Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS.

Silk from paper pulp is made smooth
and brilliant, and has about the same elias
ITCHY as ordinary silk, and is about two
thirds as strong.
A cork rope is made of small corks
placed end to end, and the whole is cover
ed with braiding of cotton Irvine; over
this is coarser braiding in heavy strands.
According to this invention one-inch thick
rope will stand strain of l 900 pounds
1t is not generally known that excessive
palpitation of the heart can be promptly
stopped by bending double, with the head
downward and arms pendent. so that tenn
porary congestion of the upper part Of
the body is produced. If the breath be
held at the same time, the effect Of this
action is fastened.
Near Red River P. O., Washtenaw Co.,
from the river, which has the peculiar
Quality of petrifylng everything over which
the water flows. Beautiful specimens of
pctrifed moss, acorns, sticks, etc, can be
picked up all about the place.
1t has been computed, as an illustration
of the great cheapening of ocean freights
half q sheet of note paper will develop
ton with a triple expansion engine, to
carry a ton a mile in an Atlantic steamer.
Il notice one thing" says an observant
manufacturer, and that is that hard
wood logs, especially oak, that have been
placed in the water Immediately after cut
ting, and allowed to thoroughly soak,
make brighter lumber, with less tendency
to sap stain. than from logs that are left
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also, that if green logs are sawed immed
thoroughly steamed preparatory to placing
it in the dry kiln, the same result will be
obtained. greatly enhancing the value of
the lumber for fine finishing purposes.
In a recent lecture on The Flameless
appearance of fame is misleading; and
the greater the fame and smaller the work
done. other things being equal. have
could explain why certain boilers gave
consumed. when the fues were, as he said,
filled from end to end with magnificent
flame The fact was that his so-called
magnificent fame was delusion, hollow
and cold inside. and not coming in con-
GtCU Will Ills UOllcl al. w uCll ullc
same fuel was burned with a very small
fame, hardly visible over the bridge, the
duty increased some thirty per cent.
The editors of Nature Uondon), on the
occasion of the twentieth anniversary of
the establishment of the magazine, take
occasion to review the progress OF science
during that period of years. In the phys
ical sciences, the development of the
atomic theory and the establishment of a
connection between the theories of cleo
tricity and light have been the main
achievements; in chemistry, the procla-
nation of the periodic law of the elements
and the development of organic chemistry;
in astronomy, the development of the
spectroscope, the use of photography, and
the extension of the nebular hypothesis;
in biology, the firm establishment of the
Darwinian doctrine, the development of
the study of bacteria and, later, the eff
fort to determine the position of the
Lamarckian principle been the main
features; in botany, the keynote has been
the study of protoplasm and cell-life; In
geology, the greatest advance has been in
the application of the microscope and the
study of rock structure.