The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-11-10
SCIENTIFIC ANn INDUSTRIAL.

Granite is the lowest rock in the
world,
The biggest fresh water fish, tho
"Arapacina" of the Amazon, in South
America, grows to six feet i'll len sth.
Nausea is said to be promptly +,
lieved by mixture of four drops OF
creosote in two ounces of lime water.
Dose: A teaspoonful every fifteen min.
utes.
NJ. do L'Isle discovered an animal
cula that could run six inches in Sec
ond, and calculated that it must move
it's legs no less than 1890 times in that
brief period.
When irritated the sea cucumber,
species of holothuria, can eject all its
teeth, it's stomach and digestive APP
paratus, and reduce itself to simple
membraneous sac.
1t has been ascertained by Professor
Kernot, of the Melbourne University,
Australia, that the usually assumed
weight of eighty to 100 pounds per
square foot, produced by dense crowd
of persons, may be largely exceeded.
The most curious thing about the
butterfly is the size of the case from
which the insect proceeds compared
with the size of the insects body. The
case is rarely more than one inch in
thickness; the butterfly covers II sur
face nearly four inches square.
In support of the modern theory
H. &c
nnSr-,l.~ -s --rutaIsfei ce--ni,eats, a we'll
known writer adduces the fact t1iaG'a
plate of iron, even an inch thick, when
nsed as the diaphragm of telephone,
will respond to and transmit perfectly
the sound vibrations of the <human
voice, a result which it is almost in
conceivable to suppose could be effected
by mere mass vibration.
Another most valuable series of in.
vestigstions in regard to the metal best
adapted for the construction of bridges
has been made by the Austrian Society
of Engineers. Some 216 mechanical
tests were made by the committee hav-
ing the matter in hand, to determine
the quality of wrought iron, of basic,
Bessemer and basic open-earth steel,
the conclusion being that the latter ex-
cells ell the others in resistance to me-
chanical attack and distortion.
A remarkable illustration of the pro-
gress of electrical appliances is elec.
trolytic painting. Hitherto, if copper
or other metal were to be deposited
electrically, bath-of solution was
needed. Now this is changed, and a
technical journal says a ships hull can
be plated as easily as spoon or tea
pot. Instead of bath, insoluble
salts, ground to fine powder and
mixed with water, are used. This
mixture is painted on the metal to be
| plated by fine wire brush, to which
one pole Of a dynamo conductor is at.
tached, the other pole being connected
with a plate. Not only pure metal but
all sorts of alloys can be used.
During residence in Tunisia, NJ
Vercoutre made study of the tattoo
marks which the natives cover theil
limbs and face. He discovered tha
the most complete designs represent Q
human figure-a kind of doll, seen IL
front, with extended arms. In thil
figure, for which no explanation hat
been offered before, he perceives moth
ing else than a representation, rigidl,
sxact-an preserTed by tradition with
out perceptible alteration, Of the mani
kin on the monuments of Phenici
and Carthage, which arch@ologist
have named the ''Symbol of the Puni
Trinity"-which is found, for exam
pie, on the Phenician and Punic stelse
and on the neo-Punic lamps Of Car
thage.