The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-30
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

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kJup;te. was known to the Chascesns as
: planet a. early as B. c. 30t-
r-Isis said to be a geological fact that
pold strata underlie Philadelphia.
j. The planet Neptune has tho longest
year, consisting Of more than oo,aoo y!
our days. !~--, -,<-7f -<e
:. More than one-half Of the street rail-
way mileage IN Massachusetts, lS no" "p-
Grated in whole or part by electricity.
: The moon gives out heat enough to
affect the thermometer and makes oll-
ference of two degrees or three degrees.
The average weight of the Chinese
brains is said TO be heavier than the av-
srage weight Of the BRAN IL any othef
race. > r.
On the Royal Sovereign, the new Eng
lish bsttleship, there are SOO electro
lights, connected BY thirty miles OF
wire. -xs-N
+ Inventors are now turning their atten-
ton to devices for the utilization OF
electric heating, especially for domestic
The largest pumping plant in the
United States was that placed IN NINE
at Iron Mountain, Mich. It pumps A.
100000 gallons in twenty'tour hours
3 Genuine volcano dust has been found
IN Kansas and the Indian Territory.
There is deposit nesr Gs!ens, IL the
Territory, which is said to be many Leet
in thickness.
ITO make glue water proof, dissolve OF
gun ssndarac and mastic each I'VE ana
one-halt drachns l1 one-halt plns OF
alcohol, and add FIVE aad one-half
drachms of turpentine.
& Seventy. five miles al hour is no feet
s-second, and the energy of 400 tons OF
train of cars, moving at that rate IS
nearly twice as great as that OF ZooV
pound shot fred from q 100 ton Arm
strong gun.
/; II the manufactures OF Great Britain
alone the power which steam e1erts IS
estimated to be equal to the manual
labor Of 1900, 900, 900 men, or more
than double the number OF males sup
posed to inhsb!t the globes.
From & rift in a great rock at
Santa Cruz (Cal.) water spouts to
height OF sixty feet. The waves that beat
on the shore near By have worn tunnel
through the rock coast, beaten through
the roof of the tunnel snd formed this
apparent geysec.
a tine specimen of the egg of lEpyor-
MS, the extinct giant bird of MadaSas-
car, and obtained from southern Mada-
asscar, was exhibited at recent meet
ing of the Geological Society OF Lon
don. It will be remembered that this
egg is about thirteen inches long and Of
the capacity Of $50 hens eggs.
The captains OF ships which carry
bricks have to be very careful. AL Or
3inary brick is capable Of absorb;u5
pint of water. So with cargo of brick
il the hold serious leakage may quite
well 90 on undetected, for the water
that enters is sucked up as fast as it gets
in. If this should be the case, the con.
sequences are bound to be most serious.
Exploration is improving the popular
knowledge OF the Sahara. Instead OF
being largely below the sea, the greater
part Of it is from 6G0O to 5000 feet
above the level; instead OF being r"Inless,
showers make it bloom aud cover it with
green grass for few weeks every year;
large focks and herds are malntained
upon its borders; the Gases are depres,
slOns where the water can be Collected
and stored aud are VlIainously unhealthy
Il hot Heatae; because Of this stagualt
Water and the habits Of ths Inhabitants.