Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-14

Scientific Body-Tho War with Unseen
Foes.
The properties of orthoform, ne"
compound obtained by Dr Einhorn,haVe
been a subject of experiment In Ger
may by DR.. Kellenberger. The ma
terial is a fine white powder, nearly in.
soluble in water. and Is pronounced
quite harmless, large injections having
produced no toxic symptoms IN am
mails. 1t is both anesthetic ana anu
septic. While It does not act through
the skin or mucous membrane IL mas
marked anesthetic effect on wouhus'
burns, ulcers. etc, and Is not easily an-
sorbed. like cocaine, while its action IS
more prolonged, having even been very
perceptil.. after 80 hours and more. III
is powerfully anti-septic, pieces OF rip-
bits muscle sprlnkled with II being
perfectly preserved. II dimlnishes 'he
discharge from wounds, and may De
applied in ointment to burns. etc
suggestion Is that 1t may take the place
OF morphine after, accidents.
The record of the ordinary tuning
fork chronograph is traced on a sur
face blackened by smoke. A new ana
far more delicate chronogrnph consists
of n cylinder. rotated with surface
velocity DI luU Ittl per st''Hhs ~
which is photographed pencil OF llght
which has passed through hole In
the end of a rapidly vibrating tuning
fork recent curious record Is that
of the compression of copper cylinder
by blow. A 33-pound weight falling
10 inches permanently compressed the
cylider 0.165s inch, and the chronosraph
curves shows the progress of the com
preston during its interval of O.3OSli
of a second.
As many as 10 deaths from chic
reform in year have been reported in
England. DR.. f. A. King, however.
pronounces IT perfectly safe when prop
erly administered. pointing out that the
hyderabad comlssion of 1890 proved
that IT has no direct action on the
heart. the thing necessary being to
avoid suffocation by properly dlluting
the vapor with air
A full-grown Shetland pony owned
by the Marchese Carcano of Milan. is
but "a inches tall. being the smallest
horse in the world
Investigators have demonstrated In
various ways the influence of Roentgen
rays on living organisms. In recent
experiments, Messrs. Maldiney and
Thouyenin have proven that the rays
hasten the termination Of seeds, and
that the result. which Is OF no practical
value, is not due to healing of the soil.
They conclude also that the rays do
not hasten the formation of chlorophyll.
DR.. Edward Schiff, OF the Vienna uni
versityhas shown more important eff
fects, having, on one hand, removed
superfluous hair from the body without
the slightest inflammation. while. on the
other hand. he has successfully treated
lupus by an artificial inflammation that
could be regulated In intensity at Will.
In these two kinds of cases, at least,
the X-rays may have a real value in
medicine.
A French paper product. the inven-
tion of NJ Panchon, resembles the hard
est woods in many OF its properties, 1t
is called "Ebeonite" and Is made by
treating fine chips of resinous woods
with lyes of sulphates or supplies, then
pounding the softened chips to pulp,
and treating the latter during rein
ingwith such chemical or coloring lb
stances as will impart desired quail les.
The prepared pulp may be made Into
paper and by hydraulic pressure built
up into thick masses for working, or
II can be nodded. The articles made
from It are proof against atmospheric
changes. heat and moisture, and can
be rendered incombustlble.
Anatomical explanations of right
handedness are rejected by DR.. Geo.
NJ. Kellogg. He believes that he child
is born equally expert In both hands
and both legs.and that right-handedness
IL due to careful training, left-hand-
edness being probably started by some
slight accident to the right hand in
babyhood. He recommends the cultiva-
ton OF ambdexterlty, which has been
Of great advantage to such men as
Alexander Mott, Joseph Pancoast, S. f.
i. Morse, lie onard da Vincl and MI
chael Angelo.
Asteroid hunting ls becoming more
arduous, and only eight of the little
planets were added to the list last year,
increasing the total to 43S The aster-
ODDS are no longer named. but are des-
ignated by REORGANIZATION, the DIS
coyeries of 1897 being known ms OH,
DI, DJ, DIX, DL, DM. On, and DO.
An apparatus for seeing under water
"a kind of binocular with long tube
has been devised by Malachowski. an
engineer of Cracow. The two lenses
ara Htted into the small end of a taper
ing zinc tube. at the other end of
which is a tight iron box about n foot
in diameter closed at the bottom with
n rubber-packed plate of heavy glass,
and provided outside with iron legs to
keep the glass from striking against
stones The field of view under the
plate Is lighted by an ncandescent
lamp supported on n bent arm. An
other lamp may be placed in branch
tube provided at the side of the box.
this branch being required for intro-
duclng vaseline to prevent moisture
from coating the inner surface of tina
glass The electric wires are carried
to the lamps down the Inside of thu
tube. safety valve or aperture near
the top of the tube allows the water 10
escape In case of brealsage of the glass,
and thus prevents icjury to the lenses
or the observers eyes. The instrument
which has been successfully tested to
a length OF fifty feet-is expected "a
prove of much value in studying sub
marine plant and animal life. and In
examining ships hulls and bridge
piers For side Views a mirror at an
angle of AZ degrees is provided.
A simple and accurate method OF
measuring the speed of trains has been
adopted by railroad authorities in Ber-
lin. A make and-break contact on one
of the axles interrupts the current OF
battery at every half revolution OF
the axle, and registers the breaks on
an ordinary Morse recorder in one
compartment OF the car. The record
strip gives an exact account OF the
trains rate Of movement during the
entire trip.
of chemistry. Its great chemical So
ellschaft-is probably the largest sci
aptIBD nrp nj "a In thu. Nppt.lI haN