West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-05-15
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

new crematory is TO be built In
Paris, which Will do its work in les.
Than an hour.
Kerosene as therapeutic agent is
highly spoken OF by DIR. III. A. Gross in
the Medical World.
In new Swedish glass phosphorus
ana boron are the most important OF
fourteen constituents.
A commission of the German railway
companies estimates the duration of
steel rails at thirty-fve years.
Quatrefages reckons up at least 172
races OF men, all however reducible To
the three fundamental black, yellow and
white stems.
Boxite, or silverine, as some call it,
mas been discovered near Adairsville, Ga.
1t is said to be worth $40 ton, aud is
being mined.
a recent patent applies to a machine
Tor busting poisonous powders on grow
ing plants, such as cotton or potatoes, to
rid them of insects.
A project for the repression of false
marks OF origin on industrial product
mas been submitted to the Industrial
Conference Mt Madrid.
Steel seamless boats are made by hy.
draulic power in England. They are said
10 be superior to those of wood, and can
DC produced at about the same cost.
The use of saccharine in France has
been restricted, as its antiseptic natures
when used in large quantities, retards di-
gestion, neutralizing the gastric juice.
The American Cotton Seed Oil Trust
is now running a mill for making paper
from the hulls remaining after all the oil
has been squeezed out of the cotton seed.
Willis Barnes, of Charleston, Ind. has
invented little machine which is oper.
ated by clockwork, aud marks, automati-
caliy, on glass, 80, 900 lines on the space
Of on inch.
The vapor of glycerine has recently
been used by French physicians when
ever distressing or frequent cough has
had to be alleviated The remedy is
very simple in application.
The new storage battery for lighting
cars by electricity, recently tested on the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, has
a capacity that will supply ten lamps
with light for thirty consecutive hours.
A remarkable feature of the large coal
mine at st. Andre du Poirisc, France.
which is over 5000 feet i'm tlepth, is the
comparatively low temperature expert
enced which is seldom more than as deg.
Fahrenheit.
A new electric boring machine for drill
ing 'rivet- holes in boilers not only has n
small motor for driving the drill, but is
held up against the plate by means of a
pair of powerful electromagnetic, making
clamping unnecessary
An Englishman has invented n means
OF utilizing the principle of stills with
wheels. The wheels are fastened to the
feet as stills are, and each acts as n sort
OF independent bicycle. They 90 very
last when one has learned how to walk
on them.
An apparatus has been invented which
is intended for prevention of collision in
time of fogs. A large funnel is mounted
on the fore part of the vessel, and turns
round ut the rate of five turns a minute.
The waves Of sound caused by the move
ment of another vessel are received by a
membrane and transmitted by means OF
microphonc to a receiver, which indi.
Gates by means of electro magnets from
which point of the compass the noise
comes. These are indicated by white
disks marking the direction, and an cleo
trio bell also sounds. Several receivers
are intended to be worked from the same
transmitter, for the Captain and also for
the engine man, who could stop at once,
or slow down if the vessel was coming in
the opposite direction.