The Republican., 1894-08-23
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There is now a continuous line OF
street railway between Lowell and Hav-
erhill, Mass, a distauce of forty-two
miles.
Australia stands first among the
wool producing countries of the world.
The yield last year was 55O,00O,O0O
pounds
-Stonemasons will probably get a
better idea of the immense size of the
great pyramid when they learn that it
consists of s., OPS, 900 cubic feet
Encouraged by the great success of
his milk depots and gratified by the
benefits conferred by sterilizcd milk in
saving the lives of sick children in New
York City, Nathan Strauss has decided
to erect Il permanent plant which will
be open the year round.
Water at high temperature cannot
be raised any considera BILE distance by
suction. as the vapor discharged from
the water so heated follows the reced-
ing pistons of the pump and resists the
entrance of the water; consequently,
to pump hot water always place the
supply above the pump, SO that it will
be supplied from head.
The largest search light in the
world is now in operation at the gov
ernment proving grounds at Sandy
Hook. at the entrance to the outer bay
of New York. The estimated candle
power of the light is 1914. .OOO,OOO 1t is
claimed that its rays can be seen at a
distance of nearly one hundred miles,
and that vessels can be detected at
twenty miles.
DR.. Buisson, of Paris. is the author
Of a pamphlet treating of a certain pre-
vention and cure of hydrophobia by
vapor baths. The author has tested
his plans for years with. it is claimed,
utmost invariable success, and is so
convinced of its infalibilitv that he
offers to submit himself to inoculation
with the virus of rabid dog.
-Neullirch. German engineer. pro-
poses that in building foundations in
qucksand the sand itself should be
turned into solid concrete by blowing
into it through a tube by air pressure.
powdered hydraulic cement. The air
insures a thorough mixture, and the
satisfactory. though taking several
weeks to harden and requiring months
te attain full strength. 1t is found
that the mixture of the sand and
cement occupies less space than the
sand alone before the operation. This
method has already been successful in
cotferdam construction and sewer work
in quiclsand
R. j. Crosse has just registered a
trademark in Germany for a new ther-
mometer. in which toluol is substi-
tuted for the mercury and alcohol that
have been employed up to the present.
The advantages of such substitution
are claimed to be many. In the first
place, toluol is a liquid of a deep black
color. which renders the column very
visible: in the second place the freezing
point of this liquid is very remote from
its boiling point, and, finally. it costs
less than mercury, and the manipula
ton of it is attended with no danger to
the health of the workmen.- Die Natur.
The Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining
Company of Douglass island, Alaska,
has declared bonus dividend of IS
cents per snare. OF SlJO,OOO. / he
Treadwell mine originally cost the
man after whom it was named $50.
About $500. 900 has been spent develop
ing the mine: 100000 was spent ex-
perimenting with clOrination. About
600 tons of ore is milled daily, at an
average cost of S1.25 IA ton. The ore
averages in value IS a ton. The COM
pany is said to have refused $4,000
900 for the mine. 1t is thought there
is nearly S25 1000, 900 in sight. Mining
and Scientific Press.
In Russia, according to recent sta
tistics, there are 920 cotton mills, fur
nishing employment to $4,000 persons
and producing textile fabrics to the
value of $40, 100000 paper rubles. There
were ia mills for the linen industry,
employing $4,000 persons and producing
to the value of 41.O0O, 900 rubles. The
sleeps wool department comprised
l,O44 establishments. with $4,000 hands,
and Il production of lO6 OOO,OO0
rubles. The silk industry has PA
establishments, with $1,000 hands,
producing to the value OF 13,OO0.O00
rubleS. Other textile industries had
500 establishments with 5000 workers
producing to the value of l5,OO0,O00
rubles.