The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-07
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A $500 check sent by post TO firm in I
Bristol was thought 10 have miscar-
ried. until II was discovered that the
letter. on being put through the hole in
the door by the postman, had been car
ried OF by rats.-London Answers. Il
Photographs have recently been suc-'
cessfully taken under water al dis
lance Of ten or twelve feet. The camera
was carried by a diver. the light was
supplied by an electric lamp carried In
the divers headplece. The experiments
were carried out in the bay Of Rio de
Janeiro. Brazil.
The surface OF the sea Is estimated
at 150.OOO,OO0 square miles. taking the
whole surface OF the globe at 1877 .0O0,-
600, and its greatest depth supposedly
equals the height OF the highest noun
tain, or four miles. The Pacific Ocean
covers 7s,O00.O00 square miles. the At
lantic 25.OOO.00O, the Mediterranean
100000.
The trustees Of the British Museum
have Just presented to Glasgow Cor
poration, for the museums of the city.
cases containing a series Of electro
types of the principal medals illustra-
tive of British history from the days OF
Henry VIII. down 10 the close OF the
Peninsular war and the career Of Ma
/ poleon Bonaparte.
To the average eye not more than I'VE
thousand stars are visible. Some per-
I soys hay{nn a. t,.a ordtnaru afronO avQ9
can see about eight thousand stars.
Through the Lick telescope and other
powerful instruments about fifty mill
ion stars are visible. There are be-
lieved TO be stars In existence beyond
the reach of any telescope yet con-
structed.
What is believed to have been the
largest snake ever contained in the rep
tlle-house of the London Geological
Garden died there last November, after
having lived more than twenty years
In captivity. 1t was a python from
Malaeca, and measured trifie more
than twenty feet in length. Its prin
cipal food was ducks, and it was fed
usually, once a week, although some
times it refused food for a month.
Among the curious inhabitants Of
Australia are species of termitei
called the meridian ants" because
they invariably construct their long
narrow mounds so that the princlpa
!; axis of the dwelling runs exactly nortl
! and south. These mounds are on
: feet in height, and consist of series o
$ spires topped with smaller spires, AM
when viewed end on, they show re
e markable resemblance to a many-spire'
y cathedral.
/ According TO the figures of Monsieu
|, de Fonvielle, the famous French aero
naut, free balloons have attained
O height about twice as great as that
any balloon carrying man. In lS9
! Mr. Berson assembled in a balloon
the immense elevation of 10000 fee
but since then free balloon, carryin
Dr. self-recording instruments capable
- registering the height attained, h;
reached an elevation of 10000 feet
N more than double the height Of Moul
ID Everest, the lofUiest mountain in Il
world.
o. .. The number of firms throughout Il
whole United States which are daily r
q placing belted plants, in which or
Ill part, with electric motors Is steadi
increasing. In another year or tw
says Casters Magazine, when Il
present unorganized struggle for pr
cedence in such work will have settl
he down. it will be found that electricl
y has become as Indispensable in the m
: chine shop as It now is In the lightil
y and suburban transportation fields.
he deed, as electric lighting plants
On crease, so will the tendency to r
IS small shops by electricity grow, becau
es the lighting companies will ask moi
rs Ing better than to sell power duri
rs hours when the greater part Of tn
- plant would otherwise be lying idle.