The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-05-24
Scientific and Industrial.


Paris. which will do its work in less
than an hour. -.
Kerosene as Il therapeutic aMtTis
highly spoken of by DR.. H. A. tr6ss
in the Medical World.
In new swedish glass pho'phorus
and boron are the most important of
fourteen constituents.
A commission ofthe German rail-
way companies estimates the dura.
ton of steel rails a thirty-five years.
Quatrefages recR,ns up at least i72
races of men, all However reducible
to the three fundamental black, yell
low and white stems.
Boxite, or silveine, as some call
it, has been discovered near Adairs-
vile, Ga. 1t is said to be worth $40
ton, and is being mined.
A recent patent applies to a ma.
chine for busting poisonous powders
on growing plants, such as cotton or
potatoes, to rid them of insects.
A project for the repression of false
marks or origin ON industrial prod
uct has been submitted to the Indus.
trial Conference AT Madrid.
Steel seamless boats are made BY
hydraulic power in England. They
are said to be superior to those Of
wood, and can be produced at about
the same cost.
The use Of saccharine in France has
been restricted, AS its antiseptic ma.
lures. when used in large quantities,
retards digestion, neutralizing the
gastric juice.
The American Cotton Seed 2ll
Trust is now cunning mill for max.
ing paper from the halls remaining
after all the oil has been squeezed out
Of The cotton seed.
Willis Barnes, of Charleston, Ind,
has invented little machine which
is operated by clOckWOrK aud marks
automatically, on glass, $4,000 lines
on the space of an inch.
The vapor of glycerine has recently
been used by French physicians
whenever a distressing or frequent
cough has had to he alleviated. The
remedy is very simple application.
The new storage battery for light.
ing cars by electricity, recently test.
ed on the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad, has capacity that will
supply ten lamps with light for thir.
ty consecutive hours.
A remarkable feature of the large
coal mine at st. Andre du Poirise,
France, which is over 5000 feet in
depth. is the comparatively low tenn.
perature experienced which is seldom
more than Is degrees farenheit.
A new electric boring machine for
drilling rivet. holes in boilers not only
has a small motor for driving the
drill. but is held up against the plate
by means of a pair of powerful cleo
tro-magnets, making clamping un.
necessary.
An EnglishInan has invented
means Of utilizing the principle Of
stills with wheels. The wheels aYs
fastened to the feet as stills are, and
each acts as sort of indeL endent bi.
cycle. They 60 very fast 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 at the
rate of five turns a minute. The
waves of sound caused by the move.
ment of another vessel are received
by membrane and transmitted by
means of a microph0ne to receiver,
which indicates 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 electric bell also
sounds. Several receivers are intend.
ed to be worked from the same trans.
mitter, 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.