Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-26
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

--Watermelon vinegar ia the ,,...
industry engaged in by the Marv I,sss
farmer. 'tana
About three tons of candy, ma;n,,.
In sticks, are manufactured in IthansS
N. y, every week.
bicycles to be propelled by e,oo
tricity are being perfected IN Enola nc,
which will drive the ordinary maeb;naa
out OF the market.
Professors Ayrton and Perry :,
paper lately read before the Physlcs1
Society OF London, ventured the nra
diction that it will not be long bpfaso
gas engines will be employed in tbo
propulsion of vessels.
The fog signal apparatus is now
constructed in such q manner that i.
calm weather, its sound may be heard
twenty miles. The pitch of the tona
may also be made high or low, as nav
he required, by a simple change o.
levers.
a Chicago printer is said to have
invented a continuance by which. when
attached to any printing press, EIGHT
different colors can be produced on
paper at II impression. When the
patent is secured it will be put on tho
market. 1t will, if it realizes what is
claimed for it, work q revolution in
fancy printing. lhic0go Hcral1.
An electrical railway at Portrusb
Ireland, has proved both a scientific
II financial success. 1t is proposed
to establish in Brussels q line of street
cars driven by electricity, and experi.
ments to q similar end have been mad.
in Cleveland. The time is. therefore
fast approaching when horses will find
their lot a happier one.-Cu2remt.
A new composition metal has re.
Gently been invented, to which the
name "~silver~oid" has been given. It
is a close-grained, brilliant, white al
10y, the precise constituents of which
a"e not known beyond the fact that
cadmium is n OF them. 1t is de.
signed to take the place of the brass,
bronze and gun-mctal alloys, whica il
is said to surpass in the qualities Of
strength and capaoility of receiving .
h 'gh polish.-N. y. EGamier.
Edison, the electrician chattino
with a reporter in New York, said: Il
have built Il railroad three miles lone
at Menlo Park, on which | ran at the
rae of foriy-two miles an hour nv
electric motor and carried six OF eight
freight cars. 1t is 4 real, practical
thing. could not 90 on with it be-
c use ! had not time. l had too MANY
other things to attend to. especially in
connection wi h electrical lighting.
am going into original experimenting
again. I'll get out new crop OF liz
vcntions during the next year in tho
electri III line. ~. I.vS"n.
"A circular railway has been built
at Ponce dc Leon Springs, Ga. The
new railway is a wooden structure,
forming q circle. being four feet high
and five hundred feet long, inside Of
which is laid the track for the cars, and
is so gra led that the ears run them
selves, the highest point above the
ground being twenty-five feet six inches
and the lowest point touching the
ground. Mr.. Wood, formerly a poor
carpenter OF Toledo. o., is the inventor
of the circular railroad, having CON
celved the idea from witnessing chill
drcn slide down the hills on their slide
boards, he arguing that ii they could
slide down hill they could also Slide up
hill-a demonstration Of which is wit
messed in the circular railway.