Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-17
SCIENCE CLIPPINGS.

PRoF. AYEroN estimates that the pow
er wasted at Niagara Falls exceeds that
which could be produced by the annual
consumption Of l5o, 600, ,ooo.tons of coal.
TIM steamship City of Paris can show
10000 indicated horse power-being
fully equal to the combined water pow
or of the cities of Lowell and Lawrence,
Mass.
A FINE opportunity to test tho rela-
tive speed between steam and electrical
railways viii be afforded this summer
on the parallel roads running to Revere
Beach from Boston.
GERMANY claims to have the fastest
armored cruiser in the world. 1t is the
"Grief," of two thousand tons and five
thousand four hundred horse power
She attained speed of twenty-three
knots.
THoUGH few people know it, the base
OF celluloid is common paper. BY
action of sulphuric and nitric acids, It
is changed to gun cotton, then dried,
ground, and mixed with from twenty to
forty per cent. of camphor, after which
it is ground fine, colored with powder
colors, cast in sheets, pressed very hard,
and at last baked between sets of super
heated rollers.
Slow drying glue is stronger than
quick drying, and for general use no
method gives such good results as the
following; Break the glue small and
cover it with water in an iron kettle and
let it soak twelve hours; after soaking
boil till done, then pour it into an air
tight box, and when cold, cover it
tight As it is required, cut out a por-
tion and melt in the usual way, expos
ing no more Of tho mado glue to the
atmosphere than is necessary, as the
atmosphere is injurious to made glue.
OF course it should never be subjected
to direct heat 1t is better to use glue
quite thin, working it into the wood,
rather than too thick. Excepting veneer
ing, glue both surfaces and never have
the wood heated.
A PLAN OF dessication for dead bodies
has recently been laid before the Medic
Legal convention. 1t consists Of a
scientific process which doprives the
tissues of moisture and keeps them in a
complete state Of preservation, without
discoloration of the surface, though
greatly emaciated The bodies are
placed il a sepulcher aiTording a cur
rent of dry air, which absorbs the
moisture and carries of the escaping
gases, which are consumed by furnace
Thus no offensive odors can reach the
al ka I'll. q. a.
process is about ninety days. After it
is accomplished the bodies are placed in
an air-ticht compartments but can be
viewed at any time through glass
door. The mausoleum system, as 1t Is
called, has the approval of many promi-
nent medical men. and an organization
has Teen perfected in New York City.
by which the plan may be extensively
carried ont.
EUROPEAN astronomer has discov-
cred the presence Of a white spot on one
Of the rings Of the planet Saturn. The
cablegram announcing this does not
state how big is the spot CT patch OF
tight referred to. Probably it is large
enough 10 compare with tho bright
spots that are visible on the surface of
Jupiter As the two planets are sup
posed to Be in nearly the same condition
Of intense heat as compared with the
earth, and surrounded by al atmosphere
certainly more than a thousand miles in
depth. such an appearance on the body
Of Saturn would not present much Of a
puzzle. But on the ring, which is pre-
sumably chilled down long since, being
not more than hundred miles in thick
ness, the phenomenon, IL Il be one. may
v'ell rack the brains Of the astronomer
who seeks solution Of the mystery.
Proctor. the man who used 70 attack
such problems as this with confidence
and generally succeeded TO the satisfac-
ton Of many readers. is dead. Some one
else viii have to deal with it