The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-13
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The scientist declare that ninety pss
cent. OF man is water.
The best Of rules, sextants, 1uairsuts.
compasses, lances and knives Me made
OF worn out saws.
A man Mt Hartford, Conn, received
shock from an electric wire, and was
supposed to be dead for some minutes,
but was revived by another shock.
A workman in the Carson CNev. mint
has discovered that drill points.
heated to cherry red and tempered by
being driven into bar of lead, will bore
through the hardest steel or plate glass
without rerccptiblc bunting.
Analysis of natural gas shows the pro.
portion of each const tucnt in 100 parts
OF the gas to lie rs follows: Carbonic
acid and carbonic oxide, each; oxygen,
:; olenant gas, !; othylic hydridc, )
marsh gas, u hy hydrogeu, 3. nitrogen, 3.
II has been estimated by Professor
kirchoiT. of Halle, that the language
most spoken on the globe--for the last
thousand years, at lcast--is Chinese. for
ii IS without doubt the only ono which is
talked by over 400, 900, 900 of the human
race.
In calico printing works IL is custom.
ary TO supply each printing machine with
separate eng ne to drive it. Ono rca.
son for thi' Arrangement is that every
time fresh pattern is put into the ma.
chine il requires TO be driven with cx-
coeding slowncss, and is frequently
stopped until the attendant has ad justcd
all the rollers, so that the various parts
of the pattern fall exactly in the right
place.
An instrument called the osteotomo
has been ntentci as an impro emont
over the tedious aud clumsy surgical
methods Of cutting through bones bJ
by means Of saws and chiscls 1t s
practically n ci cular saw revolving n
very high speed by an electric motor
An ingenious devised sh cid, which
passes around the bone to he operated
upon. protects the surrounding tlesl
from injury.
n French gardener docs not care wha,
Kind of soil hc starts with. lie would be
satisfied with an asphalt pavement. bo.
cau'c he makes his soil, and so much Of
it that he has to sell it To keep his place
from being gradually raised above tho
level of the surrounding country. When
farmer once understands the laws OF
chemistry he has no difficulty in making
soil that contains all the materials needed
for plant life.
Heavy machinery is now run by ar
tcsian-well power in many parts OF
France. and the experience Of the French
shows that the deeper the well the great
or the pressure and the higher the tenn.
pcraturc The famous Grenellc well,
sunk to the depth of 500 feet and flow.
ing daily 5Or, 900 gallons, has a pressure
of sixty pounds to the square inch, the
water being also so hot that it j. used
Tor heating the hospitals.
An ingenious cmployc of New Jcr.
sey concrete lirm has invented n paving
compost on which has some very re.
markablc features. He claims that his
preparation, the composition Of which
he Keeps secret, is just as durable as
stone, but is so,t and elastic to the tread,
so that it is not only pleasant to walk
upon, but actually gives the foot an i'm
pulse like that-in lesser degree. OF
course-gaincd from spring board.
Whether his invention be possibility or
not, something of the kind would Ger.
tainly be acceptable to tired townfolk
whose feet ache and blister rs they stamp
along on the hard and noisy pavement.