The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Icrmmy leads In paper mills.

| Gcfmuly ieaus IN paper mills.
Coffee mills are run by electricity.
The experiment. is about to be tried
10 Chitago OF running double -decked
street oars.
A street railway system, to be operated
by compressed air, is to be inaugurated
in Leavenworth, Kan. The power will
also be applied to factories.
The phoucraph has been applied to
the teleSSS2so that any conversation
comiug oyel3 wires during the day
may be readily reproduced.
Phosphorus is now being made by
decomposina a mixture of acid phos-
pilates and carbon by the heat of an
electric arc Within the mass.
The latest innovation in car decora-
ton is nsw material called "sili
chrome" Itcan be used also for depot
or other intesior decoration.
On the eaitcrn frontier Of the "Dark
Continent" coal is SO plentiful that by
lifting shoyeliul of clay off any partIcu-
lar spot it may be reached. But there
is no means Of transporting it to market.
The rangeof naval guns is rough ly one
mile for every inch of calibre foi guns
less than ten ninchcs, but last year 90
inch breech.loaliag rifle attained
range of twelve miles. Toe pneumatic
gun has fired a dummy shell two miles
and half.
- 1t is said tslx the local steam trains
between 81. i'IUI and Minneapolis have
all been taken off, being unable toNcom-
pete with the electric road, which is
running trips every eight minutes, and
is expected soon to change to five minute
schedule.
About twice. as much energy is re.
Qured to stop q IN )yiug object as to
start it,. In order to relieve its horses of
a great deal Of work, the London Gen
crai Omnibus Company has adopted al
ingenious device by which springs are
wound up when the omnibus stops The
amount of energy which is thus stored up
IN the springs is utilized for starting the
vehicle again.
A snokcess powder has been prepared
ut the NewporG Or. ID Torpedo Station
which is credited with having given a
rifle bullet the astounding velocity OF
2S6O feet i)er second. Moreover, it is
stated that at II distance of 500 yards The
report of fac gun was not hearl nor was
'any noAe visible. Gun cotton pulp is
reportei s5t,e'Ses lssAs >s' the powder,
but tho on er ingredients and their ma.
nipulatiou Are Il Government secret.
A lake lNs s wonderfully tcmperng
effect op theNclinate. Thus, according
to NJ Fore, the quantity OF heat accu
mu.a.ed in the Lake OF Geneva, Switzer.
land, during the summer Of 1889 WAS
equal to that given oil by the combustion
OF 81 900, 900 tons of coal, or the a:npuat
carried by a coal train 1l2J miles in
length. The greater part OF th9 heat is
discharged into the air oj the valley dut-
in the colo season, thuS producing Il
mlilcr temperature III autuun and win.
ter
DR.. Brown-Scquard in one OF his ice.
lures dwells with great cmphaS.S nu the
importance of general lnowiciI" in the
matter of checking cou ching ani sncez.
ing. He states that coughing can be
stopped by pressing the nerves of the
lips in the ueighborhood OF the nose.
and sne,sHSsSay he stoeass4 s4,,thSys; the sams @s
,hS rl1S, ~ Ti!7ss N front OF tt, ear, may
sto0 c)u ;iljng. IL is so also OF hiccoISh'
Ing, bat Elach less 50 than for sn"cAin :
or cougH!ny. Pressing very hard on the
| ROOF Ot the mDutn IS also 4 III tIu' o! av.
| resting 4 cough. AID the viii :tse, :.
oitcn 10 unU to hc W wondcr!ui preventive