Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-31
POPULAR SCIENCE.
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Bell rctal is an alloy of~scpper and
tin.
Hypnotism is now occasionally pro-
duced BY letter or even telegram.
Among the singular differences between
the two sides of the face, German pro-
fessor notes that the right ear is almost
invariably higher than tbs left.
The circulation of the water between
the equator and the poles only affects
depth of about Thousand yards. Below
this the water Is perfectly quiet.
A German has invented an apparatus
for forcing side~ise the swell in front ef
fast going ships by means of steam jets
from a nozzle under the water at the
bow
Those who advocate spelling reform in
the English languague argue that one
letter out of every seven used according
to the present practice is absolutely use
less.
In some recent experiments "a, 600
rounds were fired from one Maxim gun,
which was considered very high test of
the workmanship and material of the
gun.
1t is said that the ox-eye daisy, which
is abundantly fertile in the East, is for
the most part sterile in the West. In the
East it has become a serious weed; in the
West it makes small headway
Different classes of substances have
Hz1 4hn Of
in the following order: Bitters, acids,
saline substances, sweets and alkalies.
The taste-nerves are nearly 200 times as
sensitive to quinine as to sugar.
The results of recent experiments in
the Mediterranean showing how far day
light will penetrate the water were found
with gelatine- bromide plates. The great
est was 1918 feet, or 1927 feet short of
the limit assigned some years ago.
The light reaching the pupil of the eye
in each second of time represents guam
tity of work which would require one
year and eighty-nine days TO raise the
temperature of a gramme of water one
degree eentimeter (one-eighth Fahren-
heit.)
The conclusions reached by modern
meteorologists are that cyclones of great
intensity are ascending spiral whirls
of wind having rotary motion in di-
rection in the Northern Hemisphere OPP
posite to the movement of the hands Of a
watch.
The physicist is bewildered by the ap-
parently simultaneous action of gravits-
tion upon widely separated bodies. NJ. J.
Van Hepperger finds that the time taken
by gravitation to travel the distance from
the sun to the earth does not exceed one
second
Spinach has direct effect upon the
kidneys. A common dandclon used as
greens is excellent for the same trouble.
Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts
admirably upon the nervous system and
is cure for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Tomatoes acts upon the liver.
In the investigation in New York as to
electrical matters an expert declared that
the number of volts which could be used
without danger to life varied greatly. A
horny handed man would be able to take
perhaps two thousand volts, while an.
other could not take five hundred.
The fragments of the giant aerolite
which was seen in its fall throughout all
Iowa recently have been discovered in
Winnebago County, eleven miles north
west Of Forest City. The meteorite had
flown to pieces and the fragments were
distributed over big stretch of territory.
From anthropological measurements
made on Cambridge students, it appears
that their heads continue to grow after
the age of nineteen. Those who have
obtained high honors have had, on the
average, considerably larger brains than
the others at the age of nineteen, the
predominance at that age being greater
than at twenty-five, fact which is held
to imply precocity as an element in the
success of high-honor men.
Experiments of later date prove that an
egg is usually digested sooner than a
potato and quite as soon as beef or nut
ton. Hard boiled eggs require three
hours and thirty minutes. Soft-boiled
eggs require three hours. Fried eggs
require three hours and thirty minutes.
Roasted eggs require two hours and ff-
teen minutes. Raw eggs require two
hours. Raw eggs (bcaten) require one
hour and thirty minutes.