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The human system can endure heat
Of 2l2 degrees. the boiling point OF wa
ter because the skin is bad conduct,
or, and because the pcrSpration eoois
the body. Men have wlthstood with
out injury II heat of 800 degrees for
several minutes.
A curious disparity Is evident In the
authoritative estimation of the heat OF
the sun, Poulllet places 1t at 400 TO
1.S00 degrees Celsius (Centigrade). Ste.
Claire Deville at $500. Lord Kelvin and
Prof. Langley at 5000, Sir Robert Ball
at $4,000, Sporer ut 3.I00 and Pater
Leodie at 100000 degrees.
At Nedunkeni, in the northern prov.
ince of Ceylon. the abnormal rainfall
Of SLIP inches IN twenty-four hours
was experienced Nedunkeni, eleven
miles down tho southern road to Mul-
laittlvu, and 122 feet above sea level,
is small village little to the east
of the dividing ridge of north Central
Ceylon.
An adaptation OF the Bollee horseless
carriage, driven by gasoline engine,
to winter use, Is described In the Scien-
tlfc American. DR.. Casgrain, of Que
bee Is the eontriver of the new form Of
vehicle, In place of the pneumatic
tired wheels of the ordinary Bollee car
riage he substitutes steel runners for
the forepart of the carriage, and driv-
ing wheel, whose rim Is studded with
steel points, for the rear part Tho
steering apparatus acts upon the for
ward runners. The gasoline reservoir,
containing seven quarts. suffices for a
run of fifty miles.
European scientific papers publish in
teresting accounts of the NTH series
of international balloon ascentS made
in June last Balloons, some manned
and some unnamed. ascended stimuli
taneously from various parts of Eu-
rope, extending from Paris 10 ST. Pc
tersburg and as far south as Rome. An
unnamed balloon which started from
Paris and dropped in Westphalia,
reached Il height of about ten miles
and recorded minimum temperature
of SO degrees Fahrenheit, below zero.
A balloon carrying Dr. Berson from
Berlin attained an elevation of about
Is, 900 feet more than 1000 feet higher
than the summit of Mont Blanc. The
lowest temperature that he expert
enced was between 10 and IL degrees
below zero.
Professor Koch, famous for his dis
coveries for a cure Of consumption, has
recently been investigating the origin
of the plague, and has discovered pre-
yously unknown center from which it
emanates. Heretofore three chief cen
ters Of the plague have been known.
one In China in the Province of Human.
Il second in Tibet. aud the third near
Mecca in Arabia The last-named is
one of the most dreaded on account OF
the immense number of pilgrims who
visit the holy city of Mohammed The
new center of disease discovered by
Professor Koch Is situated In the in
terror of equatorial Africa, behind the
German possessions on the east coast.
Professor Koch's studies indicate that
the old explanation of the origin of the
plague, that Ii was due TO dirt and un-
sanitary conditions, is Inadequate, and
that the real source OF the disease re-
mains to be discovered. As has been
observed elsewhere, the cpidemics in
Africa are frequently preceded by an
outbreak of the disease among rats.
Even monkeys are affected by IL.