Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-13

sound that the physician is able tc
trace the outlines af the organs rest
ing against the external cnvelop,
OF the body and To mark them in chali
upon the skin. The organs are heard IN
a living and moving state They are In
| perpetual motion. and their position
| and shape are not those seen In the
| cadaver but are continually changing
| according TO the position and condition
| Of the body. Abnormal condition as well
us size Of the organ may be indicated,
pneumonia, for instance, giving dun
sound to the lung. Digestion may he
! studied as never before, and drawings
of the stomach by means of the
! phonendoscope have already shown
| by the varying distenslon that liquids
| pass much more slowly from that or
gan than was formerly supposed, and
that dyspeptics should drink ordinary
| water. with little Of the beverages
such as settler water and beer-that
expand the stomach by gas.
Varlegated plants of almost any
| species may be produced, in the be-
| lief of a German botanlst by grating
! upon that species n nearly allied form
having colored leaves. Experiment has
| shown, moreover that the shoots of
green species that has been grated
with variegated one will be varie-
gated. a green plant Of Malvastrum
capense on which a varlegated abu-
ton had been grated produced varie
gated shoots below the graft. while
green plant of kltalbella grated on
variegated ahutilon became varie
gated and gave vigorous cuttings which
remained variegated when grown
A mixture Of acetylene with oil gas.
in the proportion Of one to three, has
been adopted on the Prussian state
railways for lighting cars. Expert
ments have proved the mixture to be
safe, with much greater illuminating
power than oil-gas alone, and It can
be used without any change In the gas.
holders or burners now employed.
Incandescent lighting Mt third Of Its
present cost is promised II the possible
Improvement suggested by Prof. Nernst
of Gottingen should prove to be practi-
cable. lnstead of carbon filaments, he
uses rods of chalk, magnesla and kao-
lin. which are remarkable for the large
proportion of visible light rays in their
radiation, no matter by what means
the materials are raised to a high tenn
perature. The lime light and the
Welsback incandescent gaslight are
based on this principle. The materials.
slightly warmed beforehand to dimln-
ish their very great resistance. can be
raised to a high temperature electri-
cally alternating currents being used
to avoid electrOlytic action on the ma
terlal. II remains to be seen whether
there are difficulties in operating lamps
of this kind that cannot be overcome.
The Sussman accumulation, which
feeds a portable electric lamp lately
described at the mining school Of Liege,
is dry storage battery. The plates are
covered with a layer of lead oxide
formed Into paste with weak solution
OF India rubber and sulphnte of am
monia, and In place OF a liquid cleo
trolyte II used a paste of filter paper
reduced to dry powder. or cellulose
formed into a plastic mass This is
saturated with sulphuric acid and
hlled in between the plates.
Aluminium is plated with copper by |
welding in the process of Herr Wnch- |
nitz. German engineer. II is claimed |
mat the plated sheets can he soldered, |
grooved. timed and nickeled. that there |
Is no separation in even the thlnnest |
sheets when rolled or drawn, and that |
All objections to the use OF aluminium |
are thus overcome.
new paint for ships bottoms has
Tor Its chief constituent seaweed, which
green and wet, Is ground in oil and then
mixed with litharge. lead acetate, tur-
pentine and llnseed oil previously well
boiled together. This is claimed 10
solVe the problem of preventing shells
and seaweeds from adhering to the
vessel.
The expedition of Major Gibbons, to
cross Africa from Cape Town to Cairo.
VIII have aluminium launches that may
DC separated into sections for carrying.