The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-09
sCINTILLATIONS OF SCIENCE.
Curioslties and Discoveries In the World Of
Progress.

. that it will eventually supersede
use of steam for the purpose of Ii
Iocomotion and driving small mach
cry. Details of the invent IN are wi
in held until public exhibition of
utility is made.
I'd Writing from Lynn, Mass, a cor
b. spondent reminds the Scientific Ame
can that, as an instance of remark
d, BILE flight of an exploded boiler, abo
" Two years ago boiler exploded
That city, and the flying portion,
. scribing a circle high in the air, land,
s 900 feet from where it started.
DR.. Gore, in paper on the Gle
y trolysis of fluoride, chlorate and pc
: chlorate of silver, has shown that
solution of these salts is readily d
!. composed by using electrodes of silvt
ana an electric current derived from
single cell composed of zinc an
platinum in dilute sulphuric acid.
Ostwald suggests that in reaction
which take place under the in6uenc
OF acids the rapidities of such reaction
are proportional to the electric con
ductlvity of the acids. Svante Arrhen
Jus had at an earlier period, though
the fact was not known to Ostwaid
arrived at essentially the same result
An interesting experiment to ascer.
tain the effect OF artificial heat on veg.
CITATION has been made by BarthelemV
lie arranged number of hyacinths in
grasses In circle around the pipe Of
u stove, and after some time he found
that the roots assumed nearly hori-
! zontal position, or a direction almost
at right angles to the pipe.
Monuments and statues cast from,
reilned zinc are given a sparkling APP
Pearance by directing sand blast IN.
der steam pressure upon them so that
the sand cuts the surface but does nor
adhere to it. A thin film of oxide il
mus formed, which stands atmos-
pherlc exposure admirably yet the
MIN is so thin that it scarcely admits
OF ordinary measurement.
The Perpetual Secretary of tho
Academy of Science, Paris, has an
nounced that the International Com
mlttee OF Weights and Measures stand.
ing Tor the high contracting parties
to the Convention for the Meter signed
at Paris on May 20, 1875, having at
last received the adhesion of Great
Britain and the further accession of
koumania and Servia, now represents
'96. - Q f,
A paper on the movement of Hype- S
ION, by Professor S. Newcomb, has fl
een read before the Academy OF h
licences, Paris. The conclusion ar.
wed at is that all the coniunctions of n
with Titan take place near Il
ne aposaturn of the latter satellite. N
ne point of conjunction oscillates be- fl
veen $50 deg. on either side of the al
oosaturn during the period of the A
'Voiution of the periasturn of Hype- al
on IN relation to that of Titan.
With regard to securing pure, health til
milk, the following opinion by Pro- I"
ssor Feser, of Munich, has been co
loted by N. Gerber: at is desira, pa
to prevent the scale of milk which pr
below certain standard as rood az az
Tx, even if it be simply the unadult- o on,
lted product of single animals re- W
ced through insufficient and faulty
ding. Ordinances passed for the no
'ventlon of adulteration would be Vi
werless if it be lawful that milk NAV zen zen
adulterated before its production in I ne
body of the animal by iniudicious 80,
atment and feeding" s so
III arcnltect thus recommends tho he
OF copper as a roof-covering in for
&c OF tin: "We always specify the
OF copper for covering roofs, when
can induce owners to allow us to 60
30. on account of its durability. al Tan,
Ugh its cost is about S14 per square of ,
over the price of tin roofing. me
en- we reflect that a tin roof re- but
es constant repairs, and painting prou
east every two years at cost of 3 TIL
cents foot, varying as to the Of N
Der OF coats, the cost of repairs ward
six years. together with the cost of Nero
oof' equals the cost of copper. hand
Jorge Lawson, of Dalhousie Col prim
Halifax, Nova Scotia, writes as show
WIS on waSps as ffy-killers. ..Tn to sh,
part of the world wasps enter C
lings by the open windows in to me
ner time and hunt flies unmero; which
leaving the dead in hundreds demo-
e hoors, ready to be swept into oanq'
IAN. This occurs only in the ABOUT
,ry and where wasps' nests are 70 DC
BY" Westwood quotes from St. an car
S Letters to an American Mr..
er" that THE Americans, aware friend
If (waspsO service in DESTROYING quest
sometimes suspend a hornets IL Is e eA
in their parlors.' and &c
.ho :... plan.
"i',.,on VI inc PreIect OF He is t
, Paris, NM. Dujardin, Beau invited
Pasteur and Roux performed ex- r.,.,
ents with the view of ascertain o " !
hat would be the best gas for p.ou.,,
citing rooms in which patients marshs
ng from contagious diseases had ton in
ned. These gentlemen have shals n,
o the conclusion that sulphur and n h
d gas would be the most eflica- new 90,
or sach purpose, but, instead clining
ply burning sulphur, as is usu- The ma
ne, they recommend the burn of claim
bisulphide of carbon as beino AVA.
st expensive and the least iniur- mast few
furniture or articles of metal in talk amc
III, man bel
lands ca
Taking Precautions. Thurman
/ YOU pOinr IN falo cow. n | report tb