Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

An electric cautery or knife for re-
moving wool rapidly from the pclt II
tho Invention Of Mrs. s. l.. johnson. OF
bradford, Eng. It consists OF "a platln-
um-iridium wire. which r. fastened 10
specially made refractory support.
the whole being attached TO a suitable
handle. and connected 10 current OF
about 90 nmpcrs at 4 volts. The wool
IL removed by simply pushing the
wlre-whlch Il heated by the current 10
Neutrality-suspicious. the surface OF the
skin. This system enables girl 10
shear from eight 10 "a dozen skins an
hour, the advantages being greatly re-
dueed cost with freedom from injury
20 skins and wool that always results
from the usual treatment with lime or
rwentlng.
II young woman has = rnouFtache,
Mr.. Balmanno Squire. Il. ". q. g.,
recommends that she shave regularly,
without attempting TO destroy the un-
welcome hairs. His experiments have
convinced him that shaving win not
make the hair grow more thlckly,
coarser and longer, but that pulling
the hairs out will have this effect. while
IN eloctrolytlc depllntion the tiny scar
from each destroyed hair will Join the
slightly dianguroment. In the hlrnuto-
ness That comes 90 older women, Whoru
the hairs arc few and widely Hpuced
the electric needle may DO used without
causing noticeable scars.
Tubes Of rock crystal Of considerable
length are now made IN tho flame Of I'm
oNyhydrogen blow-plpe. Such tubes.
tWo-nftha OF an Inch la diameter and
made az the rate OF little more than
an Inch an hour. have been shown no
hritlsh Royal society by Mcssrs. W. A.
shenstone and W II. Evans.
Turning o. the skin In exncrlmenta
with rays has been found by Mssgrs
liordler ana Salvador 10 be due not 10
the rays Themselves but 20 a high-
tension Induction current formed near
the Crookos tube.
From y to u horsepower per aaunre
yard represents the sunny dny solar
energy Of American prairea, as shown
In ten years Of observation.
A late paper by p. r. Chadbourn
places water at the head OF tho min
erals OF Maine, although this state
ranks second In granite production and
IN the source OF the worlds finest tour.
mnline gems. Water ~ hero king
whatever may be said OF Prohibition.
lhe fnlnIall, which reaches tho unusual
American average Of ~ Inches "a v,ar
MIS- more than 1900 lakes OF consider.
able size, covering a fifteenth OF the
states area. and the distribution. no.
tentiyeness and height OF these nnturnl
rcsctNolrs-Eo large a lake as RanEclcy
being more than 1900 feet above gon
lyvol-mRke the generous supply uvnu-
able IN variety OF ways. The IAN
ot the water from these rcsorvolrs |
NhTHfIMh tho FfgHnHu IN
store OF mechanical energy estimated /
ut 2,6oG200 horsepower, little u which |
has been yet used. In commerce. wa. |
ter plays some part, large sales cling |
made from the world-famous Poland |
Spring and other springs ~ less note. |
while Ice n an important article of /
export Without It's abundance of wa |
ter, the rugged country could mover
have been "a aportsmon'a paradise aud |
the summer park Of the Eastern stntoa |
on ita southern border the wat,r OF
the sea NILS the indentatlons In the |