Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-08-15
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Bell metal is an alloy OF copper and

Bell metal is an alloy of copper and
Hypnotism is now occasionally pro-
duccd by letter or even Il 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 the left.
The circulation of the water between
the equator and the poles only affects n
depth of about u thousand yards. Below
tins the water is perfectly quiet.
y German has invented an appara."s
for forcing sidewisc the swell in front of
fast-going ships 10y means of steam Jets
from nozzle under the water at the
bow.
Those who advocate spelling reform in
the English ianguaguc argue that one
letter out of every seven used according
to the present practice is absolutely use
less.
In some recent experiments 81, GOO
rounds were fired from one Maxim gun,
which was considered Il very high test of
the Workmanship and material Of the
gun.
1t is said that tue ox-cyc daisy, which
is abundantly fertile in the East, is for
the most part sterile in the West. In the
East ii has become serious weed; in the
We, West tit It makes small headway, go. =.
Different classes OF substances have
been found to affect the organs Of taste
i'll the following order: Bittcrs, acids,
saline substances, sweets and alkalics
The tastc-nervcs are nearly 200 times us
sensitive to quininc us to sugar.
The results of recent experiments in
the Mediterranean showing how fur day
light will penetrate the water were found
with gclatinebromidcp plates The great
est was 1918 feet, or 327 feet short of
the limit assigned some years ago.
The light reaching the pupil of the eye
i'll each second of time represents guam
tity of work which would require one
year and cighty-nine days TO raise the
temperature of grammc of water one
degree ccntimctcr (onc-eighth Falren-
hcit.)
The conclusions reached by modern
metcorologists are that cyclones of great
intensity are ascending spiral whrs
of wind having rotary motion in di-
rcction i'll the Northern Hemisphere on
positc to the movement of the hands Of n
watch. -.,-
The physicist is bcwildcrcd 10y the ap-
parently simultaneous action of gravitn-
ton upon widely separated bodies. NJ. j..
Van lleppergcr finds that the time taken
Inv ~ tnf ~, 4
the sun To the earth docs not exceed one
second s- -..-..I.t .
Spinach has u direct effect upon tho
kidneys. 4 common dandclion used rs
greens is excellent for the same trouble.
Asparagus purges the blood. Celery acts
admirably upon the nervous system and
is II cure for rheumatism and neuralgia.
Tomatoes acts upon the liver.
In the investigation in New York rs to
electrical matters an expert declared TINT
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 ncrolilc
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Iowa recently have been discovered in
Winnebago County, eleven miles north
west of Forest City. The mcteoritc had
Town TO pieces and the fragments were
distributed over II big stretch of territory
From anthropoiogical 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
predomnance ut that age being greater
than at twenty-five, Il fact which is held
to imply precocity MS an clement in the
success OF high-honor men.
Experiments of later date prove that an
egg is usually digestcd sooner than a
potato and quite as soon rs beef or NUT
ton. Hard boiled eggs require three
hours and thirty minutes. Soft boiled
eggs require three hours. Fried cgus
require three hours and thirty minutes.
Roasted eggs require two hours and iif-
teen minutes. Raw eggs require two
hours. Raw eggs (bcaten) require one
hour and thirty minutes.