Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY
siik without siihworms unconaurrcd
African Rubber Products FROM rish
waste--untraipcds sight -Coiorcd Glass
.. for seasickncss-i'botogr In the
Dark Euects of Magnets Cursousiy
Inflated.

ARTIFICIAL sik manufacture has made
rapid progress. three successful kinds
having been described the other day by
Prof. llummcl In a technical lecture Ut
Leeds The frst Ia made from coilodon.
or gun-cotton dlHso,vei In alcohol ami
ether. which Ia forced through line cap
Hilary tubes and dried. fundamentally
~ removed by special treatment.
thouEh the iibcr has high ulster. II "
not readily dyed. ycl il IL being cxtcn.
sNcly manufactured IN Franco ana
Italy ..".Nanduara' is a cheaper ,nriih-
The solution eNudoH an me threads from
series OF nipples. and these atv dried
~ ,. "a hfS,N,,nhs I'm! ana Moena on =
matte. enabling one man ~ ten hourt TO
produce iNop yards ~ thread. CqulNus
lent to the Yield OF siJqo coco0nr. Tho
hyde. u dyed readily, AMI 4 useful for
mixture With other ibcrs, but IL itscil
strong ARTIFICIAL SIR 10 made from "mer-
cctiacd' cotton. or cotton treated With
strong canntlr nodn. rhis product e
stronger than the Original nbcr. with
greater affinity for coiorinF matters. hut
hitherto has failed ON account OF shrink
agc. This defect having bccn complete.
W removed hy "mrrccfi1inE abe cotton
fabric under hlrh tension. the material
IL now being made Ia large quantities.
The bite OF the Tnctac ny 10 deadly To
hy committee " the nritiah Royal 80
slety 70 aa,c, other Srsa,yros ,. gs WY.
Insect j. playing surprising part w
the worlds development ur. although
man u HttnnEvll Immune To the poison.
larEe dintricta In Africa. notably the
iampouo aud Inmbsrl vaileyH, must ~.
main unlnhnbltabsc until the pest ~ dc
stroycd.
An International Scientific association.
representing iho chief scientific acado-
favored by Lord Lister and IL bcing con.
Hidcrs'i by the Paris academy.
Though oil.mnkinE from nsh refuse has
made IN ENGLAND 10 Yield q heavy oil
costing Hpmothing over sllp a. ton. that
" 81 crpcylal lni"fnst on account 81 itt
electrical Insulating qualities. Many hp-
plicatinna arc being found Tor this oll
u can b. compressed into slabs FOR dynn-
msd hh, sssS %nc inc p sT,SS @asB
wheels, railroad ties, coach bodies. and
even works. ol ART Neither tcmpcra-
unprecedented with the oil may be- mad.
hard rubber. aud 81, Andrcoii notes
deed during the last Few months. even
mote may ho expected Ozone Improves
the nah oils Ia color. iiuidity and udnr
to IL uciiii-iiuid condition. and HiVos
promise ut converting u cheap maturia
iu!n NeahtM 81 iiuth value Mh'fN uuft
hiuNs impcfmcnbilitY aud great ,ltptfi.
cal resistance arr important.
one ~ the urcst " surgical tfiumphr
has been thU giNluE NJ Huht To- pefHnnH
who have been blind until maturity on.
~ about eighteen sues rHsful operations
~ THIS Kind having been known. ana o.
thlrd nf thras being credited 70 a single
| specialist, br Louis ifnlln uf bucharest.
a German writer has noted how these
pgrannH have learned to see. on teing
. given Nifiun. thty have had ~ become
accustomed 20 ilgit gradually. have
been unable - recognize familiar objects
except hY touch. have known nothing
q colon. have he'd no visual Idea ~
dlHtnrcu or ~ Shape. and have been
utterly hUwildrred by their strange Hen.
nniinnH, one an became completely
hclplUrt IN streets Nhot. he had walked
without diciiinltN white blind a la
concluded that man must learn 20 SOC
~ he learns 10 walk. the eye requiring