Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-28
BITS OF SCIENCE.

Clue from whale refuse Is new
article OF commerce in Russia.
A stenographic instrument used by
the Italian parliament is capable of
recording $50 words minute.
Utilizing steel by welding it and
drawing it into fence wire is one of
the recent successes of electric weld
ing.
An electrical paper points out that
in Europe bronze has, in great
measure, superseded iron and copper
in electrical appliances.
A lighthouse built of masonry or
concrete is said to be the only thing
that can stand the terrific force of the
seas on Hatteras shoals.
Silk from paper pulp is made
smooth and brilliant, has about the
same elasticity as ordinary silk, and
is about two-thirds as strong.
Professor Mendenhall, the new
chief of the United States coast sur
vey, is aboat to attempt anew to To-
cate the magnetic pole of the north
ern hemisphere.
Some practical German has made
up a compound Of sugar and con.
densed milk and tea, from which a
cup of tea can be had by simply pour
ing on boiling water. DIR. Koch OF
Berlin, who claims to be able to cure
consumption by incubation, is about
to begin experiments on human pa.
tients who are afflicted with tuber.
culosis.
The high explosive carbonate ha.
recently given very satisfactory re.
suits, and it has been proven that it
is stable compound that can be
stored for a length of time without
deterioration. A floating sawmill j.
found to be useful adjunct to the
business of lumberman. The Graf,
usually employed for this purpose i:
about 40 feet by so feet and draw.
about eighteen inches of water. AL
the hands connected with the lum.
boring work live aboard.
One cause assigned by severa
physicians and druggists for the in,
craaslng number of victims to the
opium habit is the use OF antipyrene
A great number of young women, es-
peoially female clerks, take antipyrene
in such quantities that it finally loses
its restorative power. Then they re.
sort to morphine.
DR.. G, Mayer, German meterol.
ogist, has made study of synoptic
charts and, on eliminating local in
iluences, has found that the moor
ffom September to January lower.
the height of the barometer when al
the full, and raises it during her FIRST
quarter. This, or any other effect, i:
not observable in other months.
Experiments are being conducted
in the English channel, near Folk.
stone, for the purpose of testing the
geological structure of that portion Of
the sea bed upon which it is proposed
to construct bridge across the strai,
Of Dover. Thus far the sea bottom
has been found very solid and suitable
for the proposed structure.
One of the most excellent of the
recent innovations is the introduction
of metal ceilings in place of wood
and plaster. These ceilings do no,
shrink or burn like wood; they will
not stain, crack or fall off like plaster
but being permanent, durable, fire.
proof and ornamental, will eventually
supersede both wood and plaster, be-
sides being in the end far more eco.
nomical than either.
The Eiffel tower is to be utilized
in obtaining very high pressure BY
means of tube running from top tc
bottom, and filled with mercury. NJ.
Cailletet, who has already dstin
guished himself by liquefying differ
emf gases, such as oxygen aud nitro
gen, by means of high pressures, is to
employ the tube for similar purpose
1t will give pressure at the bottom
of some 400 atmospheres.
1t is said that Parnell will soon