The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-06-15
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Three miles an hour Is about the az
erage OF the Gulf stream Al certain
places. however. IL atlams speed Of
81 miles mn hour. the rapldity of the
current giving the surface when the
sun Is shining the appearance Of
sheet Of fire.
A red sunset indicates fine day :
follow, because the air when dry r..
tracts more heat or Matchmaking rays
and as dry air Is not perfectly transpar.
ent, they are again reflected in the horl.
zon. \ coppery or yellowy sunset gen.
orally foretclls rain
Italy has had 20I square miles Of
land added to its territory in the last
seventy years, 10y the advance of the
delta OF the To into the Adrlatic sea
The measurement has been made by
Professor Marinelli. who carefully
compared the Austrian surveys TO 1s2a
with the Italian surveys Of 1898. The
addition amounts 10 one-six -hundrcdth
of the total area OF Italy nj the earlier
date.
The New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad is striving 10 reduce
the weight Of its passenger-ears. The
standard pattern ears weigh close upon
thirty tons. and by reducing weight In
every possible detail nearly four tons
can he taken on This reduction repre-
sents pretty nearly the average passen-
ger contents of a ear. Much Of the
fraction q a.
weight. Consequently the reduction
VIII Increase the number Of cars that
may be drawn by an engine. The air
resistance Is independent OF the
weight
Glaciers are formed by the aeeumu-
lation OF snow on mountains or ele-
waited table lands. The snow is com
pressed into ice by its own weight
Glaciers flow like rivers, between
banks, and follow burrows or rayines
on the mountain slope. The rate OF
progress varies greatly. and depends on
the grade. the number Of curves, the
volume of ice In the glacier, aud the ac-
cumulations Of lis source. In the Alps
these ice streams advance from four 10
sixteen inches a day. The central part
OF the Ice moves faster than that next
the shore. Gravitation explains the
movement Of glaciers just As it does
that of rivers.
Recent experiments with improved
instruments for measuring the velocity
of proicctlles have shown that the
speed goes on Increasing after the mis-.
sile has left the mouth OF the cannon.
Leaving the muzzle with velocity OF
about .4II feet IN a second. profecille
has been observed TO increase its speed
10 about 1.GS9 feet per second within
the first six feet It is only after hay
ing Travelled about twenty-five yards
that the projectile's velocity becomes
reduced to the speed that It had on
leaving the muzzle. This is ascribcd to
the impulse OF the expanding gas be-
ing felt for some distance beyond the
lannon's mouth.
Prof. G. W. Hough of the Dearborn
University. who has studied the planet
Jupiter uninterruptedly for nearly
twenty years, recently stated some
facts that are not generally known. lie
says the broad belts of various eolors
which cross the surface of Jupiter par.
allel to the equator, and the other con.
spicuous marks on IL are not so change.
able in their general features as many
have supposed them 10 be. The great
red spot which first made It's appear
ance In 1878, has remained practically
in shape and size ever since
Professor Hough inclines 10 think that
'the medium in which the red spot and
the equatorial belt are floating may
have a density approXimatlng that of
liquid Heretofore II has usually been
assumed that Jupitcr's surface was
composed principally of clouds,
through riffs and openings In which
glimpses could be caught of denser por-
lions beneath.