The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-21
OTIS OF SCIENCE.
The average price Of g,s in London IS Ga
cents per 200 cubic feet.

The average price Of gss in London IS Ga
cents per 1000 cubic feet
One million dollars for a now government
telescope Is proposed in congress.
Tho movement Of glaciers in summer is
found 10 be four times that made IN the
winter.
One ton Of coal is capable Of yielding an
amount Of force equivalent to that Of SIX and
twO-thirds men.
The tooth with which young cohras cut
their way through the egg Is shed as soon as
il has served It's purpose.
The latest statistics from Pcrsia give its
dimensions 20,9s6 square geographical miles
and population Of 100000.
In 1916 one bushel Of corn would buy one
pound of nails; now ten pounds can BE-
bought for the same quantity Of corn.
In testing forty-two boys between Q and Is
years Of age for color blindness, not one
made an error IA matching the colors.
The preservation Of rails in use IS due %
the formation Of magnetic oxide produced by
the compression Of the rust on the metal
Cryolite for making candles is brought
from Greenland, where important and little
known mining operations are carried on.
Experiments carried on at Astralhan show
that the culture Of the silk worm could be
carried on as far north as the mouth Of the
yolga
Recent researches show that the electrical
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OF the examinations OF nervous structures IN
muscles.
The Poughkeepsie bridge has five river
spans about 900 feet each, and two short
spans each POI feet long. Cost Of bridge,
S2,5OO,0OO
The vegetable matter in tho sea to the west
ward Of the Azores has been found 70 contain
a large amount Of fish and other life sustain
ing substances.
The New England Meteorological society
proposes a loan exhibition of meteorological
apparatus, photographs, etc, in connection
with It's fourteenth regular meeting in Boston.
The danger from gases only in connection
with house drainage are said TO be compare
lively easy to avoid, the main consideration
being continuous thorough ventilation OF
the pipes.
There are propositions in France 70 con-
struct canals from Bordeaux TO the seaboard
Of the Atlantic and from Narbourne to the
Mediterranean; total length, $50 miles cost,
s13O,OoOOOO
To the changed condition Of a vessels mag
netism by induction during lengthy voyage
may DO attributed the loss Of more vessels
than IS usually thought to be the case among
maritime men,
DR.. Rutgers, Of England, after an extern
sive series Of dietetic experiments, declares
that a vegetable diet can easily be lived on,
and that vegetable albumen Is, weight for
weight, equal to animal albumen
Professor Geddes calls attention to two ten
denotes In organic evolution-tho vegetative
and the reproductve-and asserts that evo-
luton is the result Of the universal subordi-
nation Of the former 70 the latter.
In the new process Of metal plating the in
ventor does away With batteries and dyna-
mos and depends upon a double electrical
IN copper plating cast iroh an
alkaline bath is used In place OF an calculated
one
One Of the chief features Of tho use OF pa
per fabric for building purposes is the ease
With which II can be worked into sheets Of
any required width or thickness that will not
be affected by changes OF temperature or hui
nudity.
At a recent meeting Of tho Academy Of
Sciences the prince of Monaco read paper
demonstrating the possibility OF shipwrecked
people, who have taken 10 the boats and are
without provisions, being able 10 sustain life
With what they could catch in drag net
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