The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-04-01
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY


about 35 1000 when brought to the
surface.
BY adding little tuogSten, q
French metsllurgst claims 10 greatly
increase the resistance Of aluminium to
corrosiou by hot, cold or salt water
and other reagents, as we'll as to
traction and tension.
1t has bean proven that the use OF
glue was krtwn $500 years ago. a
sculpture of Thebes as early as the
third Tho,hmes. who ia supposed TO
have been the Pharoah Of the Exodus,
iepresents some carpenters applying
veneering with glue
Since the discovery Of diamonds in
1867, Cape Colony has exported more
than 50,000,o00 ca as Of precious
stone, having a value Of nearly $3.50,
100000 This weight Of nearly fifteen
tons would form pyramid six feet
high, with base nine feet square.
1t has been pointed out that the
elaborate paintings OF Egyptian 'ombs
must have been made without lights
that produce smoke An American
artist has suggested that the electric
light was known and used but w.
Flinders Petre fnos that the dark
rooms could have been lighted by
sunlight reflected by rude mirrors.
An attempt to establish a cross
breed between the lion and tiger is
being made by the Royal Geological
Society OF Ireland Such hybrids
have been Known. an English show
man having had litter of three lion
tiger cubs born in 1924, and a second
of two cubs in 1927 One OF these,
whose skeleton and stuffed skin now
belong to the University of Cam
bridge, lived about six years,
INocuLATIoN FOR CANCER Can.
Groin is the name gwen by Prof.
Adamkiewioz, OF Cracow. to a sub.
stance that he believes will prove
cure for cancer. The investigator has
demonstrated the infectious nature of
this disease, and has produced what
seem to be cultures Of the still UNI
known specific microbe. Cameron is
evidently the poison resulting from
micr0bial action. 1t is found In the
tiltrate of fluid made by rubbing up
cancer material with sterilized water,
and as remedy is used subcutane
ously in very small quantities.
A LlvING Room IN A PLANT-An
extraordinary illustration of the
strange travels sometimes made by
roots IN search Of water is shown is
shown by specimen OF wislaris
lately sent to the Kew museum by the
Vicar of Petersham. The roots Of
this plant entered dining room by q
very small ohinE in the side of the
window, near the ceiling, and spread
in fine network through the plaster
All round the room, which WAS abou,
IA feet square. The room was in con
slant use, but 10 trace of the roots
was discovered until the paper was
pulled from the walls.
COLI WEATHER MoRTAR.-An en-
glneer OF the Western Railway. of
France, M, Charles Rabut, has found
common soda to be the best substance
10 reduce the liability OF mortar to
freeze. After trying other substances
he @as led to add one pound of dry
soda to each gallon of water used in
mixing the mortar, and he was then
able to use the mortar very satisfac-
torily in freezing weather. The in
creased cost, about 81 90 for each
three cubic yards of masonry, is often
small compared with the loss that
would result from delay An objec.
ton to the use of the soda is the
causing of etflorescence OH the walls
but the white blo,ches disappear in
few months.
BRIrlsH METEoRoLoGY The sue.
cesstul weather forecasts in the Brit
ish Isles have averaged 81 per cent.
since 1882 Last year the average
was so, the lowest per centage being
70 for the west Of Scotland, and the
highest 81 for the south of England.
The average rainfall for p years has
been 349 inches. The wettest dis
lrict is the west of Scotland, where the
annual rainfall is 10 inches; and the
iriest is the east of England, where
the average amount is %. 5 inches.
For the wheat producing districts the
average fall is IS 3 inches, and for the