Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-11-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

An average locomotive costs SIO,ooO.
Iron has been rolled to the thinness OF
1-1800th of an inch.
A new method to utilize coal culm has
been successfully tried.
Anthony is found extensively in Por-
tugal, the largest beds being situated
near Braganza.
An electric flying machine was re-
Gently made to rise to height OF seventy
feet and fly about 400 yards.
The French make paper umbrellas,
rendered wholly waterproof by gelatlned
bichromate of potassium.
By the use of the camera, with power
full telescopes new and very large crater
has been shown upon the moons sur
face.
A French electrician has gotten up
device by which he can send l5O type
written words per minute over single
wire.
The sturgeon is toothless and draws in
its food by suction, but the shark has
hundreds of teeth set in rows that some-
times number ten.
The largest locomotive yet built in
Europe was recently sent out of the
Hirschau works in Munich, Bavaria. 1t
is forty-six feet over all and weighs
eighty-four tons.
Telescope steel masts or rods are to be
used in lighting the public squares in
Brussels, Belgium. The object of this
system is to preserve the beauties OF the
parks in the daytime.
The effective range of the modern
magazine rifle is not less than mile, and
the maximum range not less than two
miles. There is danger from richochet
up to distance of mile.
As heat resstants we may mention as
bestos, plaster of-paris, uncalcined gyp-
sum, sand, clay, ashes, charcoal, soap
stone, pumice stone, chalk, lnfusorlai
earth, mineral wool, rock, wool.
The Majestic is the most economical
coal burner of any of the Atlantic flyers.
She burns but 22O tons a day, shows
10, 500 horse power and makes an average
J OF over twenty-three miles an hour
Electricity is playing an important
part in the working of heavy guns, am
munition hoists, and winches in the
French Navy. New ships are being fitted
with electric appliances in lieu OF hy-
draulic gear.
The practice of placing tie green
boughs of the eucalyptus tree In sick
rooms is growing in Australia. They
not only act as disinfectants, but the
volatile scent has also "a beneficial infiu-
ence on consumptive patients.
Smoke is finding its champions in Eng
land, Notwithstanding the efforts made
to prevent its diffusion IN the atmosphere.
It is claimed that the carbon in the SIN oke
is a powerful deodorizer, and as such, is
a blessing rather than nuisance.
By means of a powerful jet OF com
pressed air German engineer drives dry
cement down into the sand or mud at the
bottom of stream, so that the water
Immediately fixes the cement and 1t be-
comes like solid rock, suitable for founda-
tions.
An American machine which will sue
cessfully work out the fibre of sisal from
= the plant has produced boom in that
industry never realized with the English
machines heretofore used. The new ma
chine does not cut the fibre, and thu
nroduct leaves the machine ready for the
market.
After the passage of an electric storm
there is quite an appreciable amount o
ozone in the atmosphere, so much 81
that its presence may be frequently de
tected by exposing a piece of blottlne
paper, previously dipped in solution o
starch and iodide of potash, when it will
be turned blue.
The French are now painting thei
war vessels dull, sulphurous gray, ex
actly the color of smoke as it arises from
cannons. They say this color has tn
advantage of being as Elusive and indis
tingushable in fogs and sea mists ant
darkness as during the smoke OF battle
1t is more battling in the search hgh
than any other tint.
A five-inch shot was recently flret
through the cellulose belt of the Danis
} cruiser Hepla, entering the bow in tn
port side, and coming out on the star
board side. The Hepla steamed TO
three hours at a speed of sixteen knot
per hour. The cellulose is reported t.
have proved so effective that at the en-
of the three hours the water-tight com
partment through which the shot passe
contained but two feet of water. Durini
the run the water rose high above tn
shot hole. Cellulose is water-excludlni
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