The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-29
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Soiiea hgqeias ana orsase which @ gen,
stsaie % Assrage Human heire.
Suppose . man i've feet eight inches
high, weighing l64 pounds had been
passed through the chemists laboratory
ana divided and spbdiyided into his uiFt
matt elements ~ y, y.
tlrs Of these are gases and eight solid
substance Inc oxygents shown n .
laf witn 2 LABEL which states thai me
weight Of oxygen n q man Weighing lN
pounds is iiinsty'seven pounds. The tAr,
whicnwil hold about gallon, repre-
senta only one ten thousandthpart Of the
oxygen Of q man o. that weight Il ne
ninety-seven pounds Of oxygen were set
iree ITO from tlie oody y would MI space
ot l'VVV eapic teet' The oxygen y the
great supporter Of eomouseonin the syF
tem. n, ie -
me next jar representa- the itteen
pounds ? Of hydrogen going % make up
lne loaPqana man. tili1 ~, amognt @ Of ny
aroSen ses tree would MI 100 cuplc
iees' anu me lat represents only one ten'
st9usaaaen -, 1aa q q i sile whole .!' amount
j. el,ss.lys " ,..l, II = lesslel nasln a.
.Sy H o. = ilssle over a,qu99rt fepresenIs
sss unlee pouius anu Il'!lseen Ounces Ot
gas.ossn NJ louuu IN tne imaginary nan, ~ =
lhls nitrogen u tfee' would MI $40
cuolo ieeN
ano1neF smal pottle contains com.
oinea WIN calcium, the 80 ounces Oh
huotins.
another 9at contains one, tenth o, sne
.yui ounces Q, cniorihe 70 % iouna "
tne man: ShlSrlne Is one Oh the eonssl. .s
:uenss u OleachIns powder. AiVer .,e .ne
Iar VI oHlOrlne was put In tne case tne
sioPPet was olowh out ana the gas
"'Sa'i'uu y, aii tne tlnsea laOeis IN tne cse;
ine aaron y represented ~ sona
cuDe o. chafcoai weighing thirty-one
pVTnus'
ine tIt'pouno man yields one poun9
ana t%eiVe ounces OF phosphorus, ana
tllEee-llt!a 1s. "a ounces OF sulphur.
AlVeF @ slls sSsses' inc carbon tne phos,
pnor'S !, anu sulphur nave Deen extTaeVeo
rom ,' ~. sie man 'hefe S nothing isis Oh
MN u, Du' metals;
fls1 snete y lron' Oh whion tne
ayeFage man described carries one-tenth
9l az ounce m MS System' inns quantity
u SHOWN IN the exhioit In the form Oh
iron ~lre'
Inc metal with Which the body is most
aollndantly provided is calcium, the basis
ot lime OF which tho man, supposed to
have been resolvedtpto his chemical con-
st'tuehts' yielded three pounds and thir-
teen ounces. This Is a yellowish metal,
and the amount obtained Is shown ina
taOe ABOUT three inches high.
A httle block Of magnesium, silver.
Iiued metal weighing l.S ounces, and
then 20 ounces oil potassium were taken
from the man, and all that remained was
u little quantity Of sOdium weighing 2'6
ounces
The weight Of tho chemical elements
in the body Of man weighing iA
pounds ara summarized on one OF the
labels as follows: Oxygen 97.20 pounds
carbon G.. !tS Oi,lo' hydrogen 1890, nitrogen
1851, calcium $3.50, phosphorus LIS,
chlorine .@5, iluorino .99, sulphur .9s,
potassium :lS, sodium 10, magnesium
~, iron 'Vl' Total, ld pounds: 'Sr'''7'
These elements arc chemically com.
Oined with each other forming numer-
Gus compounds aad another series III the
same CUss represents the results oh.
tanned oy resolving another la,pound
man into his principal chemical COM
Polih's'
first there nre two large jaH Of water
containing together ninety-Six pounds or
'orsy'slx qUarta.
Ihen another large jar represents the
protelne compounds, OF which tho man