Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-03-10
Scientific Miscellany.

An Australian naturalist mas ulScOV-
cred the nervous system of the spongcs.
Electrical footwarmers for use in
railroad carriages are undergoing ex-
periments by NJ. de Meritens at his
works in the Rue Boursalt. Paris.
Liquefed oxygen is lighter than
water, and a little heavier than alcohol,
according to a French chemist. who
has calculated its specific gravity as
O.S8S.
The quinquennial prize of the Bel
gian Government has been awarded to
Prof La Paige, of the University of
Liege, for his researches in mathema-
ties and physics.
II. NJ. Leply has from analyses of
masses of boiled beetroot obtained an
average of l31 grains of nitrate of
potassium and l43 grains of chloride of
potassium in every 100 Kilograms.
Cows are said to eat horse chestnuts
very readily; but these nuts do not
appear to do so well with other ami
mails of the stock raiser. Meal made
from horse chestnuts contain 10 per
cent of albuminoids.
Aseptol is said to be better anti
septic than either salicylic or picnic
acid. 1t is syrup liquid of an amber
color, and it has peculiar disagreea-
bic odor. 1t boils at 266 dgr. Fahren-
heit and crystallizes at 46 dgr.
DR.. NJ. Rubner says that, while the
experiments of Chossat, Regnault, and
others seem to show that small ami
mails consume relatively more nutri-
ment than large ones, he is unable
himself to confirm this conclusion.
In Cape Colony the extensive plant
ing of the common tomato is recon-
mended, as it is alleged that insects
shun the land on which it is grown.
The suggestion is made, however, that
the same effect may not be produced in
cooler countries.
Mons. Onimus has reported to the
French Academy of Sciences that the
cholera epidemics of Paris and Mar
seilles were attended by a low proper
ton of ozone in the atmosphere, and
that the administration of ozone pro-
duced favorable results in cases of the
disease.
A French archaologist, Mons Sail
lard, has discovered the workshop of a
prehistoric armorer in steep rock on
the coast of Brittany. The workman
lived in stone age. and his skeleton
was found among the various stone
weapons and implements upon which
he had been WORKING.
A German mining engineer, Herr j.
Muller, brings light coins up to the
standard weight by the electro-deposi-
ton of metal upon them. Unless it is
necessary to add considerable to the
weight. this process-simply forming a
thin and uniform coating-does not
deface the characters upon the coin.
Pasteur. the great French chemist,
devotes his entire time to original
research. although he receives equiv
alent to 81, 100 year as scientific di-
rector of the Superior Normal school of
Paris. Koch, the eminent German
is provided with a labor
atory by the government, and is paid a
sum equal to $1,000 per annum.
Most experiments with hydrochlorate
of cocaine have been confined to mu-
cous surfaces, like the eve and the
mouth. BY applying it under the skin.
however. Mons. j. Grasset has found
that the new anasthetic may be made
to produce local insepsibility in any
part OF the body, the duration being
sufficient for various surgical opera
ions.
An English observer has reached the
conclusion that the musk beetle |
(Aromia moschata) has the power OF |
or suppressing its odor at |
pleasure, but that when dying the
scent is continuous and very powerful. |
He mentions a case in which a scent of |
,oses has been known to proceed from
he human body in fatigue and weak
ness. Similar instances are given by |
another writer.