The Opelousas courier., 1890-07-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

Artificial ice can be manufactures so
t IT. =" Or = forty cents per 100 pounds, i
The experiment of treating typholo
fever by prolonged immersion OF the
a;an+ IN water has been tried with
gratifying success.
The importance of placing compressed
or as . motive power within easy reach
~ the small manufacturer has peer
racoonized at Birmingham, England
The measurement Of 1000 students al
Cambridge England. showed that success
in literary examinations is in no way o
nected with stature, strength or breathing
capacity.
An Australian meteorologlst claims &c
have nroven that the moon has an 1ndu
ence on the magnetic needle, varying
with its phases, declination and distance
from the earth.
The basin of an extinet crater mas oeen
turned into a storage reservoir or money
Side Valley, New. It is n mi a nan !
miles long by one mile wide, and Is leo
by a canal that taps Susan River.
A horse can perform $4,000 UNITS o.
uork-that is, q horse can raise 33,OOt
pounds onefoot in one minute. An engin'
that can do the same amount OF WORK Ii
] said to be a one-horse-power engine.
A new telephone has been brought 0 III
in England which is said not to infringe
upon any existing patent. 1t IS OF Int
most simple construction, conslstlngol al
e1ectro-maenet and cellulold diaphragm
River water was substituted for spring
water in one of the quarters OF farl
several times last summer. In every IN
stance, according to the Sena@ans Ne0'e0se
an increase of typhoid fever was %
served.
An electric typewriter is being con
structed which will write letters IN NeV
York as they are transmitted from bos
ton, and vice versa, the communication
being transmitted simultaneously owe
four separate wires .
Great progress is being made IN rapl'
photography. Lord Rayleigh has pno
tographed a minute jet of water IN tn
100, OOOth of a second, and a new Gamer
takes ten successive views a second o.
the turning of a crank.
DR.. Weisman, a German biologist,
irving to show that artificial modinca
tons of living forms can be transmits
from one generation to another. He IA
cut the tails off some 900 white mice L
the hope that they will breed a race c
mice without tails.
Sir James Crichton Browne says tn
Scotch brain averages so ounces. the Eag
fish 40 ounces. the German 4o.3 ounce
and the French 47.9 ounces. Sir JAIME
is a Scotchman, which accounts sor tn
position of that race at the head OF To
cerebelic procession.
The construction of the pillars an
foundations of the great Forth bridge
Scotland consumed 81, 900 tons of cemer
and 707, 900 cubic feet of granite. IN
total amount of resulting masonry IS III
900 cubic yards. The weight of the ste'
in the bridge proper is 81, 900 tons.
1t is said that in each ton of camphc
wood brought to this country from Japa
there is twenty-five per cent. of camphe
and seventy-fve per cent. of waste. Mor'
ever, one-half of the camphor evaporatt
during the sea voyage, leaving twelve an
one-half per cent. of the drug after IT
!; duction. This accounts for the high prit
: / of the article.
There are many very warm spots c
the torrid zone, but Bohrin, by the Gu
of Persia, seems to be, as far as temper'
{ ture goes, absolutely without a rival. F.
, forty consecutive days in July and A
gust last year, which was by no means {
exceptional season, the thermometer w
+ known not to fall lower than 100 degre
/ Fahrenheit, night or day, and often r'
q up as high as 1913 degrees in the afte
noon.
A strong alkali at once applied to
e snake bite will decompose all the veno
which it touches. So if both fangs of t
% snake have pierced the. skin the tv
q wounds should be made one with a sha
q knife, and then filled with dry carbona
y of ammonia. Frequent small dissolv'
;. doses of the same should be taken !
wardly, or fifty drops of aromatic spir
of ammonia taken hypodermically, for
w. peculiar effect upon the blood.
- Electricity for Tanning.