The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-05-08
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

"A Pasteur vaccination institute is DC.
ing planned in Rome.
French mechanical engineers are max
ing experiments with cork car springs
An immense reservoir is being made
for the storage of water when the over
flow of the Nile fails.
For fifty candle light circuit 10, 900
ohms is claimed as a safe insulation
against danger from fire.
Two gas buoys for use in navigation
have been successfully placed in Mel
bourne (AustraGa) harbor.
Switzerland, next to England, is said
to be the most important seat of the
systematic study Of botany.
Lebel rifle cartridge cases are of solid
drawn copper; the bullet is of type
metal with thin coating of steel.
DIR. Abbott thinks that the well.
known behavior of the opossum when
attacked is due to paralyzing fear.
A German artillery officer has discov
cred new powerful explosive for shells.
Il is manufactured from carbolic acid.
The artesian well basin of Dakota sup.
plies abundant water under a pressure oil
14O pounds to the square inch from
wells 1165 feet deep.
Z. w. Bowditch, Boston sanitary
expert, has contracted to make a thor
ough examination of the sewerage sys
tenn of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Hume Carriage Company, Amcs
bury, Mass, has recently received sew
eral orders from Germany for carriages
to be sent to that country.
An English physician reeomm ends the
sting of bees as remedy for rheuma
tism. He says that he has successfully
treated 173 cases and administered 81,
600 stings.
The great advantage of high-speed
engines is that the steam has no time to
condense, or, rather, that very little of
it is condensed in comparison with the
amount utilized.
The preparation of lumber for match
woods, at the factory in Athol, is now
carried on by means OF a steam dryer,
the apparatus, as stated, possessing the
advantage of being much less expensive
and dangerous than the old.
Russian officials have tested and re
ported favorably upon a Russian inven-
tion for applying the revolver principle
to the barrels of Berdan rifles. By this
arrangement machine gun is obtained
which will fire forty-eight shots g
minute.
The temperature of the ocean, as de
termined by recent investigations, Is
very low. 1t is ice cold at the bottom
under the equator, but on the surface
within the tropics there is u relatively
thin film of warm water with tempera
ture of from seventy to eighty -four de
grees Fahrenheit.
There is a cob pipe factory located a
Sedan, No, which is doing II rushing
business The factory pays at the rate
of II cents for II t-inch cobs and ! cent
for l1-inch cobs. A man hauled loat
the other day of 15-inch cobs which
brought him $64. The time may ye
come when the people will raise whea
for the chat.
Experiments are being made with
new kind of bullet for the Berdan rife
used by the Russian troops. 1t was a
first proposed to cover the tip of tht
bullet with copper sheath, but th
idea has now been abandoned, as tn
copper was found to cause poisouou
wound. IL IS now practically ucclue'
to use nickel sheath.
Naturalists who have made their hab
its and history speciality do not admi
that snakes can jump clear of tn
ground. When cooled up they ca
spring forward or throw their body ou
to its full length; the hind part, how
ever, will still rest on the ground, wher
it was before the snake uncoiled itself
Many careful observers say snakes can
not jump clear of the ground in striking
at an enemy.
Mr.. A. d. ELDERS has recently invente,
a process for converting iron Stag int
paving blocks. His process removes tn
sulphur from the Stag, and makes 1t
homogeneous mass of great toughues
and durability. 1t is cast into squar
blocks Of any desired size and is claime
to equal in quality to the best Belg
paving stones. lis cost is considerab
less than natural rock. As the outpu
of Stag from the production of American
pig iron is now about five million ton
annually, according to Mr.. Elders, ther
is room for a big industry.