Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

POPULAR SCIENCE.
An exclusive diet of buckwheat is said
to prove remarkable panacea for diabetes.
A German is said to have invented and
constructed steam engine where the dead
center point is obviated
A poultice of salt and the white of an egg
is powerful resolvent, and, if applied in
time, will disperse felon.
N. de Lesseps estimates the power of the
machines employed in building the Pana-
ma canal as equal to 100000 men.
A piece of sole leather tackled on the butt
of squared off chisel-handle will prevent
its splitting under the blows of the mallet
A prominent medical authority con-
cludes that notwithstanding the physiology
cal effects of courage, it has 10 power
against germ disease.
The amount of pressure per square foot
with the wind blowing at 20, 80, 40, so, 80,
20 and so miles an hour is respectively 2,
A, s, 124, IS, % and 32l pounds.
Schrader states that there are several
mountains in the north of Spain, some
reaching an altitude of 10000 feet, which
have no place on the geographical map.
Poison ivy is putting on its coat of scarlet.
1t is easy distinguishable from woodbine !;
as its leaves grow in clusters of three, while
the harmless woodbine grows in clusters Of
| five leaves.
The extinction of " starlight" in the day
| light is not due to the vapors of the atmos-
phere, but 10 the stronger" vibrations of
sunlight, which prevent our eyes perceiv-
ing the weaker vibrations of Starlight
Public Opinion.
When it becomes necessary to stop an
engine with heavy fire in the furnace,
place layer of fresh coal on the fire, shut
| the damper and start the injector or pump
for the purpose of keeping up the circula-
| ton in the boiler.
Notwithstanding the persistent and skill
| full efforts of chemists, the exact compost
| ton of the white of an egg is still an un-
| solved problem, and until this knowledge
is acquired the processes Of animal econo-
| my cannot be explained.
To cut glass jars, fill the jar with lard oil
| to where you want to cut the jar; then heat
| an old iron rod or bar to red heat; immerse
| it in the oil. The unequal expansion will
| crack the jar all round at the surface of the
oil, and you can lift off the top part.
Cellars are usually damp because the
walls are cooler than the air, which causes
condensation of moisture. To prevent the
| condensation of moisture it is recommend
| ed that the windows and doors of the eel
| lars be closed during the day and opened
at night.
Most metals and alloys shrink or con-
tract on cooling. But an alloy which will
expand on cooling may be made of lead
| nine parts, anthony two parts, bismuth
one part. This alloy can be advantageously
used to fill small holes and defects in iron
castings.
| In climates having difference of temper
| ature of 75o between the hot and cold sea-
| sons a railway track of 400 miles is 33S
yards longer in summer than in winter
| that is, expansion forces the metal closer
| together, closing up the space between the
| rails of nearly yard in each mile.
Copper or brass wire larger than No IS
is hard to bend. By heating to redness
and plunging into cold water both these
metals will become much softened. In
making joints in wires before soldering, if
they are softened in this way and cleaned,
excellent contact apart from the solder can
be obtained.
A double purpose may be accomplished
by covering the rafters and stones of the
cellar with whitewash made yellow with
copperas, and filling the crevices and cracks
of the floor with dry copperas. The rats
and mice will Immediately vacate the cellar
so treated, and it will be thoroughly puri-
fed and disintected.
Salt is wonderful remedial agent Salt
and cider vinegar will cure obstinate cases
of diarrhea. A solution of salt viii relieve
pain in bruises. Equal parts OF strong salt
water and spirits of camphor applied to the
teeth is a cure for toothache. Salt will
check bleeding of the lungs when other
remedies fail. Salt is remedy in catarrh.
The following beverage is soothing if
taken just before going to bed by the per-
son troubled with q cough 1t is an old
French recipe, and is called "lait de poule:'
Mix the yolk Of one egg thoroughly with a
teaspoonful of sugar and add few drops
of orange-fower water. Pour gill of boil
ing water by degrees upon the mixture, stir
ring constantly, and drink very warm.
NJ. Lessene, at meeting of the Society
Medicale d'Amiens, indicated certain sign
of death, simple and trustworthy. After
pricking the skin with a needle the pune
ture remains open, Just as when a piece Of
leather is pricked. On the living body,
! even if the blood does not come TO the surf
ace, as would happen if the person were
hysterical, the pin prick closes at once and
| does not leave the slightest trace.
Persons who work IN red-hot metals,
glass-blowing etc, are sometimes apt to
burn their fingers 1t is we'll to know that
solution Of bicarbonate of soda baking
soda) promptly and permanently relieves
| all pain. The points to be observed are
| One, bicarbonate of soda must be used
washing soda and common coda are far too
irritant to be applied if the burn is serious.
Two, the solution must be saturated.
Three, the solution must be ice cold.