho. carbonates and sulphur, n. "a
remedy against the ply iIoxcis, stale,
that in FIVE hectares Of infected VIM.
it Is no longer possible TO fad any
phylloxera.
In an article on the protection Of iron
/ from rust I'oH Nasrands naga=1e Say.
| that iron TO be buried in damp ul
may be coated with mixture Of IOp
parts Of resin, fcolophony. % pafts OF
rutta peTcha, and 30 psrts Of Psrs fine.
to which % parts Of maguesiA aud ,om.,
mineral oil have been added.
NJ Bernard, OF the Royal Acsdemy of
1 Brussels. has made minute eGau..ua
tion OF the ashes Of the great eruptIou
OF krakateo, which fell at BATAVIA on
/ The 2Ith Of lat August. They cot .isi
for the most part Of CLASSY particles.
/ The rock which had been blown into
this volcanic duet contained a very
large proportion Of silica.
A writer Of ma,b emsticsl bent. ,av.
the S-ict@- iuas0u, fnds from he
census returns that there are aLUui ] :.
600 dentists in the United States. who.
he cstim ;cs, pack into the teeth Of ,h..
American people a ton Of pure gold an
nualiy. Continuing bi. sreculatiois.
be predicts that in the twenty 6r-t ecu
tury all the gold viii he buried in the
graveyard
From the observations taken II & lon
by the engineers engaged on the Paus.
ma Inieroceanic Canal, NJ. de Le..eTs
finds, according to his taper resd boiora
the Academy Of Sciences. Pans. on
Nov. %, that the great carth4gake Wv.
caused by the recent disturbance a
Java would appear 10 have ma .e iisW.y
across the Indian aud Atlantic Oceans.
round the cape Of Good Hope, TO Il =
cast cosst OF Central America ia about
30 hours.
Science, SAYS the editor of the
dme7eap Naturai4t 'is becoming widely
popularized in the present generation.
aud the fruits will be seen in the next.
Bat IN a country like ours, the Govern
ment alone need not undertake the
task Of creating body of scientists
that work should be done by the people
and for the people. The time is com
ing when our people will be less me
teriaiisiic, and when those W no are We |
/ oil already viii cease tying TO accumu-
late more wealth, but turn their atter-
tion TO rolling up the intellectual aud
soieutiic capital OF our domain"
ar says w. Matiieu Williams. al
we're living in the midst Of London.
Birmingham, Manchester. or ssy 9th
large city, would recklessly dis6gu 9
my premises by removing pane OF
glass from the windoE OF every room.
or knocking hole through the outer
wall, and placing in the opening there
created frame Of serim gauSe. with .
glass door for closing, or partially clos.
ing, IL in extremely cold weather, and
believe that all the inmates would
thereby escape some Of the special ills
n which rcsidanta in larca founa ara