The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-09-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.
/ sButter made from cocoanuts is said "a
be healthful.

SHUTTER made from cocoanuts is Said tG
be healthful.
Linneus, the Swedish scientist, wrote
during his lifetime 1S4 volumes.
The practice of "cold saving" of steel
and iron is being generally adopted. .
Recent experiments by German physf-
clans indicate that cancer is contagious
The new Argentine Pacific Railroad
has one stretch of road 211 miles long
without curve or bridge, and no cut or:
fill deeper than three feet.
Experiments in Chicago with emmeu-
site and gelbite show them to be one and
one-half times more powerful than dynss
mite and as safe TO- handle as pig iron.
For good solution for removing the
blue from steel so as to leave as clean as
before coloring, try acetic acid, or solu-
ton of chloride of tin (s!annon ehlofide)-
Zinc expands up to the melting point.
A bar of hammered zinc six inches long,
will expand one .handredths of an
inch in raising the temperature LOO de-:
grees Fab.
A number of thoroughbred MeTino
sheep have been introduced' in the: Cape
Colony, from the United States, in order !
to improve the quality of che South
African wool.
The Grand Canyon of tae Colorado IS s
simply the channel worn by the: action OF.
running water to depth of 5000 or
5000 feet The sides of the canyon are
perperdicular cliffs fifteen miles apart
The serious effects upon the eyes ofs
miners from the use Of the modern safety
lamp has been subject of investigations
in England, the result being that. in-a
creased. lighting power in such lamps
will cause such troubles to disappear. 81.
By means of a. powerful jet of COM
pressed air German engineer drives drT
cement down. into the sand or mud at the :
bottom. Of stream 80 that the water imr
mediately fixes the cement and 1t be-
comeslikesolid rock, suitable for founda-
tions..
A three foot vein Of lead ore has, beeu
discovered on the: farm of J. Halbing,
near Breda,. Carrol County, Iowa, at g.
depth of 300 feet Expert miners at
Carol report that the ore is of the finest
quality and can be- mined to good adss
vantage.
1t has been concluded that whatever
preservative is, to be applied, the timber
forpiles, subjected to. the action Of sear
worms. should first be charged, so. as to-
kill any germsnear the surface, open the
pores of the.wood for the antiseptic and
destroy the: nutritive matter upon which
the, worms live:
Shells fol- ming high explosives. have
Leen patented abroad in which recep-s
tacle. is, made containing compressed air.
By suitable appliances this air is released
suddenly. thus furnishing the propelling
power: Great range, no fouling of the
gun, scarcely any noise, and no smoke
are. thus obtained, combined with great
rapidity of fire. S!
What seems to be an infalliable remedy
for the poison of snake bites is solution
of nitrate of strychnine in 240 parts OF
water, to which little glycerine ial
added. This is used hypodermically I'M
doses of twenty minims, at intervals Of
ten to twenty minutes, depending upon;
the condition of the patient. In 100
cases thus treated only one failure haz
occurred.
In India the fa1seed grown up to tina
altitude of 5000 feet is oil yielding
Much has been done by the Indian Cow
ernment to foster fax culture among the
peasantIy, but with little success. Jutes
holds the place of fax in popular favors;
The great enemy of the flax plant in India
is tho rust. The ha1 fiber, seed, and oil
are so little in favor that the bulk OF
them is exported.
The enormous mass of extra weight
due to the carrying of the boiler, fuel.
and water in the old locomotive will be-
entirely unnecessary in the railways OF
the future, which will be propeller by
electricity. Unquestionably the futufa
electro. .locomotion will show motor on
every axle, or, at any rate, upon two
axles of each car, and every car running
as a unit, in which case they can run
coupled together in train or not,a may