The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-21
POPULAR SCIENCE.


not mere mixture. 20
Tn experiments on the solphn,.
glass in water, plumbiferous a;n.
was found to be the least soluble :. s.s y,
relative resistance Of glasses wa. d;S aqu' "a
toward hot and cold water. "''e'
Professor Fresenius, Of vii,
Germany, declares that an eov soauet co"..
as much nourishment as a pound uSN' oaS !
ounce of cherries, a pound and ,au -
Of grapes, pound and half Of sa,' .,
apples, two pounds of gooseberr;o. 'u'N w
four pounds of pears. 40
Some additional facts of scie,,e. q,
.crest are given in recent reno,. u
cerning the artesian well-the d. ".
.he world--at Pesth, Austria. and ,,h'y, piS'
from its depth of $40 feet, supplie, I-s ~
200 gallons of water daily. having Wv ~
perature Of 15S degrees Fab. ''U
The protection of men.of war f.o.. d,
effects Of lightning has reduced c.,,'a,..l y"i y
from that cause in a remarkable da"''
In fifty years before the introduces s''' !
lightning rods over two hundred n.
iish men-of-w war were struck. wbio t"s
1910 10 1919 only forty.eight vessel. ,'S- .'-
more or less damaged.
A Corsican doctor, VI. de su.i,i /,
made sulphuric ether engine Of ,w,.. ~
horse power, which is expected 10 ,s,'',
saving of sixty-five per cent in mi
Scientific men in Paris who b,y. ,-,II
uessed its workings are said 10 b,y, !.
served their opinion as to It's merit. ma
further tests have been made
A Dutch physician declares that a., q.
connection exists between the eyerci..
mental faculties and disorder, n u
nose. He says that IL it were oors.,vy
known how many cases Of chronic b,,i
ache, of inability to learn or to per,o-
mental work, were due to chronic n
ease of the nose, many Of them would
easily cured.
A great amount of motive power
for years past, been derived from
discharge of water from arte,ian =.
in France; more so, in fact. than /, !.
other part of the world In the en-
Tours there is an artcsian well vi
drives a hydraulic wheel seven nett,
diameter, and works the machiuer
silk factory.
The very latest improvement /,
manufacture of iilaments for incanls,
lamps is a process whereby the fi-,
are heated to high Temperature byr
ing fluid fuel in a suitable urnang
at the conclusion of the operation niS
the temperature to a still higher l.-
for a short period by the iniroigass
a blast of oxygen.
1t is stated that, near Bradys d
Penn. an oil well is located which a
day pumps barrel of first.chS "a
petroleum, the residents in the vi
purchasing and burning it wiihos
having passed through any prcS
answers the purpose equally as Ea
the finest illuminating Kerosene, Us
smoke, and has no unpleasant clo
NJ Pasteur delivered an addw
other day in Paris TO the membenk
Society of Practical Medicine, SAd
declared with much emphasis thli
is never spontaneous. The miGok
ducing it, he said, was inyahaby d
mitted. This means, OF course, rs !
dog ever goes mad unless he ha !,
bitten by another mad dog, q u a
once important and reassuriuy a
The ingenious aduterator Is "A b,
home in Austria. At the hb0z1 e
Vienna, where food is auaiyz1 I'D u
ing, loaf of bread was iolaipa Iri
largely of the pulycrizcd blrld bin
sawdust and chalT; ground PHs w
found to be mixed with wood SO ,
namon was colored with ochle q. th
called "nutritious coffee colssa bed
tirely of roast acornS and chicoT IN
ilbSl'S9 hhS lNn ltlldi'l''' -
steam AS motive power and ia u
cost many thousands Of lIye H.
the use of gas rs an illuminate
tricity is now at the front ira
ment rs power and light AE Fs
some killing, but its victims a. pc
compared with those Of steam sen
less it will be rendered less ~ gus
but it must always retain capaaF pdIy
as well as good. We do not sa hac
good on this side OF eternit! ingl
A French scientist has discoTs' '''
insulating substance. A byF "'
sulting from the treatment o! q rs
sulphuric acid, which has AlH' "'
considered of no value, ha' q. ",' W.,
to furnish what, accona: Iau
Lumiere Eieetrique, is 40 ',o"
material. This a"u
which resembles Ordinary y VI
comes, after exposure to "a
hard as ebonite or yucanlt ~ y
sesses high insulating prOpe''A 'A'''