Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1890-10-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

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The PROCESS Of eiectrie bleaching
now used in big paper plants isfrom
forty to seventy per oent. cheaper than
the .-~e OF chloride OF lime.
--TAs Milling World says American
-four sells in Europe on its merit. and
that eighty-two per cant OF the flour
exported hence last year went to En-
gland. Cur roller -four is the best in
the world.
"A laboratory intended mainly for
the study OF bacteria in milk is to be
established in Berlin. Infant mortality
is known to be largely due to unwholc-
some milk. which can be rendered
harmless by destroying the germs.
An English physician has achieved
some Instructive experiments in the
use Of the gr~phophone for recording
physical symptoms sueh as coughs
and pulses. A cough OF to-day can
always be recorded and compared
readily with oos Of days before.
The saving which win result rs
Substituting electricity for ho-achcsh on
tae street railways OF this co intry h
hlnted at by the fact that ne operation
Il one street railway Ia England -
ofoctricisy will result IN saving $50, oos
ps~ annum over aud aboye the prcsen,
cost OF operating 1t by horses
AT receut Mcetinr Of the Royal
Society Of Edinburgh. Prof. Tsit showed
Theoretically that water could be com
dressed to about three-fourths it's or.
iainal bulk. The compressibility ofsoa
wafer Is 19z OF that Of fresh water. Ii
ne weter Of the ocean wore suddenly
to become compressible, four per cont.
d tho inhabitable land Of the glebc
would be submerged, because the mean
depth of water would Do Increased liz
feet.
The World OF Science says: "As
Improved composition for uec in cfean.
isg cloth and other fabrics has boss
patented. the object OF the inventior
being to produce composition which
nay be used with cold water and be
elective without rubbing or sttrition.
Inc action OF the DOM position boiDg tt
dissolve tho dirt and free II from Sht
fabric or article to be cleanseA. The
danger is that ouch compositions are
apt 10 dissolve the fabric as wcll~ as
the dirt.
Aristotle divided matter into fou,
dement's; aud chemists a few years age
recognized about seventy primary sub
stances ~ making up the universe
The latter Wow Is now in turn out
Eewn, for. - Prof. J: p. Cooke states
tAs rsoc0t study q tho rarer earth.
leaves W in doubt vhe&her " kave 81
i(dedaits namhss q elements. & c0l3
otas ander lnnvnbered mAnitssta1iens
and spectrum Analysis indicates the
nany Of our elements are Aoconposet
il The sua and dned stASs.
= 3orAx. - m a.ti-cholsra specific
Is recommended by an italian physi
clan, in doses Of i've or six grammes-
about seventy seven grains day.
He believes that it destroys the mi
Grobes in the intestinal canal and over
in the blood. and grounds his faith or
the experience in seven contiguous
borax factories in an Italian village
during the terrible epidemic Of 1So4-5.
The workmen in these establishments
wore quite free from the disease, which
carried OF third Of the inhabitants il
and about the village.
Professor Angel, Of Michigan Uni
versity, furnishes the following ~
test OF tho purity 81 water for drinking
'sDissolve about half . teaspoonful O
tho purest white sugar in pint bottle
completely full of. We water to b.
tested and lightly stopped; expose it te
daylight and : tbmpsrature up k
seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Aftsr i
day or two examine, holding the botele
against something black. fer whit
ish floating specks. which will betra3