The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-03-17
NUMBER II.
SCI CIENTIFIc AND INDUSTRIAL


To make ice by srtidciat means re-
quircs ono ton OF coal to produce from
from five to ten tons Of ice. s
A large sewing machine, welghing
three and one.fourth tons, is In use in
Leeds, Englaud. It sews cotton belt
irg. -,-.s z..
The average weight OF tho Chiueso
brain Is said to be heavier than tho
average weight Of tho brain in any other
race.
Hard coal loses eight per cent. In
bulk per anuum when exposed TO tho
weather. Soft coal loses twelve per-
cent. tts9s, IL :. = a. - 8
Experiments hsvc shown that q pump.
kin will lift two aud ons-halt tons, pro-
vided the weight is placed so as to
Interfere with tho growth aud develop.
mcnt of tho vegetable.
Tho temperature OF the Mcditcrra-
mean at 200 fa,homs Is about Atty six do.
grees, and no change is found in going
to tho bottom, which In places reaches
depth Of 1900 iathoms.
NJ. Cbappuis's proposed electric rail.
way through tho Simpion Pass Is esti.
mated to cost $s, 600, 900, aud 1t 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 bo mado
available for guides aud tourists.
Tho central Sahara registers mean Of
ninety seven degrees in July. Central
Australia boasts Of ninety -four degrees In
January, mean which Is attained in
South Carolina AMI Inner Arab ia in md
summer. 40i
A British scientist recently stated that
IL mau weighing 140 pounds wcro
placed under hydraulic press aud
squeezed flat, the result would be 105
pounds OF water and thirty .ivo pounds
OF dry residue.
A laboratory for tn, study, under
strict scientific conditions, Of snake poi
sons aud cures for snake bites is to DO
established In Calcutta. 1t is to bo
founded by a native, and will be tho
only institution of it's kind IN the
world.
An excellent method for waterproof
ing tho surface OF wall Is to cover 1t
with 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 the wall
perfectly water tight.
The researches Of many observers, as
reported upon by DR.. Buchan, show that
the ocean currents cause the temperature
OF the west sfdo OF tho Atlantic, at
depths from 100 to 500 fathoms to be
nearly ten degrees warmer than at tho
same depths on the cast side.
M. Marcy, the we'll known investiga.
tor of animal movements Dy means of in.
stautaneous photography anl the zoc-
trope, 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 OK.
amincd by this new method. The heart
employed in this experiment was that Of
turtle.
Official statistics Of the colcra epidcm.
ic in 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 76l1-1.22 per cent. OF tho whole
population. The statistics show that
the cholera spread up tho rvers f-cn; tho
center around Hamburg with dimluish-
ing virulence.
Pitch pine beams will shrink in thick
ness from eighteen and three. quarter
inches 10 eighteen and quarter; spruce
from eight and half inches to eight
and thee -eights; white pine from
twelve inches to eleven and seven
eighths; yellow pine a tribe less.
Cedar beams will shrink from width
of fourteen inches to thirteen aud q
quarter; elm from eleven to ten and
three quarters, and oak from twelve to
ajcyeu and thrco ei0hts