The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-12-18
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than has been accorded other proiecta o
the Kind. II is reported that volapul
is already spoken with facility by thou
sands oi Europeans, knowledge OF il i
being disseminated by more than eft,
societies scattered over England, Ger
many Austria, Sweden, Holland, Asis
Minor, and other countries; Volapah
grammars for the use OF IIottentots and
Chinese, besides all the European nations,
are either in the market or in course Of
preparation; and two reviews, one en-
tirely in Nolapuk and the other with
translation on alternate pages, are regu
larry published. TIE special advantage
Of tao new language is the ease with
which it can be learned, eight lessons
having enabled Partisan class to cor.
respond readily with students in foreign
countries.
TILE NERVES OF TASTE.
The discovery that heat influences one
set Of rerve-points in tho akin whilc aen.
aations Of cold are received by another
cot, has been followed by some interest.
ing experiments, by two Italian physioi.
ogists, which indicate that the various
tastes result from the exciting Of quite
distinct sets OF nerve.iibrcs in the tongue.
The prolonged application Of ice removed
the sensibility for all tastes--sweet, sour,
salt and bitter. Cocaine destroyed
temporarily, Of course--sensibility for
bitter only Other substances, such as
caffeine and morphia, reduced the power
Of discriminating between different dc.
grees Of bitter. Dilute aulphnric acid had
peculiar effect, causing distilled water
and even quinine to taste sweet at the
tip of the tongue, although tho bitter Of
luinine was elsewhere tasted as usual.
7 A LrSGTuISG LIST.
While the NUMBER OF chemical elements
had not reached seventy decade ago,
Prof. II. G. Bolton has prepared list
naming over forty elementary substances
whose discovery has been announced
since 1877. No less than nine OF the sup
posed new elements have been detected
this year by Crooks.
AMONG THE ELECTRICIANS.
Applications Of electricity are daily
becoming more varied Among recent
ones are tclebarometers, tolethermo.
meters, to,cmanometcrs, telehydrobaro.
netsrs WHICH respectively record, at dis.
tant points, air-pressure, heat. stean.
pressure, and water stages.
SCIENCE IN AusrnAlIA.
The colonies Of Australia and the
neighboring islands have some twenty
scientific societies, with membership
OF between $500. and 5000. These org.
anizations are to meet in 1883 for the
purpose OF forming an Australian Asso.
cations for the advancement OF science,
similar to the important associations now
existing in England, Franco and the
United States.
srEEcH REcoRDIsG.
A promising method Of recording and
reproducing speech is that Of NJ. Leon
Esquille, by modification Of the photo
phone. The speaking is done before q
having highly polished sur.
face from which ray of light is reflect.
ed, and the record Of this speech is ob.
tanned by simply photographing the ray
oflight upon . trailing band of sensitized
paper. After having been developed. the
articulation may be reproduced by pro-
jecting the image Of the trace by means
Of a strong light upon q selenium receiv.
er, the well-known apparatus for trans
forming light.impulses into sound.vibra
tions. and the speech is then heard
through the telephone connected.
SPANISH GEOGRAPHY.
The field for geographical exploration
ia not yet exhausted even in Europe.
Schradcr states that in the north Of
Spain several ranges Of mountains exist,
somc reaching the height Of 10000 feet.
which have no place on any geographical
map. In the Aran valley another dis.
covery has recently been made. Trian.
gulation showed gap untitled between
two ranges Of peaks which, approached
from different sides, had been supposed
to form single range; and further ex.
ploration proved that the gap contained
large and hitherto unknown lake.
TnF CAMERA IN MEDICINE.
a new suggestion is that photography
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