The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-07-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

An electric hand lamp is announced.
The difference of time between New
York and Liverpool is not quite five
hours. .,'-s.:s-se,r-5- 5-''''s-'..s;' ~
The blood contains millions OF
millions of corpuscies, each structure
in itself. ... 49,,
A German scientist has calculated
that the gray matter of the brain Ia
built of at least 900, 900, 900 cells.
To make 1000 cubic feet of illumin-~
ating gas, eight pounds of coal, cost
ing two cents, and four gallons OF
naphtha, costing twelve cents, are re-
quired.
Camel coal, containing thirty per
cent. of gas, has been found a mile
from salt water on Hood Canal, Wash
ington, and less than 100 miles from
Seattle. .......... s'..
The section of tree, shown by it's
circles to be 4O1 years oldLa sapling
when Columbus lsnded-is In the
forestry section of the Government
Building. Il T-r.... -
An alleged English scientist adj
vocates a theory that the earth is q
huge balloon and that it will finally
collapse as result of drilling for
natural gas. .a..',r,.r a.. ...,yr.,
Lean beef contains about twenty-one
per cent. of albuninoids, which pro-
duce bone, muscle and blood, and lesa
than one-half of one per cent. Of tha
heat-producing carbohydrates 40
The. Whistling Well, - Taeoma,
Washington, has resumed operations
after silence of two years. Previous
to every storm the well, it is said,, pro-
duces kind Of whistling noise, forcing
out air of gaseous nature. -, :, -, ~, =,
Solidifed petroleum fuel is said; ;to
have been experimental with success
fully. The fuel is composed of 600
parts OF petroleum to 300 parts OF
melted and dissolved soda, ninety
parts OF, rosin and ten parts Of con-
centrated calcium chloride solution. :
In certain iron lamp posts used
abroad for arc Lights number Of orns-
mental projections are thrown out by
turning key, enabling the trimmer
to climb up without the aid of ladder.
The turning of the key also short
circuits the switch, making the lamp
safe to handle.
The Bavarian Government has made
grant of $400 to Herr Koch, an
aeronsut and author of q pamphlet
entitled "Free Human Flying as the
Preliminary Condition Of DynamiG
Aeronautics, to enable him to. con-
struct an apparatus on the principle ha
describes in his work. ..,
Three electric lighthouses have been
constructed in Europe, each Of which
is equipped with q light whose bril-
liancy is said to equal that of G, ,0O0,-
900 candles. The light can be seen at
distance of sixty y-two milea, ! Anew
French lighthouse BIT La HeYe u to be
equipped with O light even more
powerful than the three referred 10.
An apparatus for telephoning aver
telegraph wires has been in operation
for some time with satisfactory results
over the telephone line from Budapest
to Szegedin, distance.of 124 mllea
It is said that simultaneous telegraph
ing along the line does not inteEfere
with the telephonings and thast the
effects of induction and all disturbing
noises are removed ..
A writer, in support of the theory
that sound does not consist Of num-
ber of countable wave beats, -adduces
the fact that q plate of iron an inch
thick, when used as the diaphragm of
q telephone, will respond to and
transmit perfectly the sound vibrs-
tions of the human voice. 1t is almost
inconceiyable. that this result could be
obtained by mere mass vibration.