The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-10-04
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be largely increased.
Power obtained from a IN of water
mile distant is to be used tr lighting tSe
tower of Segorbe, In Spain,
The maximum intensity If the LIGHT
from the Eiffel tower is 100000 carcels
giving range of 127 miles.
It has recently been propoed to use an
alloy of zinc and phosphorus IN boilers to
prevent incrustation and pittng.
Naturalists and others are becoming
considerably alarmed over the prospect
of the early determination of he kanga-
roo.
Experiments made on the dog and
rabbit show generally that the quality of
water is less in the venous than in the
arterial blood.
NJ. Chauvin concludes that lcehnd spar
possesses magnetic rotary power not only
in the direction of It's axis, but also in
the neighboring direction.
After more than twenty-seven years the
pearl oyster has produced pearls off the
Madras coast in sufficient quantities to be
worth the expense of fishing.
Gurjun oil produced from fir tree
that grows in the Andurame Island is
said to be a sure cure for leprosy. 1t is
used by Injunction and taken internally.
Carpenters and other tool users who
keep up with the times now use a mixture
of glyceripe instead of oil for sharpening
their edge tools. Oil, as it is well known,
thickens and smears the stone.
The invention of a ''fog machine, +" by
which water is thrown in spray as fine as
vapor, makes 1t possibleto spin the finest
cotton thread in mills established in the
hottest, dIyest parts of the South.
The Insect House of the Geological So
ciety of London is said to be the only
place where an attempt is made to at
tract public attention to the various and
wonderful groups of the insect family.
The increase in the amount of tonnage
passing through the Suez Canal is claimed
to be due in great measure to the light
ing Of the canal by electricity, admit
ting of its use by night as well as by day.
Abroad conductors are being laid
underground and insulated by placing the
bare wires in glass tubes, which are pro
tected by layers of cement, outside of
which is "a iron pipe. This method is
cheap, gives high degree of insulation,
and water cannot penetrate
Both the French and German Govern
ments have provided facilities for the ex-
animation and certifcation of electrical
instruments, and it is now found that ap-
paratus bearing the official Endorsement
brings a better price in Continental
markets than non-attested instruments.
A steam carriage in which coke is used
as fuel has lately appeared in France.
The driving is effected by two hind
wheels, and the speed attained is about
fifteen miles per hour, twenty-eight and
three-guarter gallons OF water being suf-
ficient for a run of twenty-five miles.
In an improved method of wire-mak.
ing, the wire is drawn cold over success
sive pairs of rolls, each pair having a
greater speed than the pair preceding 1t,
with an intervening friction clutch to
graduate the speed of the rolls to the
speed of the wire in process of rolling.
From the general appearance of the
vegetation, together with discussion of
the origin and relations Of the florist, it
is concluded by eminent botanists that
Greenland is not a European province
from the point of view of botanical ge-
ography, but has nearer relations to
America.
A century ago only 300 species of
orchids were known, and those very i'm
perfectly. Now the latest authority gives
the extreme number of knows species as
10000. This may be an excessive esti-
mate, but shows the immense advances
which have been made in our knowledge
of these interesting plants, for which
collectors now ransack the most remote
quarters of the globe.