Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-26
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

SCltNlItlC MISCELLANY.
Frlgoihenpy il stated to be already
IN vogue at several places In Europe.
The treatment consists IN standing tho
patient. we'll protected with furn. In a
frcesing box cooled TO 500 or more be-
low zero. this daily cold bath being con
tinu,d ten minutes. The head IL allowed
To- proirudc frum the box. AZ breathing
q the intensely cold air would bc dan
grfuus. The cftcct IN 10 powerfully
stimulate the circulation. creating On
immediate and ravcnous appctite. and
tending TO Danish dyspepsia. and
various kidney and liver diseases. ns
well 49, nervous exhaustion and It's at
iendant melancholy and depression.
aeion.
Tho theory that so.caiivi dark photo.
graphs are produced by the action Of
| hydrogen peroxide has hrcn sustained
IN m elaborate series Of experiments
at the Davy-fauday laboratory, Lon.
don. b. Dr. W. J. Russell. lie has
About ~ species " bacteria hav.
trcn catalogu,d BY stetnbcfE, Not mora
than ten per cent. says Dr. Seneca
/ Egbsfi. are what W. call psthouenic or
disease pfoducefa, and the rest are
probably ~ some real U.s.. while even
N, disease germs may have some un-
knawn use Or purpose. They are single
cellej. representing the simplest plant
NE The other classes 81 ninHie-cellsd
vegetables are the yenair and the
muulda. which grow b. budding, like
the hlrher plants. and diner IN this re-
afrct from the bacteria. which are re-
produced ~ dividing or splitting In
two. Cfowth Il very rapid. Tho two
parts from an individual each become
NJ lhrgr ne the original IN few mo-
ments. and a. these IN turn divide the
increase l. by rcometricai progression.
- that u has bren calculated that, un-
der favorable conditions and with no
deaths. a single bactcrium i.i2o0 ~ an
inch long. belonging 10 species that
rrpOduces Itself On often ~ every half
hour. would In y hours Increase TO
sii.ooo.ooo,eoo individuals. niling q pint
cup. In y hours more. AZ the same rate.
they would OIL every ocean on earth.
These organisms. the smallest Of living
thlnru. swarm everywhere. and they
benefit " In many ways our very
esistencc. even. depends upon the re-
conversion by them ~ dead matter into
rlant-f0od. n has been lately dis
covered also that bacteria feed some
plants through their roots with atfno--
phefic nitrogen. they aid In various
prccssess, such m Fastening the TO
moyai u hair from hides. IN the pre-
r,ra'lon Of indigo. and In the rcttinf Of
fiax they precipitate immense deposits
81 boz Iron. M In New Jersey they
rive eherar IL flavor. now varied by
cultures ~ pleasing species. and In
many other ways render valuable serv-
Ice.
A vase that has been locked up In
the cathrifai 81 Genoa. Italy, for six
centuries Il isb inches In diameter and
~ inches hirh, and Il claimed TO have
been cut from single emerald, A
local antlquary has tried 10 prove that
this precious frllc WINS one ~ the gifts
Of Solomon 60 the queen Of aheba.
Tho singular and unexplained proper
y % aluminium 81 writing upon clean
glars and porcelain, property dis
covered by N. Charles MarRot Of the
Geneva High school. seems admirably
adapted for decorative purposes. The
burnishef and oil give the designs
drawn with the aluminium pencil the
lustcr and appearance % inland silver.
shown that all the results produced up.
on a photographic plate by both metals
by hydrogen peroxide. that this sub
stance acts through gelntinc. cciiuioid.
etc, Exactly like the metals. essential
oih, etc and that the active metals
and other materials arr the ones capa.
BE ~ giving riae 60 hydrogen peroxide
BY oxidation In moist air.
A striking possible application %
electric waves IL pointed out by Prof.
"a hes
waves cause drops ~ mercury and oil
10 unite. thus overcoming q difficulty
" certain metnllurgicnl operations. lie
thinks that Scotch mist could be con-
Nerted Into rain by electric rays. which
would pfeciplinte most fumes. but
doubts " the effect upon London fos
would be enoouraging,
MIX has been shown by experiment
20 have advantages In eStinguirhing
burning petroleum IL forms an cmul- |
sion with the OIL and IN n limited space
y thus made 10 qu0nch flames upon |
which water could be thrown with lit |
tle eject
Mother Earth u now known 20 be In |
state N nervous palpitailon and con- |
ununl unrest that a few years ngn |
would have been thought Incredible. |
even sold Enrlund-Whefe earthquakes |
.tr practically mover clt-rlying IN
ANuinental records ~ seventy or more |
untet earthquakes yearly. Some |
shocks aru found 60 not the entire |
slohe ~ a irmhle. Reside the strong |
" marked quotations, the pendulum
lhnlfumrnt show daily movements
ahd almost unhfnknn tromora. the lat
lei unexplained, although prOf.M Milne
suggests that they can hardly be sur
ptlsrl whom II n considered that an
aFeihHr NJ on" earthquake every half
npgf u feli fumoNherc, while many
under thv sea ana deep In the ground
nuhi o, unielL one of the interesting
put not yet understood discoveries In
that magnetic dlsturhancss are noted
rev ohicrvatnflca at the time Of
earthquake, OF oven lust hofore--a
ruRf'Hicd cause being the diaplacement
or large masses m magnetic. The
t'lenllhc study ~ cosmology has made
lapld strides Ia the much.shuiSen lands
ANN 1nd Italy while the new
hrlles Of ohscrvaiprlns In all Important
COUNTRIES h extending the work over
lht World, giving promise ~ results of
tFrhi practical as wull aa scientific
Nalle-aH In showing engineers safe
Nltef ttf submarine cables. In explain
lht pertufbntinns ~ the mngnetic
needle md IN giving an understand
'he varied displacemerta OF the
a wild coffee Of the island Of Reunion,
a.. nliln ocean, Is stated Ia be free
ltnn 'hnein. but 10 have much Of the
"tnI ana stimulating effects ~ ordi-
,,.y s"Hse II Is suggested that. Inn
noN,a by cultivation. this coffee
should he nnuda . ,s.t,.. 10. -. ...-.. |