Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-11
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and morphia, reduced tho power OF dis
criminauOg between different degrees OF
bitter Dilute sulphuric acid had Pc
ouliar eject, causing distilled water and
even qulnine 90 taste sweet at the u OF
the tongue, although the bitter OF the
quinino was elsewhere tasted as usual.
A LKNGrHENINa LAST - While the
number OF chemical elements had not
reached seventy decade ago, Prof. II,
&. Bolton has prepared a lIstnamlng over
forty elementary substances whose dis
covery has been announced since 1877.
No less than nine Of the supposed new
elements have been detected this year by
Crookes,
SPANISH GEOGRAPHY The field for
geographical exploration il not yet ex.
hausted even In Europe. Shrader states
that In the north OF Spain several ranges
OF mountains exist, aome reaching
heighth Of 10000 feet, which have no
place on any geographical map. In the
Aran valley another discovery has re-
Gently been made, TrIangulatIon showed
gap untitled between two ranges OF peaks
which, approached from different sides,
has been supposed TO form single range,
and further exploration proved that the
zap contained a large aud hitherto I'M
known lake,
SoIENoE IN AUSTRALIA. The colonies
OF Australia and tho nelghbNring Islands
have some twenty scientific societies,
with membership OF between $500 and
5000 These organizations ard TO meet In
1883 for the purpose OF forming an Aus
trallan association for the advancement
4 of SCIENCE similar 10 the important as
| eociatlons now existing NJ Rngland,
France and tho United States
I Tim SruFr or DREAMS. Most dream
/ representations, according TO the inVps-
! legations Of Wundt, omanate from
actual though weak Impressions on the
nerves during sleep. Thus an lneonvo-
nient position eXciles visions Of lahoTlous
or painful experiences, dlalcult rospira-
| ton produces the agony 81 nightmare,
dying Is suggCsted by the rhythmic move
ments Of breathing, nudity by fall OF
clothes from tho bed, crawling things by
skin irritatIons, etc, Tho reproduction
OF past memories In associated with
events which have left u profound mental
Impression,
EUROPEAN ALTITuDFa,~A German cs-
/ Innate places the average height OF
! Europe above the sea ut a7a feet. Swift.
erland shows the greatest mean height,
1924 feet and the Netherlands the least,
81 feet, Intermediates are Spain and Por-
iugal, 1888 feet, Austria, 1898, Italy,
1886; France. 1889, British Islands, 7lii
Germany, 70li Russia, 6lsi Denmark,
| ll5.
SpEKcH RgooRpINo.--A promising
method OF recording aud repr0duc.
| ing speech Ia that OF NJ Leon
| Esquilie, by modification bi the photo
phone Tho speaking is done before a
diaphragm having highly polished sur.
face from which a ray Of light sreifcted,
and the record OF this speech IS obtained
/ by simply Photographers the ray Of light
upon travelling band Of aensltlzed paper
After having been developed, tho articu-
latlon may be reproduced by projecting
the image OF the trace by means OF u
strong hight upon selenum receiver,
the well known apparatus for transform
ing llght-impnlses into sound vibrations,
and the speech IL then heard through the
telephone connected.