The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-17

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The average weight Of the esISe6lr
brain is said to be heavier than the
average weight of the brain in any other
race.
Hard coal loses eight per cent. in
bulk per anuum when exposed to the
weather. Soft coal loses twelve per
cent. =. -,
Experiments have skcwn that pump
kin will lift two aud one half tons, pro-
vided the weight is placed so as to
interfere with the growth aud develop
mcnt of the vegetable.
The temperature of the Mediterra-
mean at 200 fathoms is about fifty-six de.
grees, and no change is found in going
to the bottom, which in places reaches a
depth of 1900 iathoms.
NJ. Chappuis's proposed electric rail-
way through the Simpion Pass is estl-
mated to cost Ss, 600, 900, aud it would
greatly reduce the distance between
Italy and Northern Europe.
The cost Of the observatory which is
now. being built on the top of Mont
Blanc, Switzerland, is estimated at $780,
600. Part of the building is to be made
available for guides and tourists.
The central Sahara registers a mean Of
nincty-seven degrees in July. Central
Australia boasts of ninety -four degrees in
January, mean which is attained in
South Carolina and Inner Arab ia in Md
summer.
A British scientist recently stated that
if mau weighing 14O pounds wcro
placed under hydraulic press aud
squeezed flat, the result would be los
pounds OF water and thirty five pounds
of dry residue.
A laboratory for ths study, under
strict scientific conditions, of snake poi
sons aud cures for snake bites is to be
established in Calcutta. 1t is to bc
founded by native, and will be tho
only institution of its kind IN the
world.
An excellent method for Waterproof
ing the surface OF wall is to cover it
with a solution Of soap. After twenty
four hours coat of lime solution is ap.
piled. This process Is repeated several
times, and is claimed to make tho wall
perfectly water tight.
The researches of many observers, rs
reported upon by DIR. Buchan, show that
ot the west side or uiic Atlantic, at
apths from 100 to 500 fathoms to be
nearly ten degrees warmer than at the
same depths on the cast side.
M. Marcy, the we'll known investiga-
tor of animal movements by means Of in-
stautaneous photography aul the zoe
rrope, has now succeeded In rendering
the beating Of living heart visible to
the eye. All the phases Of the move
ment can be followed aud properly ex.
amined by this new method. The heart
employed in this experiment was that of
a turtle.
Official statistics Of the colcra cpidcm.
ic i'll Germany last year, aud up to its
practical disappearance, show that the
number Of deaths from CHOLERA was
$50. Nine-tenths practically Of this
number were in the city aud State of
Hamburg, where the total number of
was 7611-1.22 per cent. of the whole
population. The statistics show that
the cholera spread up the rivers from the
center around Hamburg with dimluish-
ing virulence.
Pitch pine beams will shrink in thick
ness from eighteen and three. quarter
inches to eighteen and quarter; spruce
from eight and half inches to eight
and thlee-eights; white pine from
twelve inches to eleven and seven.
eighths; yellow pine tribe less.
| Cedar beams will shrink from width
of fourteen inches to thirteen aul a
quarter; elm from eleven to ten and
three-luarters, and oak from twelve to
eleven aud three eights.