The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-26
Science and Industry.

The amount of lumber useo in n is
country is enormous. L, requires l.
4OO, 600 feet for cigar boxes alone.
The discovery of the cellular struc-
ture of plants is credited to the natural
lists of the seventeenth century.
White lead Is manufactured by the
new HaEnay method direct from The
ore IL the space OF few hours. while
by the old process it was matter Of
several mocths.
The French chemist who discovers = 7
oleomargarine has now invan ed a pr8-
cess for treating steel by which steel
bronze and bell metal can b. made AT
fabuous.y low prices.
A Notwithstanding boy will not
make a s'rong man. He VIII have i'm
paired digestion, small and poor mus
cies, irritable temper, and a lack of
capacity for sustained efforts Of any
kiud.-DI. Bartholow.
Mr. Edison says ..Undoubtedly the
next great discovery will bs some
me;hcd of getting electricity from coal
direct without jhe intervention OF boil
ers TO make steam, steam-driveu en-
gines 20 run dynsmos, which in their
turn, with the intervention OF mapna.-
ism, do work, whether in operating
moters or in making light
The Queen Of Italy har re-es. ablisbed
The manufacture OF Eurano lace. Th.
i"du8lrF had -'mc.' .hoIrs o. d ra,.
TIN 41ocu fouud ~ cid van.an ,Lo
knuF thI L, aud hgd her teach
number of younger women. The re.
suit is ibat BuIano lace has again be
come source of large revenue to the
people of Burauo.
Hetrole is the name given to a manu-
factured substitute for coal, made by
hTm in Minneapolis. and IS the direct
outcome of the scarcity of fuel which
has retarded the birth of manufactur,
ing industries In that city and in fact
the whole Northwest. Il IS made from
saw dust, the residum Of crude metro.
Ieum, and number of other iDgredi-
ents which are not made known by the
inventors.
The walnut that grows in Persia.
Asia Minor, and Circasia. makes the
costiiest of all cabinet woods. woods.
The veneers are cut TO one handred and
twentieth of an inch ID thickness. and
sometimes as thin as 175 TO an inch.
The veneers used on furniture are some
what thicker F.; the thinner ones being
used on picture frames and covering for
walls. after being backed with strong.
tough paper.
Algarobilla is a tanning material that
is used in the Argentine RspabIic.
South America, and gives satisfactory
results English Tanners have expert
mented with AlgaTobilla and sorse of
them employ it to-day In their tanne7ies
in Eagland. It is very rich in tannin.
The pods of this plant contain forty to
sixty per cent of tannin, and are gath.
cred before becoming quite ripe. If
this is neglected, the tannia. which is
yellow powder, would be lost.
One of the difficulties OF cotton spjn.
Hng, says an exchange, is lack of
moisture in the atmosphere but that
has now been overcome in some meas
ure by the invention of a ''fog ma
chine, which generates what at first
glance appears to be steam, but which
IS really spray of water separated into
so fine mist that it has the appearance
of one of nature's fogs. By the use Of
this spray the temperature of a spinning
room can be lowered to the right de-
gree, and the humidity, which is the
more important consideration, regulat-
ed to a nicely.