The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-10-24
POPULAR SCIENCR.

The Lick Observatory is to have rival
in Colorado, 5000 feet above the sea-s
level. .:
The specific gravity of milk is about
1888. Its actual weight is Q. Is pounds
per quart or s.6 pounds the gallon.
A German professor says that thirty
Eve flashes OF common lightning would
keep an incandescent lamp burning for
an hour.
According to Pasteur and chamberlan4,
typhoid bacillus is in ninety nine cases
,ut OF hundred communicated through
drinking water. 80. -. -. s.1.5s ~ ~
The Gastroscope is an Instrument b.
which the interior of the stomach may bs
Illuminated, and the condition of thsl
lining membrane determined. It is q
delicate and costly instrument.
The range of 90, 600 yards, attained By
by elevating one of the newest breech-i.
leaders to As degrees, has led to the cal
,ulat;on that the Hilton gun fred az
that elevation would carry twenty miles
The greater part of our asbestos connea
from Canada. The mineral is also mined
in this country, but that found here thus
far has been shorter in fibre than the Can.
adam, and is not equal to it for many ps,rs. B
poses.
Crude petroleum is increasingly used as ]
substitute for coal on account OF cheap
ness aud ease of handling. The four3
mills and evaporator weeks at Fenon,
Mich. will be run with this 'fuel Old"
hereafter. .... .i....- 49,. 81. rs 8
The metal balls inside the round sleigh. !,
bells, are placed inside of the sandcore.
which occupies the space inside the belk
In casting the sandcore is burned away
and the piece of metal is closed In the
bell form. -. D.. ,n. ,-aa,. Il, ~ y
DR.. Donald @. Hood has collected
many facts relating to the use OF salicyiic
acid for rheumatism. OF f25 patients
treated with salicylates, 523 were relieved
Of their pains within seven days; whereas.
of 612 patients treated by other Methods
only lao were relieved within the same
time. ,.
A new disease has broken out among
The grape vines OF Santa Anna and San
Gabriel valleys of California. It isl
kermed the sapsour, and the cau:e Of It |
40 one knows. The. vines begin to \
wither and in a short time die. Tha
disease is infectious and spreads very
rapidly. .
A new use for wire is described. Itist
stated that in various military districts
of North and South Germany, as well
as in Holland, trials have been made Of |
wire soles covered with substance re-I
sembling India rubber. These soles are
sad to be more durable than those made
of leather, and to cost only about hall
the price of leather.
A novel electric railway is undergoingt
construction in q suburb of St. Paul,
Minn. The railroad is an elevated struc- !
ture, aud the cars are hung below it elosel
to the street level. They hang from setsI
of wheels taking their power from tneI
tracks, which are charged with electricity.
A speed of from eight to ten miles An
hour is claimed for the cars. -,
The quantity of ice that sometimes
sdheres to the branches oftrees has been
greatly over estimated, according to Mr.
:. E. Bessey. In a freezing storm last
February fine box elder, twenty-five
eet high, with q rounded top fuay}
twenty-five feet in diameter, was brill
antly covered with crystals, whose
weight did not exceed 800 pounds.