The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-10-28
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Phosphorus is now being made By
electricity.
Electric soldering irons are extensively
used in canning establishments. d:
Cases of tuberculosis are common
result of occupying the room of q con-
sumptive.
At Toxic, Japan, concern employs
an electric motor instead of steam ion
operating planning and drilling machines
A new mode of furnishing power TO ]
motor engines by mixing steam with hot
gases is creating great deal of interest
in English circles.
An arc lamp of about 1000 candle
power will, when placed about thirty
five feet above the earth, light up in an
area of 400 feet radius.
India ink is made from fine lampblack
compacted and cemented with glue.
The finest black is derived from pork
fat. The glue is made from buffalo
hide.
The European demand for American
made carts and light vehicles has greatly
increased. It has also been found
cheaper to send them across without
painting, leaving that to be done
abroad.
Investigations carefully made in the
Pennsylvania University Veterinary3 i;
School tend strongly to establish the
fact that the milk and flesh of tubercu
lous cattle are almost the sole cause Of (
consumption.
Professor Carcot, the eminent lecturer
on nervous diseases in Paris, has suc-s
ceeded in obtaining enlarged photo-t
graphs of the brain under various con-
ditions of the disease, result of great
scientific value. 9;Ss
The danger of conveying infection bys
lancet or needle having been pointed
out, French surgeon proposes vaccinat-.
ing with ordinary steel pens, specially:
pointed. Being inexpensive, fresh pen
can be used for each operation.
A patent has recently been taken out
for the manufacture of good substi-t
tute for ivory. The ingredients used
are mostly those of which natural .iyoryiss
is composed, and the addition of differ
ent coloring matters enables objects OF
any desirable shade to be produced.
The aquatic plant, the bladderwort,
feeds on animal life. The tiny bladdefsi
attached to the leaves and leaf stalks araf
each furnished with a door, the whole
acting on the cel-trap principle. ADylj
small water creature that ventures to peepf.
in is seized in the clutches of the MURDER
Gus plant and is at once swallowed and
assimilated.
The phenomenon Of the ''green ray, q
or fash of green light seen when the
suns upper limb rises from or sinks bel
hind the sea horizon, has been lately obi
served by Mr.. G. Mostyn in the southernS
Ocean. He says it is best at SUNRISE
because the eye is not fatigued with
watching the glowing disk of the sun, g.
it is likely to bs at sunset.
An ingenious application Of elecricity
for ventilation has been brought out I'M
France. An electric fan furnishes thu
current of air, which can be cooled byj
means of ice or other cooling agent. n1
hot air is required, electricity is sent;
through series of meshes of wire, whosel
high resistance causes it to become hots
and the air passing through these is give9
the heat required. So go
A novel cure for nervous diseases q
being practiced in W"rishofen, Bayaria. &
The treatment is the outcome Of the
study of an old priest, and consists
chiefly in spraying water over the body
in various places, dressing at once with
out drying, and brisk walking immsdi.;
ately afterward. The diet is carefully
attended to, and thousands have been
cured of nervous troubles which had:
de6ed all previous physicians. ~ IS