Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-06

~. ,r,u,uv sblpped out Of chile for
fartliziuu IL has been eauutten ."'
within nifty years the nltrates VIII ".
exhausted. and II some means " nos
discovered Of manufacturing W.,
| chemicals the future generstluhh w
have 10 use something o'he' "''
| wheat. ,, a.. have
| A chemist. however. claims 20 nave
| .,i,cd .he prcbiem By discovering now
10 take <he nitric acid from ihe az
hy burning the air. This u done ny
means ~ eiecirlciiy; and the AIR that
huns IA only that which comes ~ con
TACT with ihe electric spark. DR.. kihea-
| bury has C~ilmaics that by USING "n.s
| on,.fenth Of the air surrounding ihe
e,r,;, II would make enough s1kpeter
for fertlllzlng 90 last the world twelve
niiiion years. 20 Infinite " the supply
| ~ nitrogen In the air. Accordingly "
Tho nitrate may be manufactured from
,he air there Il no room for apprehsn-
sion over the suggested problem.
As II ls possible for the elements OF
two kinds OF saltpeter. potassium and
sodium. 20 convert lime INTO eva, A0 M
probably formed In that way. Ut
Klnreburv, however. believes that little
or none OF our coal was formed In this
throughout the entire lecture great
interest was added by the many chemi-
cal experiments that were performed.
Illustrative Of what was said; and u was
shown tina; discussion In chemistry
may be made exceedingly interesting
and reveal astounding truths Of nature.
Every one present gave hearty AZ
plause nj the close Of the lecture. sach
irfi with the thought that he knew a
great deal more when he lefi than whcn
he entered the Laboratory building.
The next OF these public lectures VIII
be given next Monday evening. Deem q
her 18th. n will he an Illustrated adj
dress on the Yellowstone National PARK
by Prof. D. u. Alien. The public are
Invited 10 attend a. the course Of lee
lures 10 given wholly for their benent.
A folder containing the subjects OF all
these lectures may be got at the sta
tlonsry stores or n; ths University.
u IL ~ foliows'
DR.. orson Howard. professor OF ma
tural history. Monday cvcning. Jan. y
Facts and ncsiors IN natural history.
G. X. Edmund instructor In physics.
Monday evening. Jan. 10; Physlcf.
chemistry and human lie.
w. q. Royiance assistant professor
Of history. Monday evening. Jan. -
America and England.
RI. Bradford. Instructor IN mineral
ory aud chemistry. Monday evening,
Jan. 20: Laws OF order In She mineral
kingdom.
w. NJ. Stewart. professor o. pedaro-
Ky.-Monday evening. Feb. o. DeErnrf-
lcy In ci.y life. Causes for immortality
OF city youth: conditions favorable 10 a
strong moral and mental character
value Of scienglnc knowledge In training
the youth.
Geo. N. Marshall. professor u English
nngtiars and ifers 'nTa Monday even.
Ing. Feb. n; Westminster.
Richard II. Lyman, asslatant rrofcr-
sor " cnEineeflng.-M onday evening
Feb. 20; The s,ephcnroua, she Locomp'
tive. ana clVillysi on.
Fred W. Reynolds, Instructor IN Enr'
iish.--Mondny evening. Feb. 81; Som.
preseus-,iiy aspects and innucuccs OF
novel reading.
Geo. n. Mathews. profcsror of French
and ucrman.--Monday evening, March
g. nalsac
BYRON cumminFy. professor 81 an
Client languages and Hfrature.-Mon'
| day evening. March ~, Six greal
scnipiOrs 81 Greece. ulin~,fatedD
Jos. n. Toronto. professor % mafhe'
Monday evening, March 20
The moon. uliufifated.)
Dr James v. Talmtrc, protector q
ReoioRy Monday evening. March -
Subject 90 be announccdD