The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-11
SCIENCE AND iNpusrRx


): The number Of telegraph station
in the world was increased last Yea
by 1900. l'7ssi' '7i'' fs@
/ WoPaln furnishes nearly a thi I'd Q
|. the M W worlds production of slead.e Tn
deposits ss are extremely numerous, an,
/, l Inc ore Is OF exceptional purity i
az -. "A curious n use istound for molasse
6Dy IRON n'tn i founders. They mix it witt
! sharp sand or gravel & to make tn,
COZ, cores 'e Tor certain kinds of work. en-
aneM7 Etiesctrical coal mining maehine
! are are being introduced into English
MINES which can do as much work a,
four lTJ men Electricity is also used to
haul coal out of mines. a,-..-;..,,r :
- "a thermographic printing press
capable .pao OF turning, of, 1000 impress
sl lfAHs: an hour from hot type on wood
Is new French production. 1t is safe
70 o yield results a equal to Autograph. /.
The practical results of the appli
cal cation ono OF electricity to tempering stee
! are said to be, very satisfactory, boil
IN regard to the cost and also uniform
lty OF the product, as we'll as its an
pn inca 40 to tempering lower grades O.
steel into good spring steel. ~ tay
The Electrician reports a rumo;
from Berlin to the effect that a mean.
has been discovered of using electricit,
for ascertaining the true north. instead
OF the magnetic, needle; that. in short
the new means will be superior to tn,
compass, and is likely to. supercede it
9 There There are 5,747 n central stations
: Tl y d isolated electric light plants in
The United States showing an increase
OF OF 2,067 plants in q year, There are
also 1904 400 incandescent lamps il
use, or 754, $50 more, than lively,
m months previously, rof8 ad4 ezaeaad /
departments again made in Lon.
don with carbo-dynamite, one of tn.
, latest 0 explosives. would seem to show
t 'll 1t possesses some important adj
vyaantages over ordinary dynamite
among. others that, of n considerably
greater power, and the. generation O,
Ifll Oh less noxious vapor when ex
ploded IN in, confined places. It is com
posed OF Initro7glycerine absorbed by
ten parts OF a variety, of carbon and is
claimed to be entirely unaffected b.,
water. D' ~ 70" $50 -
TT is well known that oil or fat is
an important Ingredient in the food o
the Esquimapx to support the ANNA
heat, = 1t is not. SO widely known. thai
oil is quite as essential, though for,
different purpose, for the native race.
OF the tropics. Among other POSSIBLE
functions it, supplies an oily secretion
in the perspiration, necessary for the
protection OF, the external horny layer
OF the skin when exposed to strong
sunlight and heat. 1s6 10 31o at+o1
an-FThes new sugar produced from coal
called saeeharine. has been condemned
by Paris doctors. because it seriously
lmpairs digestion. They recommend
that its use as an article of diet be for
hidden by law. and an ordinance tt
that effect is said tOhave been enacted.
Ihe good old cane sugar seems likel,
to retain its place, for while yet, in
spite of new inventions and artifcially
high prices. 500 SID div bo1a1- Lii1
1T is well-known that in observing
transits, and other delicate astronom
ical operations, the operator street.-the
a. spider web ACROSS the inner surface
of the glasses because no thread can
be manufactured fine enough. But
even the web Of the common spider il
too coarse. and as it is really a rope O.
eight strands, it has to be UNFINISHED
a very difiicultand delicate operation
and only one strand is used. But D
variety of spider has been found ir
MISUNDERSTANDING whose thre c.
has only three strands, and the preciou
creatures are considered a great treas
nre: They are brought up very care
fully. fed and taken care Of and no
to come in contact with theii
plehian cousins diuom cid olhi n"'