Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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The electric st-eet-cars of Cleve-
easily. = Caetetand Herald. 81 ass Z s.=ssta
/ IA Paterson SILK rnanufacturer has
taken out a patent for a process by
| winch cotton and silk threads may be
twisted. about light wires, reproduce
|, the effect Of an ostrich featheror plume,
! Tor ladies hats and other purposes. n
AeUGrks Register. ......s. s...IIs.s.s.. se
7Tki orida appears to be the Land of
/ lowers ito sole. purpose. The Na-
i isoAds Uraggist says tina the .manufac-
ture Of perfumes. from Florida flowers
! Is becoming an Important industry, and
that process has been recently devised
for extracting the sweet flavor of the
acassava plant ~ .sa bed hfiiss4 raj
The employment Of an invisible
aetinic INK, of which there is no trace
.ion the paper or in the image upon the
focusing screen. it is said will prevent
forgery OF bank notes.laAs soon as one
i begins to develop the plate the word
forgery, !. i. written with the. ink, APP
rssonlthe negative Boston Jo,t1aaaI.
What is claimed to be 3 valuable
rust protector is among the recent Ger
-
nary OIL paint mixed with ten per. cent.
as well as mineral Oil. This neutrali es
the free acid Of the paint, and the al
kailne reaction protects the iron from
rust Deuu t9ssns bis tgi.}n;l .4ef1,f g,i4llsss
q IA new NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tele-
graph system was recently tested In
hve minute there were sent over one
wlre,ain six circuits, 1913 words while
oOb4 We're received. In ten. minutes
over one wire, using six. circuits, :, 244
words We're sent, averaging about thirty
seven words per minute to each cir.
cult Chicago Herald, ..,...s H., s.
"A design has been submitted to the
Australian Minister. for Water Supply
of a contrivance for bringing down
rain. 1t is In the form Of a balloon,
with a charge Of dynamite underneath
it. = The balloon is to be sent into
the,clouds,l and the dynamite is to be
fired by wire connecting it with the
earthef The inventor. Mr. E. S. Haines,.
/ of Richmond, intends TO- try it in the
dry districts of New, South Wales sef i,
!, 1.-The air brush was one of the usea,
fql and Interesting inventions exhibited
at the recent Photographers, Copyen-,
ton in I hiIade1phia. A little holder IS
charged " til India ink. and BY a bel
lows operated with a foot pedal. after
the manner of a. sewing machine. the
'Iuid is blown upon a faintly outlined
portrait. the result giving picture! SUI
lperior inn many RESPECTS to the best
icrayon drawings ii A life-slze portrait
may. thus 1 be- made IN a few hours,
where as formerly, by the use 81 The
stump and pencil as many weeks were
required. philadelphia Press. !, So. +,
y "A correspondent OF the Scientific
.A1me7scnm has been figuring on the red
sunset question. He says; ~ Up ~ essi.
innate the possible quantity 81 ashes
required to give the red tint required n
theasky. let us assume that an inch of
ashes areb spread through ten! cubic.
yards of air., This, gives q dillntioni Of
l55,0 900 times, Astronomers tell US the;
cause Of the red light reaches sixty
miles ii the air, At the rate of ,difiu-
sion of the ashes that is assumed, this,
would require d mass of fJrty-two miles
Of cube, or q mile of ashes one mile
high fortytwoi miles wide and 1Toe
miles long.a HFi-lictf@s, "lI .tettd5 sidahiis