Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-03-10
SCIENTIFIC AND lNDI> >TgIaL.

Pasteur proposes t. rid Australia al
its rabbits. which have l,ee4tue danger
Gus pest. ~ iiio,n5aln-s lh,m with
chicken cholera.
Dr Siobcit Ger1nan American lhy
>ician in New York, "A caR1e tent
authority on the sub icet, holds tia,
pncumonia IS housc di>clec tnl j. IN.
frctluu>, h3tnot cnnta -ius~ II" rcii.i
ani til" prevention arc ~ mcdi,inc ana
plenty ot fresh air
ouc electric light system for ears IN
bodies both the dynamo and storage
battery. seeking II uScrc44mc the dr!c L
fron one source Of electricity ly the uS.
Of It's con jugatt.. Dynamo aul engine
are in the baggage car, and steam sup
piled from the locomotive. thc storage
battery taking ~ the worh when the
loco Is unCourld.
The singular fact is demonstrated that
Wh,lr the most rapid cannon shot,
scarcely attain velocity of SIS huudrel
meters a second. over fifteen hundred
knots per hour, mctcorites are known /,
penetrate the air with % velocity of forty
thousand or even sixty Thousand mrics>
p,r second, a Velocity which f.iisrs III,
air a, once Il a temperature OF s,oot
degrees 10 G.ouh degrees cent.
Electricity has Il; lfn9th been turned
toward the propulsion = ~ ordinary
cairiagc At brighton. England, lately.
a Io@ct,rl with "A one ialt-loi>c power
motor, and with accumu,atpr> equal Il
sly hours work. WAS shown il opera
ton The vehicle will 20 nine miles IN
hour on as halt aud four miles on III
ordinary maradamilcl road |, is not
of much account climbing hills
We see ii stated that the Chicago,
| Milwaukee, 4 II. Paul i. L., has under
| consideration plaa for working some
! forty pneumatic gates IL ctos>ings~lt
! Minncapoi $, Mimi, hy III air compressor
in the shops y pipe me viii Jap .
storage and cqualizing reservoir III each
| cabin. and connect with the compressor,
and cooling and drying tank in the shops
1t is not proposed to lay the pipe below
! frost
The latest idea in the direction Of
! waterproof loot wear is a shoe made with
u stout ealskln vamp, seamless, undcrly
! inr which is "A >tmp of tllin rubber,
ami between it and tho Inning. which Is
Of stout canvas. The bottom o' the shoe
has a rubber intcrlming between the
outer and the inner solcs. and thus tic
shoe is about aS near waterproof as a
lcathc ~ hoe can be- Il is said 10 wear
we'll and preserve lis waterproof qualities
for an indefinite period.
Some instantaneous photographs ol
bullets in motion have entity bcri
taken in Germany BY licrrcn Mach and
! r. Sllchcr. The object pf the eNpcrl
mcnt was To determine the waves tOrme(
in the air displaced by the motion If th'
bullet ENI crmcnt~ We're, therefore
made with the WcIndl cu ub'ne, 9iFln@
velocity of /, 10 Icct per second and ih'
Gucdcs rife. with velocity of ,s.ioiec
per second, and with these very dstIne
photographs were obtained, showing il
The cl,ar,.t possible manner th charlc'c
of llIo watr> set up by the bullet in it
pas sage.
Veneer manufacturers havin" been pu
to much trouble AMI *AFctsr ~ secure
from thc natives If t'or,.a.orft"n frcncl
markets, ovcn, fanct wood bni5s iron
which to carve out yenerrs ior inanuiac
turing purposes hatc demonstrated J.,
recent cXpcru4.ut, that rel Waag stump
/, posse 'nrritoriplIs gnalltIc- for urh IL
and viii undoubtedly hc sub tli.t'j T"
tie mp,r costly woods M lic intnfc
The demand for burf nd cqtl} red Moot
FIR fini,hiag work Ina 4fe .iy sraehc'
lar.c proportion, III tIe Nr,f HI
: large butt, f trees now fcir@ siin j
, California, lorcsts will BE- use.l - ], grea
! extent
| Ipjn,u EaJb eru4 announce, that
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