The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-25
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It is strange fact that injuries to th'
tongue, whether of man or animal, hea
more quickly than those Of any othe
/ part Of the system.
The population of the earth at thu
time of the Emperor Augustus Is esti
mated at 54,O0O,OOO. 1t is now esti
mated to be about 1,4OO, 100000.
The greatest depth in the Atlantic
Ocean has been found some 100 miles
Thomas, soundings of 3,S75 fathoms
having been obtained.
| The Limited Express service between
New York and Chicago is said to be
| seriously affected by the telephone
Business men who would otherwise &c
to Chicago for personal consultation
| can afford to utilize the long-distance
| telephone instead, and thus avoid the
expenditure of time and in many cases
can save largely on the expense, IN
spite Of the apparently high rates for
long-distance service.
Visitors to Niagara remember the
small cascades Of water falling over
the edge of the cliffs just below the
Clifton bridge. The waste of power
thus represented has been stopped. The
water is now received In a great pipe,
or ''penstock," and Is used to drive
water wheels under its 210 feet head.
Formerly 1t drove only wheels at the
top Of the cliff. An interesting feature
of the installation Is the use of large
size aluminium conductors for the cleo
tric power distribution. 1t is a ref1ec-
ton on modern engineering that this
source Of power was for so many years
neglected.
A Dutch investigator, Beyerinck, has
lately made special study of the little
organisms called photo bacteria, to
which, in large degree, the phosphor-
escence of the ocean is due. He has
been unable to discover that the lumin-
osity of these singular creatures plays
any important part in their vitality. 1t
appears to depend chiefly upon the food
that they are able to obtain. When
they have plenty Of carbon they shine
brilliantly, and the ocean surface glows
with their mysterious light. When fed
with sugar or glycerine, their phosphor-
escent power is increased
A rainfall of 31.76 inches in "a
hours is reported to have occurred
last December at Nedunkeni, in the
northern province Of Ceylon, where the
total fall for 1897 was 121.S5 inches,
although the average yearly rain is but
64.f0. Other great rainfalls on record
are 31.17 inches in % hours at Joyense,
France; 80 inches in 26 hours at Genoa;
33 inches in 20 hours at Gibraltar; "a
inches in one night near Bombay; and
80 inches on each of five successive
days on the Khasia Hills, India. The
greatest annual fall is 600 inches, the
record for the Khasia Hills.
In a recent number of Power, a sim
gular calculation is presented by J. A.
Renie. 1t would require, according to
Mr.. Renie's figures, the power of ten
thousand-horse power engine about TO-
900, 100000 years to lift the earth one
foot in height, and to do this work, al
lowing thirteen pounds of water per
horse power per hour, would require
some 100000, 100000, 100000 gallons
of water, or more than would. be dis
charged at the mouth of the Mississinpi
in 60,000 years. This would be enough.
the writer estimates, to cover the entire
surface of the earth to depth of about
300 feet, to convert which into steam,
using good boilers, would require. some
Loco, 600, ,00o. 100000 tons of coal.