Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-08

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SCAR Ae.,ylrnr ia .oiution--X-
Ray tR"o,s and Pr,i ctiis-A Shuu
iranato' med into u G-ode-nuvinx
Skeletons.
Numerous analogies between metallic
alloys AMI liquid solutions were traced
in a'e X Iy4l lns IL ion lecture by Mr..
c. T Hsycock f. r. S. OF Cambridge
The so ion OF Que metal IN an tntr
may lover the FIRE, Ii & point as does the
sulut o OF a salt in water, the tempera.
ture OF the mass may be 10 cred at the
moment OF sol Ition in either case, and
on soldlfying the consttu nti my sep
arate ont from either form OF solution.
Proof htt alloys may hav- h. lacS ui
homop,ne ty due TO this last pro erty,
was aff1i ded by remarkable of the
X tgen RAYS, Sections " re cut from
slowly cooled alloys OF d h.rent pro
portion If gold and sodium, and rad
graphs OF these thin slices we're tax II
when the pi lures, enlarse led upon
screen, show d the astonishing fact that
sodi m had crys allze ou IN long
thin crystals fro n the alloys having ut
gold the gold par ic es forming an
opaque ground ma S. while the gold ha
separated out IN long black ctyst,s L.
a ground mass oil transparent sodu II,
when the gold was the chef constituent.
In the course Of he,e researches a
S ngular new substanc. was ci lentaly
d scovered. 1t is an alloy of zinc and
silv,r, which, in its normal conditi. II
resembles copper but, when heated
becomes silver whit retaining thi,
color, If slowly cooled, but res m ng It's
reddish tint If cooled suddenly.
It appears that not only may ant
toxins affect the same toxin, but l. at
normal serums may sometlms IS prOttc
against toxins European doctors r.
port that, rat. S vaccinated against
IA lles, acq lire remarkable resistance
to color ven m; that serum elaborated
In telann', anti-an rax, often coun eracis
color venom, and that antI-dlpntheria
anti-tetanus, anti anthrax and anti
cholera serum, have decided efTecl
against the vegetable toxin OF abrile.
N rmal serums, from cats and do s.
moreover, have HAD the same effect as
anti.choera serum.
European meteorologtsts are finding
grounds Tor the belief that the general
character Of the weather may be sue
cessiully predicted many weeks in ad.
vance. Prot, o. Peterson, of Stock.
holm. has carefully compared the
monthly mean temperatures oil air anu
sea Tor Norwegian stations for twenty
years, finding that deoiIed and varying
changes in the course Of the warm
ocean currents take place in October
ana November and again in May and
June, and that the air temperature
even in the interior of Sweden-shows
corresponding variations trom wear 10
year. He therefore concludes that Ger.
tain predic ions--such as the foretelIIng
OF the character OF the coming winter
and spring from conditions OF the sea.
surface temperatures in ID ,cember-may
BE- made with cons d-raCle cerlai oty o.
iu flllment he inquiry has been ex
tended In Germany by DR.. w. Mem
hdrdus, oil Potsdam, VIII, has plotted
the mean Temperatures Of German sta.
tons Tor thirty five years, ami has con.
hrmed Prof. PeItersson's results. TIL
p ooabiilty that general mpcrature
changes OF N ovember and d scember al
Christlansund, would be followed by
siml ar changes at Hamburg in the fol-
lowing win'er-year, amounted to eighty
five per cent.
The suggestion that typhoid fever NAV
pc spread by bread with water contain
ing the bacillus, was made during a
recent epidemic at Lyons, France. Re.
assuring experiments have been since
carr, d out by Psol Abiding, who intro.
duced bulbs containing cul ures of tn
bacillus into various kinds OF bread be-
fore baking, but without obtaining the
S lshtest vegetation during the baking.
The bacillus, moreover, is DESTROY d bv
a temperature OF 1852 F. for ten minutes;
The tempe nature Of oven, in which |
bread l. baked, has been shown to reach |
4Io' While the soft portion of the loa,
cqu,res temperature as high as
ago. F.
A new method OF storing acet,lene
suggt sted to the Paris Acadrmv NJ
Scieeces by G. Claude and A. Hess.
in dissolv ng it in acetone, of |
which one xii gram (2.2 o45 pounds |
takes up 800 liIers (7S.2sG gallo 81 81 |
The gas at pressure Of twelve atinos-
pheres.
The $500 nautical miles of the coas,
OF the British Isles, have 7so liph,s
while the 692 miles oil French coas;
nave $40. In electric lights, France has
lines as much power as England.
Roentgen rays have not lost their in
terest to scientific men. Many experi.
mentors have been studying their posi-
pie va ue in medicine; and, while d ISL
i've results have not been obtained with
he various microbes, some evidence of
neir influence upon the germ, Of con
um luon has been recorded. PROT
-otet OF Lyons, has found that, II der
he rays, guinea pigs inocula I, d with
renamed in their usual
attn, while another lot OF the same
ANIMALS mot exposed to the ravs--
moved the II ual cou Sc OF the disease
Or Ausset has reported m lrked i'm
'roVement IN seven'ysar-old tuoercu
osi' girl Gu ing tnree weeks treaI.
nent wi h the rays for an hour dali.
Ind rapid sink NJ and death after die
continuance Of the treatment throuyh
oss OF the app-raI A pigmen,ed
lally growth covering the entire back al
Chi d o. iour year has been teu.v-o
y D.. Freund o Vienna, by exposure
. III. rays Tor ten days Such action. il
well known, is not always ben nciai
-oss OF h ir while experimenting viii
hese rays Is not untonmJn: and H.
many cases severe LESSONS have been
ormed in the de p tissues, the ulcera
ION beng due arCnrI uo n, |