The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-10-06

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Asa W Slayton
IL From ton of Atlantic water about
65 pounds of salt can be made: from
Pacific water about 20; from Antarctic
about GO; from Arctic so to SIS; from Dead
Sea water about eco, and from Great
Great Salt Lake water 62S pounds. Asa
". Slayton.
-. Crude platinum is worth about half
as much as gold; manufactured platinum
cheaper than gold w. Slayton.
10. Crude petroleum yields about 55
per cent. OF kerosene for burning.
IL. Because OF the spherical form OF the
earth and the inclination of its axis to the
plane of its orbit. If the axis were not in
clined the sun would rise In the east and
set in the west to all parts of the earth,
and would never shine on the north sides
OF houses in the northern hemisphere or
the south side in the southern. From
March Fl to Sept. 81 at all places north OF
the equator, the sun rises and sets at
farther from the equator and the
nearest to June 81, the farther to
the north will the rising and setting
points be, and longer would the days be
and shorter the nights, till-say. the goth
of June-thc people at the Arctic circle
would see the sun set oblique in the north
at midnight half its diameter, perhaps,
and immediately begin rising again till II
at noon it would be II degrees high in the
south. As the MONDAY sun is never
vertical farther north than the Tropic OF
Cancer ii never shines on the north side
OF houses in the north temperate zone. II
the earth were an extended plane like Il
board: the sun would never rise or set to
the north of the east and west points OF
the horizon in the northern zones, or south
OF those points in the southern zones
Asa w. SlaytOn
in inc
Why does the sun shine upon the north
side of buildings at this season OF the
year dune II in the morning and evening,
and not at noon?l
10 Eocene is from two Greek words, 60
dawn, and ramos recent; and it was APP
piled to the earliest part of the Tertiary
pcriOd-that which rust preceded the
glacial Lyel divided the Tertiary into
three SerieS-Eocene, surprising the rocks
contained five to 10 per cent OF now-llving
species OF shells; Miocenc, less recent, or
the middle portion 10 to 20 per cent. OF the
fossils being of living species, and PliOcene,
more recent, where so to 90 per cent. OF the
fossils are living species. But Dana say
it is now discovered that living species
are not found in the Eocene rOcks.-Asa
". Clayton.
40. The ration for one man for one day
when the rebellion began was u OF a
pound OF pork or bacon, or Ia OF salt or
fresh beef; Is on. of bread or -four; II OF.
hard bread, or 20 OF. corn meal; 81
of gill of beans, or Il OF pcurd
OF rice, or in place OF leans or
rice twice a week may be given ~
on. of desiccated potatoes and l OF. of
mixed vegetables; /. 6 OF. of coffee, or - or
OF tea; "a OF. sugar; % Ciils vinegar; .16
OF. OF sperm or 20 OF. of adamantine, or
"a OF. of tallow candles; CT OF. soap; .1G
gill of salt During the war it was in
creased to % on. OF bread or -four or
pound Of hard bread the beans and rice
were both given daily. Also, one pound of
potatoes was to be given three times
week if practicable, or an equivalent
thereof in some other proper food; but
we never happened to be where it was
practicable" to draw them from Quarter
master; yet they may have been drawn
from the ground sometimes. Asa w.
Slayton
so. The sounder in tclecraphy is the old
style receiving instrument minus the register
part. and consists of the electro magnet
and vibrating arInature. The length OF
time between the sounds made by the
striking the poles Of the magnet
and the lever clicking the point above it
IS read by the ear, as were dots and
daShes by the eye. Sometimes small
metallic plates are firmly attached to the
instrument by one edge, that their vibrat
ing might make the sound louder. Gener-
ally with the relay operating a local bat
terry the sounds are audible enough
Asa w Slayton