The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24
PorULAR SCIENCE.
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Bread made with sea-water I. -,
be good remedy for scrofula. '
The French have tried smoksl., :.
der with the biggest guns success,n,I,
A man requires about eiph, ~
pounds weight Of food in the con.'I nu.u'
year.
Stanley says he frequently s..
mercury mark 135 degrees in Tho ~
in Africa. 'ua
There are thirty-fve yari,s.
granite in Maine, each of wb;as +,
easily recognized distinctive eb,',.
istics.
A house in Southfairfeld. Mich
set on fire by the rays of the sun ,as,
from some tin pans tina. had bas.
out to dry.
American wheat contains ne,r,v ..
as much gluten and nitrogc,
muscle-making elements tba, o,.1
in Australia. sO,
Electric launches proved so ,r,.
ful Mt the recent Edinburgh Evhih;s
showing that they could travel ,ir H.
an hour carrying a heavy cargo ,b,,
is now proposed to start an oloaJ
ocean ship. ~
A new electric lantern In, hoo,
signed in Vienna for the Use Of les,..
and medical classes BY a conbD,,1
of lenses the magnifed image Of :, :
ject is projected on white screen II
natural colors.
The circumfcrences OF man, y.
and the calf of the leg are the ~
The circumference os the neck son
twice the circumference Of the vr'l
Three times the circumferenee n,
head equals the length of the BODY
A Berlin restaurant and cafe |, cal
in summer and heated in winter bv ~
tricity, and the food of light from /,
electric lamps is tinted delicate Mn
which is so becoming to the eo-
plexions of the lady visitors tba. n
place is thronged.
From the investigations by Profess
Foster aud De Freytag, sailing or pickEl
seems to have very little des,ruri
power on many Of the commone, tr
of bacilli, which may be found in di.a,I
meat. The bacilli of typhoid, erv,Oeli
tubercle and infectious porcine dsea,l
were found alive after having been
pickle two months.
The experiment of treating typho|
fever by prolonged immersion Of n
patients in water has been tried hi
Liverpool hospital with gratifying Sd
cess, Four cases were recently reportel
one of which involved six days n
mersion; two Others eleven days cad
and the fourth sixteen days. They wI
all severe cases, and every one Of 4
patients recovered.
The scoring of the bores Of mode
cannon by the new powders in use
claimed to be due to the fact that upI
ignition all of the powder is not turu
to gas, some of it remaining IN a fu
state. 1t is this latter which does
scoring by being thrown with such iOu
against the metal of the gun that the
sulting action is very similar to that
sand blast for cutting glass.
There are two periods of life in vhi
the powers of resistance TO adverse
fluences are excessively weak. 10
fancy, from birth TO five years Of q
but especially in the first yearo exis:eu
the power Of life is very feeble, aad \
is the reason that SO many Infants
suddenly in convulsions. Again. af
the age of sixty.tive Is passed, the VI
tenacity is lowered, the substance
the heart and of the muscles in gene
becomes fatty, and there is immin%
liability To sudden failure Of the haf
action.
Another electrical device has
Drought out 10 afford communicilOa
tween trains in motion and to ps'
accidents. Batteries and the neoess
connections are placed on each engin1
central conductor being laid pam
with the rails. Should two trains
proach within n certain distance oia
other, an alarm is sounded in each
with an electric gong and sielmWa
is set blowing. The engine drives
stop the train and communicate Ola
phone. This communication cil
effected when the engines are si
running or still, An automatic ag'i
also given if switch is misplaced
bridge burned or washed away
ditional batteries are placed
stations along the road, and these
the alarm should those placed Oh
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