The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.
DR.. Gill, French astronomer, has
furnished names for 1000 stars.

DR.. Gill, French astronomer, has
furnished names for 2OOO stars.
London omnibusses are to be illumi.
mated with the electric light. the storage
battery to be carried under the seat of
the drivers.
A dog can recognize the peculiar odor
OF his master among n crowd OF other
persons, and in spite OF the presence of
powerful perfumes, even at great dis
tance.
The latest meteor story is one that is
alleged to have fallen near Kew. Russia,
and which, when broken open, is said
to have been found full Of small dia-
monds.
A young French officer is said to have
invented a microphone which will record
and announce the approach of body of
soldiers and give some idea as to their
numbers.
According to recent experiments,
strycbnine undoubtedly neutraliles the
intoxicating and narcotic effects of al.
cohol 1t enables large quantities of al
cohol to be taken for considerable
stretch of time.
The restoration of some of the most
important stone structures in Paris, such
as the colonnade of the Louvre. OF the
POnt Ncuf and of the Conscrvatoire des
Arts ct Meters, has been mainly accom-
plished by means of metallic cement,
invented by Professor Bruno.
Quite number Of cases of "smokers'
vertigo" have been investigated by DIR.
Decaisne. OF sixty-three patients, forty
nine were between fifty and sixty six
years of age. More than half of them
suffered also from digestive troubles,
sleeplessness, palpitatons, etc.
Among the English inventions OF in
tcrest is one by G.. Bischoif. Of London,
called process and apparatus for puri-
flying water. According to the invent
or, water is purified by mixing with it
iron in n state of fine division, allowing
subsidcnce Of part oi the iron and effect.
ing precipitation Of II further quantity of
the iron by aerating the liquid.
According to geographical computa-
tions the minimum age Of the earth since
the formations of the primitive soils is
900, 900 years, allowing e, 200, ,000yelrs
for the primordial formation, q, 100, 600
years for the primary age, $500, 600 years
for the secondary age, 400, 900 years for
the tertiary age, and 100, 900 years since
the appearance of man upon the globe.
The discovery of electric welding has
suggested the welding together of ends
of rails so rs to make continuous rails of
1000 to 1900 feet in length. The device
would save in wear and tear, but would
necessitate n special Joint To provide for
the gap of six or seven inches which
would occur between rails of this length
temperature.
The moon has a very decided, almost
a controlling, influence upon the tides by
virtue Of its proximity to the earth's sur
face and its consequent attractive power.
The SUMS reproducing power is very
much less than the moon's-in the proper
tion OF about 4 TO .. The lunar tide is
raised in the open sea by the attraction
of our satellite. Its original shape is an
Immensely broad and excessively fiat
wave" which follows the moons appar-
ent motions.
The affection known as writer's cramps
is not confined to users of the pen, but
appears in ielegraphers and Others who
make continual use of one set of muscles.
These cramps have been variously sup
posed to result IRON a adiseased condition
of the brain, spinal cord or nerves, and
were long regarded as incurable. Dur
ing several years past, however, Wolff
has been applying gymnastics, combined
with massage, to the muscles affected.
and has succeeded in curing more than
half of the many cases treated.