Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-19

price per pound, aluminium has been de-
Ginning so that at the present relative rates
the latter Is cheaper so far as bulk s con-
cerned. This Is owing, OF course, to the
light weight OF the aluminium as compared
with copper The price OF copper per pound
now Is about one-half the price OF aluminium
per pound, but a casting made OF copper
and zinc will weigh about three times as
much as an aluminium casting made from
the same pattern, and it has been found
that the aluminium can be made much sitter
and harder by melting small quantity OF
nickel with the metal.
The rise in the price Of copper has in
creased the market value OF several well
known copper mines to an almost incredible
degree and the profits OF some of these
copper producing companies are far larger
than those OF the most important gold mine
In the country. 1t is apparent that II the
demand for copper shall continue to be
so Unsuitable the price must continue to
climb toward a still higher point; but II
/ so, 1t is equally certain that some substi-
tute must be found for copper, or else there
/ will be a falling off of new electrical en-
/ terpriees.
Aluminium trolley wire Is now being
! tested at Niagara Falls 1t is the same
! size as the copper feed wire, is much
cheaper will not rust and can stand big
load OF electricity.
Roentgen Rays in Surgery.
From time to time the records Of the med
ical profession give evidence Of the important
place which the Roentgen rays have per-
nanently taken In both medicine and sur
gerry. The fluorescent screen has now
reached such a degree OF perfection that
with Horoscope in hand, the physician can
detect the minutest movement Of the heart
and lungs, and the least change in the action
OF the diaphragm can be watched and stud
| led at leisure in the living subject. In
short there is scarcely any change in con-
rection with the lungs and the heart and
great vessels which cannot now be seen
and photographed, and scarcely a disease
Of the chest or of the organs which 1t con-
tains concerning which the most valuable
information cannot be obtained A surgeon
can now tell whether injured bones are in
! their proper relative situation without touch
ing the splnts giving the patient mo-
| ments pain. One of the most benefcent
results of photographic progress is the fact
| that the detection of renal calculi can now
be looked forward to with a fair degree
| OF certainty. Dr. c. NJ. Moulin believes that
before long the examination OF a patients
chest through the Horoscope will be con-
sidered as much a matter of course In all
doubtful cases as an examination with the
stethoscope is at the present time. The
X-ray is now employed for the detection of
| incipient pneumonia, also in cases where
the symptoms suggest tubercular meningitis,
and in pleurisy with effusion or empyema
A cure s recorded of tuberculosis of the ell
bow joint. The Joint was exposed to the ray
two or three times a week for two hours
each time until the total exposure was about
| twelve hours. After each exposure wet
dressing was applied Soon all sign of in
iammation had disappeared and there was
no return of the disease. Extraordinary re-
suits have been recorded in the treatment
by X-ray of lupus and various skin diseases,
chronic eczema, favus, psoriasis, ETC., and
now children are regularly examined by the
same medium, the size and position of the
liver and spleen, as we'll as Of the kidneys,
being even more readily determined than
with adults. BY giving subnitrate of bis
muth with bread and milk, changes in the
size and shape of the stomach after meal
may be followed.
Electricity in Capsules.
In New York the latest thing is electricity
in capsules. company has been formed
with $15,OO0000 copital to supply power in
ten and welve-grain capsules, which can
be bought by the box and carried around
in the vest pocket One of these capsules
will furnish electricity enough to keep a
light burning all night. The assertion is
made by a representative of the company
that the light can be furnished at less than
one-ffth of mill per lamp per hour for
each sixteen candle incandescent globe. The
company intends to sell power at 10 cents
an hour for one full horse power. The cap
sules can be used for propelling automobiles
l t1,ok
little room and weight that the weight OF
, the automobiles will be reduced materially
A battery of the new power weighing only
$50 pounds, can run an automobile four OF
five times as long and as far as the largest
, batteries now in use, which weigh 900 oi
3 900 pounds. If all this can really be done
1t will rcvolutionize the automobile industry
and remove one Of the strongest objection:
to its use-its great weight. Automobiles
, as at present made weigh 1000 pounds an;
y y upward, the heavy burden they are obliged
. . to carry for propulsion making it impera
:, lively necessary to construct the carriage
u on the strongest and heaviest scale. Whel
one can buy electricity in the same shap
, as box of quinine pills II will be possib
VI to use ii for many purposes for which
is unavailable at present. The president o
u the company, John Post, who is the dis
n coverer of the new power. says it can b
used in the mcst remote and isolated place
j. as easily as in New York City, and that
lie farmer can employ it to heat and light hi
1t house, to draw water, to make butter, say
st wood, run threshing machine, drive fan
IN and keep out flies. II 1t can do all thi
lie men will no more think of being withou
Of capsules than of going down town withou
d. change in their pockets.
e. steam Engine Here 10 Stay.
In "Ten years from now," said a prophet
y gentleman at the Illinois Central depot
re New Orlans Times man, these ugl,
A. snorting, odoriferous steam locomotives wi
a. be as antiquated as cooked hats and crnc
IN lines. In their place we will see light an
90 graceful electric engines. without smok
n without" Hold on bit!" interrupted
practical machinist, who happened to be
the group addressed. Il don't like to de
stroy a pretty picture, but it's extremel
A. doubtful whether you or anybody else wi
no even see an electric engine pulling a fa
D. train, That light, graceful affair you wei
n just describing wouldn't bulge a single ca
is no matter how much energy 1t develope
1t 1t would simply stand still and the whee
to would spin around. To secure enough az
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