The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-02-02
sCigNrfSTfc NOTES.

nc temperature Oh Sne ptanet ~ Gpstine \
Is estimated to lie 500 below zero.
THERE'S nothing better chan osalic acid |
for cleaning corliss engine hot watcrvalyei
chests
In 1854 NJ, ordinary silver watch cost ii,
America SSs;; to-day Il much better silver
watcl, can lie boagh, for $ii, and good
timc-kcepcr for So.
Il is claimed for the new magnesicnsn
Cash lighthouses, introduced experiment
tally in Germany, that disability tofpene-
ssate almost opaque atmosphere exceeds
that OF any other known light.
A Philadelphia boat builder is making
an cigt-oarea nlwnnnuaa racing she'll for
Cornell. and smother for Harvard. Such.
boats weigh about Is pounds. paper
or cedar shelf weighs about 225 pounds
The balance wheel Of a watch gives five
vibrations every second, 800 every minute.
$4,000 every hour, $4,000 every day and
1850. ot!tl during the year. AT each vi
s,ratisn il rotates ! "a lines, or, say about
lg1sfu0. 600 revolutions Il year.
The internally fired boiler would seem
TO have far more future promise than ~
generally supposed. 1t is much more
compact and effective in proportion to its
sixe than the externally fired and demands
less fuel for the same power, unless the.
latter is run III y very slow speed.-The
Safsty Falce.
There Is an impression That self-hari-
eming steel will cut hard metals which no
other <iecl will cut. This is a mistake.
Car,o,, steel OF best quality nndof high
temper, which can he hardened in the
usual way, will cul chilled metal that no
self-hardening steel vii! tonch.
A German chemist is authority for
the statement that apples contain more
phosphorus than any other fruit or vcge-
table: for this reason, rs we'll ~ because
che apple contains several acids, notica-
bly malic acid. il is an excellent brain
food and remedy against the ills that
comes OF. scdeninry habits and rich food.
A novel fielding pocket rule has been
invem,ed by Mr.. Monkerjce,of the PunJab.
1t is II combination OF measuring ruic,
scales, mason's square and level, COM
masses. protractors, diyiders aud set
square. 1t consists of II jointcd rule, nine
inches ion. when closed, and with brass
ends which pull out 50 rs TO make the TO-
tai length two ieet.
The suppostiou that smoke indicates
great waste is refutcd by NJ. Scheurcr-
Kestncr, whose careful experiments are
stated to show that when smoke is made
AZ dense as possible. the loss Of comhus-
TITLE material less than i. per cent.
TO keep smoke at II maximum, he RECON-
mcnds a suitable mechanical str0ker, or
provision for mixing the smoke with hot
gases. Scientific contradictions are truly
numerous
Paper nulleys have been invented by
Prcnchman, II. Burot. The center or
nave is made Of east iron spOkes, support
ing stay on which the paper rim reposes.
This stay maintains The rim during the
process oil manufacture, and gives great
or solilitv, afterwards The paper, which
IL of special quality, lie seized, rolled
and compressed on the stay OH one oper-
alton. The rim is then to be dried, and
then steencd in Il mixture OF lihseed OIL
and resin. These pulleys arc much tight
err than those made of iron, and are less
Observation-Disclosures, London.
A curious tinekeepcr is employed by
some of the islanders OF the South Pac'hc.
The Kernels IF the nat of the candle tree
use used. These are washed aud strung
on the rib of palm leaf. This ls placed
in Il vertical position. and the upper kerr
ncls are OF the same size and substance.
euch of them burns Il certain number or
minutes, and then sets lire to the kernet
below, The natives lie bits ut bark cloth
along the string at regular intervals so
as To mark divisions OF time.
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Production and Stocks of Fig lrosi in S92
From the Iron aud st el Association Bullesinl
The American Iron and Steel Associa-
lion hrs received from the manufacturers
romnletc returns ol the production oi p,S
iron in tic United States III ST., mud also
com,,lc.r tc,ilrils Of the stocks f unsoit
big iron in the hands OF makers or their
agents at the close OF the year.
The total production OF pig iron in 1872
Was 9l67,G0 gross tone, against s,sl9.o'Vo
IONS in 1891, and 9,202, 10s tons in lo9,.
The production fn 1892 WAS only 43,703
t,ns less than in 1890, la which year our
,n,xin,,.n production, was attained. The
r,u.lu,:ton in the first half OF lS!5:s was
much larger than in he last half, the
figures being rs follows: First halt, 4,fdy,-
fS3 tons: second half, 4,3S7 ,3iI tons. Ihe
PRODUCTION in The first halfof 1891 was,
however, greatly exceeded in the second
hall. the Gsnres being as follows: First
half. 3.:3.iS. iu1 ia,s; second halt, l,9l 1853
.ons. The extraordinary activity Of ho
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