Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-10-03
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Bell metal is an anoy-of copper and
IIypuotism is now occasionally pro-
duced by Il letter or even telegram.
Among the singular differences between
the two sides of the face, Il German pro.
fessor notes that the right ear is almost
invariably higher than the left.
The circulation of the water between
the equator and tue poles only affects n
depth of about Il thousand yards. Below
this the water is perfectly quiet.
a German has invented an nppara,us
for forcing sidcwisc the swell in front of
fast going ships 10y means of steam lets
from nozzle under the water at the
bow.
Those who advocate spelling reform in
the English languaeuc argue that one
letter ont of every seven used according
to the present practice is absolutely use.
less.
In some recent experiments 81 900
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 the ox-cyc daisy, which
Is abundanily fertile in The East, is for
the most part sterile in the West. In the
East II has become - serious weed; in the
West ii makes small Roadway. 49, -
Different classes of substances have
been found to affect the organs OF taste
Ill the following order: Bittcrs, acids,
saline substances, sweets and alkalics.
The tnstcncrvcs are nearly POO times rs
sensitive to quininc us To sugar.
The results OF recent experiments in
the Mediterranean showing how far day
hight will penetrate the water were found
with "clatinc-bromidc plates. The great
cot was 1918 feet, or 327 feet short of
the limit assigned some years ago.
The light reaching the pupil of the eve
i'll each second of time represents guam
tity of work which would require one
year and eighty-ninc days to- raise the
temperature of n grammc of water one
degree ccntimcicr (onc-cighth Faliren-
heit.)
The conclusions reached by modern
mctcorologists arc that cyclones of treat
intensity are ascending spiral whirls
OF wind having rotary motion in di-
rection i'll the Northern Hemisphere op-
posite to the movement Of the hands Of n
watch.
The physicist is$cwildcred by the ap-
parently simultaneous action of gravita-
ton upon widely separated bodies. NJ. j..
Van lleppcrgcr iinds that the time taken
by Sravitation to travel the distance from
the sun to the earth dogs not exceed one
| sccondl
Spinach has direct effect upon the
kidneys. y common damdcion 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
tile number Of volts which could be used
without danger 10 life varied greatly. A
horny-handed man would he 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 mctcoritc had
flown to pieces and the fragments were
distributed over big stretch of territory.
From anthropolo3ical 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 tho
average, considerably larger brains than
the Others at the age of nineteen, the
predominancc ut that age being greater
than ut twenty-five, Il fact which is held
TO imply precocity us an element in the
success of ligh-honor men.
Experiments of later date prove that an
egg is usually digcsted sooner than IL
potato and quite MS soon ms beef or NUT
ton. Hard boiled eggs require three
hours and thirty minutes. Soft-boilcd
eggs require three hours. Fried eggs
require three hours and thirty minutes.
Roasted eggs require two hours and fif-
teen minutes. Raw eggs require two
hours. Raw eggs (bcaten) require one
hour and thirty minutes.