The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-11-13
SCIENTIFIC AND IkDUsTRIAL.

Electric cabs are now being run In the
streets of London, England.
A new preservative of iron and steol
appears to have been found in modifl-
cation of the well-known gum lacquer, OF
the East.
Fusiblc metal, which liqui6es at the
same temperature as boiling water, is "
compound of eight parts of bismuth, tive
Of lead and three of tin.
The Westinghouse Electric Company
has been chartered by an English corpo-
ration, and will be independent OF the
company in this country.
The length of North America is nearly
5000 miles, its greateat breadth about
5000 miles and its area about one-siXth OF
the land surface of the globe.
Greenland, more than 1400 miles long,
is probably the largest island in the
world. Some geographers think it is
cluster of islands frozen together
Experts in London declare that cleo
tricity, although being rapidly pushed
forward, will not, in that city at least,
interfere to the detriment of gas compa-
nies.
The manufacture of luminous paint has
been begun in Austria on large scale, at
about a sixth of the cost hitherto. a
special paper is supplied for use when the
paint is applied to walls.
DR.. T. Bilroth, of Vienna, states that
insignificant injuries arc frequently made
serious by the uncaled for application of
carbolic acid. which skillful surgeons arc
using much less than formerly. 1t may
cause not only Inflammation, but even IA
tai blood poisoning.
A Corsican doctor, NJ. de Susini, has
made sulphuric- c-ether engine Of twenty
horse power, which is expected to realize
n saving of sixty-fve per cent. in full.
Scientific men in Paris who have wit
messed its working are said to have re-
served their opinion as to is merits until
further tests have been made.
In recent tests on forty persons, one par
/ of salicine was tasted in 10000 parts o.
water; of morphine, one in IA, 900; qui
nine, one in 76, 900; cuisine, one in go,
600; picrotoxine, one in 1877 900; albine
one in 210, 600, aud strychnine, one il
$4,000. Twelve tasters detected on
part of strychnine in /, ,2s0, 600.
The use of nitro glycerine is cases o
emergency, instead of alcohol, is recon-
mended by an English physician.
drop on the tongue rouses fainting man
and it may restore life in the case of ap
parent death, as from drowning. 1t ha
quickly relieved headache, heart pail
and asthma, and strengthened weak pulls
in fevers.
1t is found that cocoanut oil is not onl
an excellent lubricant, but it is of gres
value for lighting purposes. A French
man in Cuba has just established fat
tory for the manufacture of this oil. Il
has imported the most perfect machiner
in order that the oil produced may be I
pure as possible. The oil is very huiC
oxidizes slowly and is said to keep Ion
without turning rancid.
The American Association for the Az
vancement of Science has grown SO larl
that it is almost impossible to get a sati
factory report Of its proceedings as thu
take place. One must wait for the pu
lication of the papers read to learn VIII
they contain beyond the title. At Il
meeting in Toronto 221 papers were sc
in. and the briefest abstracts of the
would occupy so much space as to put
report of the proceedings out of the rea
of the daily pess.