Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-02-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

An English engineer has a process b
which he thinks he can condense tn
solid part Of smoke BIZ electrical means
and return it to the fire for consumption
Amalgams present many peculiarities
Thus iron. antimony, sodium, silver ant
gold, will dissolve IN mercury: but !
anthony amaleam be mixed wit
sodium amalgam, the antimony is throw
out-iron also
DR.. kost's explorations Of the Ichetuc
knee River in Florida have brought t.
light the remains OF another mastodon
The bones were discovered near tn,
spot at which he had previously dug VI
the remains Of three other species 0
prehistoric animals-the megatherlum
mylodon and paleotherlum.
one of the largest and most valuabl.
trees in the South pas recently cut j,
Woodruff Comfy, Ark. 1t was cypress
and made a log nine feet four inches IL
diameter at the butt, seven feet IL
diameter at the top and forty-six fee
long. It measured 10, 400. feet in lum
Der, goo, 900 in shingles, and was wortl
$500.
BY means Of improved appliances thu
Germans are now able to extract 1871
per cent. Of beet sugar and 0.65 per cen
Of molasses. or a total of II. 96 pound;
per 100 pounds Of beets. The cost ol
this sugar is only two cents per pound
The sugar is produced III cnormou.
quantities, sufficient for the home suppl,
and a large export trade.
II 49, ~o l,a*<1z. -
to be manufactured on a very extensive
scale; their weight is less than those 0
glass or stone ware, and they are les;
liable to brcakage. Paper being also al
excellent non-conductor, fluids stored IL
air-tight paper bottles will withstand ],
more intense degree of heat or cold thar
when put in ordinary bottles.
Saccharine, the product from tar.
which is said to be three hundred timer
sweetcr than sugar, has been of wonder
full benefit to the Crown Prince of Ger
many. 1t is said to have great curative
qualities for diabetic persons and SOM,
forms Of govt. In cases of obesity anc
the manifold complications where or.
binary sugar food 4 objectionabl,
saccharinc is invaluable.
A flying machine invented by two New
York electricians IS to be exhibited al
the Paris exposition. AS no storage sys
TEN or primary battery has yet been de,
vlsed light enough to be carried by the
machine itself the latter must be operated
from a dynamo by which it dis to be con.
nccted Try wires. If it could only be sup.
Piled with a motor to operate it directly
~ rn,JlI fl tho hoortc of +hoeo "a
in it With JOY. Another machine which
has it~bcal habitation in this city has
been in the same fix for the past ten OF
twelve years.
In the year 1881 a Portuguese traveller,
Don Dcigo Cam, was the first of his
nation to reach the rushing waters of the
Congo. He erected there and then q
marble column, or 7a7ro, at the rivers
mout. In record of the event. There has
it stood undisturbed and undiscovered
all these decades, until word has come
that DR.. Schrerin, the Swedish agent OF
the Scandinavian Government, sent tc
examine the location for a Swedish
colony on the Congo. came Upon Senior
Cams pillar, Just g, it had been left, ex
cept for cracking and discoloration.
Dining the burning of a mill at Carl
ton, Mich, recently, according. to the
Amer1can Mt1, the big engine which
drove the machinery continued to run
all through the blaze, and by that means
was saved from de,trnction, though there
was not a wall standing on any side of il
when the fire was finished. The pumps
were also running, and kept the boiler
supplied, so there could be no explosion.
It was a peculiar spectacle to see the en-
zine driving away at a slashing speed in
the midst of the flames. but the motion
somehow saved it from fire. All the rest
pf the machinery was a total loss.