Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-12-04
APPLIED SCIENCES.


Electricity is now used In heating fat
irons in tailor shops.
The use Of gas for illuminating libraries
In found 10 destroy the leather bindings OF
books.
The skin of . boiled egg when carefully
peeled and applied when wet TO boil will
draw out the matter and greatly relieve
the soreness.
Germany stands at the front IN eiectHfo-
al science, although the United StatesS.is
far ahead OF any other country in the
practical use OF electricity.
A French scientist has perfected dovics
for obtaining oxygen from sea water by
electric means, and carrying it to any
part OF a vessel to use as q disinfcctant.
mixture OF powdered aluminium and
chloride Of potash will give brilliant
fash light 1t gives no smoke, and IL thns
far better than magnesium for photo
graphic purposes.
Recent experiments upon tho electrp-
lytic generation of pressure from GAGS
formed in n closed space have been very
successful and q pressure Of 1900 atn6s-
pheres has been obtained
Recent experience in cold storage shows
that different articles of food require DIFF
ferent degrees Of temperature for tho
preservation, varying from SO degrees
Fahrenheit for eggs To from Is to 2b de-
grees for poultry and various kinds OF
game.
Quite an achievement is thought to baRs
been accomplished lately in the manufaet-
ure OF spikes. the aim being to make a fin
isbed article by rolling the bar in such.a
manner that its width shall be the length
Of the spike, and in such shape that tho
spikes may be cut from it with shears, as
nail is made, except that the bcadis
made in the rolling process
Recent results Mt the Texas experiment
station concerning the value OF cottopseed
meal in the dairy ration show that when
the cream is extracted by the Centrifugal
method a much larger amount OF the but
ter fat is extracted, and in the gravity
method the character OF food plays q veSy
important part on the amount Of butter
that can be obtained from the milk
French glass manufacturers have found
out a new method Of utilizing waste gPsa
Any fragments of the broken material OF
various colors arc mixed together, aftsr
having been reduced to a suitable size, and
then placed in molds lined with silica.
tale, or some other resisting material, end
fred-a coherent mass being thus pro
duced, capable of being dressed and cut
into blocks, which are, OF course, iIregu-
larry colored, and these blocks may b.
used Oh artificial marble.
One of the latest inventions to attract
the approval Of railroad men Is the cushion
car wheel, which Is said to possess many
advantages in the way OF simplicity,
safety and economy, while ut the Same
time il is almost noiseless This wheel Is
composed of two parts, the confer and the
tire, while between the two is a thick rub
Der band which acts as cushion to absorb
oil the vibrations BY peculiar con-
struction the tire is made so that il may
be removed without taking the wheel from
the axle
Brick making has developed from
common mechanical occupation into an
art-forms have been altered from the
stiff by s formula to suit artistic sitna-
tions in fronts, pilasters and cornices,A and
finally the crowning development is
reached in the rapid and cheap production
of the most elegant art forms and exprss-
sions in terra Gotta, until now clay work
ers produce the best material for the most
pretentious or elaborate structures, while
retaining, and in fact, increasing the wolf
known fire resisting qualities.