Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat thinks
that in view of the tremendous strides
thst electricity is making as 8 street rail.
way motor we shall travel at a speed OF
100 miles an hour within the next ten
years.
A DR.. Freund of Vienna proposes to
cure cancerous patients by reducing the
quantity of sugar in their blood, his
the presence Of an abnormal quantity OF
sugar.
The temperature necessary to melt
wrought iron lies between 4oOG' and
5000 F., and even then it is only rem
dered fluid by the addition OF a small
amount of aluminium.
A London company now supplies OK
ygen gas at the rate OF shillings per
1000 cubic feet. The gas is used for lime
light and lantern purposes, and also for
blowpipe and other chemical operations,
such as reviVipg the oxide Of iron used TO
purify coal gas.
DR.. Voisin relates the case OF girl, IL
years Of age, who was most inYeterate
and persistent liar, and whom he cured
| completely of this reprehensible habit by
means of hypnotism. Here is g grand
field Of usefulness opened before this
young science Medical Record.
Mr.. Alexander Watt, the author Ct sew
ersl valuable works on metsllurgy, thinks
that cobalt should take its place IS 8 sub
stitute for nickel for coating various ar
ticles. The advantages claimed for 1t
are Its superior wilderness and the readi-
ness with which 1t msy be deposited by
electricity.
A new accumulation, the anode of which
is formed Of plate made from mixture
of powdered carbon and lead oxide, has
been brought out. The cathode consists
of layer of mercury in q shallow insuls-
ting dish. The element Is formed by
placing them one above another and con-
Meeting them SO as to form single dec
trode.
An inventive German has devised 8
coffin for the convenience of those who
havesa dread Of being buried alive. 1t is
provided with valve, by means CT which
fresh sir Is admitted in quantity sufficient
to support life, and there is an arrange
ment Of wires, by means Of which the
least movement Of the body sets an cleo
trio bell ringing.
The lighthouse board is about to under
take the lighting Of buoys which mark
dangerous points in our rivers and har-
bors by electricity. The present method
consists in supplying them with oil or
gas, which entails much trouble and ex-
pense in replenishing them. Lighted by
electricity they would be at all times IN
der control.
Il has been stated that since the sun
flower has been cultivated on certain
swamps of the Potomac malaria fever has
decreased. At the mouth OF the Scheldt, !
in Holland, it Is stated thst similar re-
suits have been observed. The sur flower
emits large volumes Of wHter In the form |
of vspor, and its aromatic odor, IS well
as the oxygen It exhales, may hsve some
thing to do with the sanitary influence in
question.
A new device for stopping the thrush Of
water through the damaged side OF 9 |
ships hull has been brought out and al
ready supplied 10 several lines OF steam
ers, II is an improved tarpaulin pad,
window blind, and when IN
furIed over hold In the ships side and |
when held in place by the shield provided
with it renders the inflow of water i'm
possible. It was recently on view ct
the Royal Exchange.
Mr.. Ernest Msx Fasoldt, msnufactur-
ing optician of Albany. N. z, has just re-
ceived s patent on very clever con-
triyance as handle for the incsndescent
electric light. 1t Is flexible standard 80
arranged that the lamp can be introduced
into the throat, or wound, or any in
cision, for the sake Of making medical
examination. The handle will bend into
any required position, and can be re-
turned to its original form without break
ing the electric circuit.
Tue Boston Journal # Commerce tells
now To cut a bottle; "Put the bottle or