Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-06-12
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

August is stated that the sound Of the
explosions was heard over an area much
more vast than in the case Of any other
eruption ever recorded, the farthcrest dis
lance between the points where the SCUM
vas heard being one sixth Of the whole
circumference Of the earth. Long air
waves giving no sound were also felt q,
great distances, rending house walls more
than 500 miles away. More than tive
billion tons Of solid substance were eject
I'd, and the gaseous matter may have been
husdreds Of times ~ great in volume,
furnishing ample cause for the brilliant
sun-glows which have been observed
throughout most Of the world.
Continued observations made since the
year 1878 At the Meudon Observatory
have coa6Tned the conclusion that the
Ting Of Saturn are extremely varible,
and do not retain fixed foru.
A most effective remedy against pull
nonasy consumption is alleged to have
been found in aluminium and its CON-
pounds. The discoverer bases his opinion
on experiments made upon rabbits as we'll
. on observations 10 his medical practice.
Plates Of cast glass have been subs,i-
tuted for copper in the sheathing Of an
Italian vessel, the joints being made tigh,
with silicate mastic. The advantages
claimed are exemption from oxidation
and incrustation.
At 4 recent sale 10 London Of collec-
ton Of Lcpidoptera-better known as
moths and utterAies-single specimens
brought three and four pounds each, and
. white butterfly from the Herbides was
sold for thirteen guineas.
Il has been proven BY Mr.. D. f.
Hulwa that the water Of the Oder, after
receiving the sewerage Of quarter Of q
million, is completely purified by the
oxygen Of the air and the action Of veg
citation. At distance Of some nine miles
below Breslau no sewage matters could
b detected. either by chemical or micro.
sccpic means, and the water appeared to
BE- identical in quality with that above
the town.
An interesting result Of the late earth.
quake 10 England has been noticed in
tho wells Of Colche ,ter, the water level in
which commenced TO rise soon after the
shock, and in few days reached point
eight feet above the highest ever before
ksown. Il now stands about seven feet
above the former high-water mark.
The feat Of sending telegram through
1000 miles Of wire has just been achiev.
I'd. Tho message was transmitted from
Calcutta to London, and the signals were
received 1t the rate Of about twenty words
Z minute.
By actual count Dr.. Wilson, Of Eng
land, has found the hairs on square inch
Il : fairly covered head to number ,066,
from which be estimates that the whole
head must have 1890. He thinks
tAat some heads might have 10000
hahn.
Recent chemical investigation has
shown that potato plants do not absorb
and aasimilats the arsenic Of Paris green
and other preparations used for destroy
Ing the Colorado potato beetle. Fears
that the tubsn might be rendered pois-
ssou arc thus proven to be groundless
The productivenes Of the soil, however,
= impaired BY the use Of arsenic in con-
siderable quantity.
Pale phosphorescent flames Of sulphur
No eftsn observed during the drying Of
gunpowder, states MI. H. Schwartz
During recent discussion Of bacteria
n London, Nh. Watson Cheyue, stated
That anthrax, septicaemia Of the mouse,
srydpslas, consumption, CHAMBERS, and
Acute paeumouia, had each been found to |
have IL peculiar organism, which, when |
solaasd and introduced into animals
'ausas the disease 70 which it belongs and
10 other. Special organisms are also
Known 70 exit in typhoid fever, relaps-
ng fever, cholera and ague, but conclu-
i've evidence has mot been given that they |
W the causes and not effects Of those
IissaseA Sir Joseph Lister dwelt
'poa the important fact that the organ
sns which produce particular diseases
~ only able to develop under very .pec-
u coalitions, instancing the bacillus
'hich causes septicaenia in the house
house but fails to affect the field mouse
10 believes that this fact, showing that
Ae very slight difference in the blood Of
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