Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-12-04
POPULAR SCIENCE.

hOtoSIdpuluS oh uSNaiS W elSCtIlClty
Is announced.
Leading French writers are using green
paper for manuscript, as it is less fatigu-
ing to the eyes than white.
OF the 1900 species of mushrooms
known to science only 1874 varieties may
be safely regarded as edible.
Brown bread is said to furnish more
bone, muscle, and blood TO the human
system than any other variety.
Paper is being made, by the ordinary
process, from corn hus<s which have
been boiled iu caustic soda aud pressed.
A meteorite, found few weeks ago in
the rotten stump of a willow tree at Lysa
bid, Denmark, was seen by the finder t.
to fall into the tree in August, 1913.
Scientists find evidence of primitive
savagery in custom in almost universal
use among the criminal classes OF tattoo
ing cmblems on different parts of tnc
body.
An important discovery, by means Of
"htII oUtL hkCtl Nhll Dt lCdllll
used for all kinds of tools, has been made
by man in Pennsylvania. The process
is still n secret.
An egg not long ago laid by a blue
Andaluslan hen at Bradford, England,
contained the usual yolk and white and
feshy substance resembling heart.
TAc weight of all was Al ounces.
A block of pure asphaltum, weighing q
tons, WAS recently taken from the as.
phaltum mine near Santa Barbara, Cal.
It is believed to be the largest piece of
asphaltum ever mined in one block.
From recent Investigations made in the
Pennsylvania University Veterinary
School it WAS shown that the chief cause
Of consumption came from the use Of the
milk and flesh OF tubercuous cattle.
An English astronomer has arrived at
the confusion that the age of stars can
be determined by their color. Red stars
are the latest formation, white next,
aud those of blush ting the most
ancient.
The manufacture Of artificial bitter
almonds is continually Interesting, and
they can hardly be detected from the
genuine. They consist chiefly OF grape
sugar favored with small amount OF
uitrobenzole.
In photograph of the heavens now
in course OF preparation at the Paris
Observatory, it is calculated that g., 900.
600 stars will be represented. In the
nebug of the Lyre, Mr.. Blilland took a
photograph 4x5i which reveals 4SJJ
stars to the naked eye!
The street sounds OF the principal
European cities are to be photographed
simultaneously with the photo graphing
of the occupants Of the street. This
may enable lecturers to reproduce both
sights and sound by means of lantern
and the phonograph used together.
japanese lacquer trees, plantel in Ger
many sixteen years ago, have thrivel
wonderfully. The juice from one OF
them was recently sent to Japan to be
tested, and u similar test is being made
in Germany. Should the result be what
is hoped, new industry will soon be
inaugurated in Germany.
A simple aud practical method Of
applying electricity to railroading has
been invented by French electrician.
The steam engine used supplies the
electric power to motors in each car Of
the train, and not to the locomotive
proper. This relieves the tremendou:
strain on the driving wheels of the loco.
motive.
All sounds, whether high or low, loud
or soft, travel at precisely the sam, rate,
/. O., about 100 feet second. Were
this not so the different notes of music
would reach the ear at different times,
and the result would be confusion instead
Of melody. II the sun gave forth sounds
loud enough to reach the earth such
sounds instead Of reaching us in the space
ofabout eight minutes, as light does, would
only arrive after a period OF nearly four
teen years.