Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-12

use " petroleum under boilers have
been overcome by Feeding the oil In the
form of spray and heating TO about
800 degrees r.. the current Of mir In
which the oil IL burned. In paper TO
the London society " Arts. Sir Marcus
samuel states that the calorinc power
OF the oil under ordinary marine bolt
crs has shown to be almost TO AZ
compared with Eastern Goals. while on
locomotives ton Of oil has been found
10 equal "a tons of coal. The oil offers
further economies In handling. slowing.
etc. The consumption Of petroleum In
Russia ne fuel alone has reacohd not
less than 100000 tons per annum. It
has been used exclusively for many
years on vessels navigating the caa-
plan sea, and 20 considerable extent
On steamers engaged In the Eastern
trade and In several Of the European
navles ana Ercat numbers or vessels
are being lifted FOR ltA use. This en-
Nineer forcsccs a general adoption u
liquid fuel for marine boilers.
The novel idea Of concentrating 20
lulunH by means ~ centrifugal ap.
pnrutua has been tested By Johann
Walter gcrmhn chemist. The small
ct and highest particle " any prccip-
ltatr present was quickly separated.
hut the solution remained unchanged
even In ~ most rapidly rotated part.
and In gaseous mixtures, tou. there was
no tendency for the dcnHer constituent
TO be thrown outward.
British marines see an important col.
llHiun.prcycutinE apparatus IN the ln-
uHIIIIINNIU HWfImI IUYaNHaH AT A. a..
Anthony, Of NoW Castle. This has
large circular.mouthed sound collector
With rcsnnator, from which the sound
" transmitted through receiver h.
the "ar-tuboa. when the operator has
the collector toward whistle nr fng
signal the exact direction o. shown on
a dial.
India has Immense coal deposits,
from which the output IN islG was D..
hdAN2o tons. In the Bengal districts
alone. the ltlnlgurE and liartkcr coli
lierlcs are estimated 90 contain 1900
NpVop tons the karampurn colllories,
s.NQQ,oooooo tonHi the lioharn coilierieH,
i.i0n,000ooo tons and the Dihorfia coll
licricr. ies,ooo.ooo tons.
The successful solution Of vcxlnF
and oft-tried problem n claimed by 81.
Albert Henry In his unsuitable and un-
cnpsiSahlo boat This has an inner
hull. which II much smaller than the
outer me. ANA the space between u
perfectly iirht. forming an nir.chamber
which IL divided into compartments BY
partitions. The floor of the inner hull
II above the level ~ tho water. In the
center II a longitudinal opening through
boih hulN 70 the water. forming u well
IN which u nurrended an adjustable
centcrhohrd 81 sheet iron heavily
welghtcd with lead. AZ water entering
In late severe trials In France. u i0.foot
lifeboat ON this model was tipped nbnut
10 dcgrces. when u quickly righted IT,
self. ana even when turned completely
over with much cffort. IL Instantly ~.
stunned IL upright position. ana cmptled
itself IN four seconds. II sank com
plstely when tank OF isGn uniiona of
water wero suddenly emptled into n.
YET II was quickly on the surface again.
with the water flowing out " II.
Tin and lead may be- alleged IN all
proportions, An Investigation hy Mr.
y. =, Nperry shows that tho alloy hny.
INK the Ercatrat strength rustaina gsll
pounds per square Inch. and contains
40 parts ~ Tin IN ss,a ~ leadi while
the strongest alloy under compression
requires load 81 n 10s pounds To
shorten a piece one inch long onc-trnh
and contains a per cont Of tin and %
HA NNAWH INV NNMHA MMNNNNf MNNNN NNNMH
hlris 81 equal weights OF tin aud lead.
and the alloys containing from Is 10
DO per cent of tin are not homogeneous
The alloys That pass through plastic
state on melting arc only those having
from 10 to ~ per cent Of TN.
An electric process ~ pottery max.
lng stated 10 have yielded rrmarkahle
results, has been developed BY an Eng
lish iirin. The designs are produced by
photography, ana are burned IN aud
covered with a special glaAe In u special
electric furnace. the perfect control ~
this form OF furnace enHufing a product
of The highest excellence.
The Instruments OF modern science
are almost inconcelynbe, In his re-
cent determination ~ tho enrih's don-
silly. Prof Vernon Boys measured a
force equivalent 10 one tWeive-milllnn-
hr OF srain noting at the end of a
lover one Inch long
Electric light baths or Systematic ~
porurra OF the body a. the uiya ~ arc
lamps. seem 10 have become an -.
tahllshed therapeutic agent of ordi.
claimed In the facts that tho electric
light II at all times available that IL can |
be regulated according Ia the strength |
OF the patient and TO the disease. that |
the action upon the heart Ia very slight. |
and that harmful bacteria IN the body |
are destroyed rapidly, The baths are |
administered IN a mlrrnr-iinod box Ia |
which the diHrobed patient u seated |
with his head projecting outside |
through a hole In the iid The aenaa, |
sation experienced ~ an agreeable aud |
Increasing heat, Inducing She |
profuse sweating ~ the Turkish bath; |
and complete cure or material benefit |
II reported In rheumatism, gout.
hrlghtn diseare, asthma, chronic cRt- |
nrfhF, skin diseases, ANA nervousness.
Some interesting Instances Of the rn- |
pld destruction ~ Iron pipes BY car |
homie acid In water passing through |
have been noted BY German engineers. |
Near heuthen. Sliesia, milo and u
quarter OF east iron pipe Of average
quality connected pumping sta
tinn with reservoir. aud this
pipe began 10 leak AZ the end
u two years, when tho upper |
third was found 10 be- deeply pitted and |
the rrFt being unaffected. |
At Johnnn-0n-t the Saar, which receives |
very soft aud pure water from tho cnr- |
hnnifcrons deposits Of the snnrhruck |
action on the iron was made |
known IN a different way The water |
In q short time became badly dlscoiured |
and unht for use, and inyoatiFHtiou /
showed that the supply nt the nourrr /