Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-06

esvsgss-- Aerial TeieGraphy - W"nt "
the Earth's sbapeg-Csusc ~ Red f"-
i,ssc--A Color irrobiem-A Desert that
4. Not . Desert seif-Acting Teapot
matching Of Eggs with Double yoihs.
w.,erspouts are common on the coast
~ New south wales. often occurring In
s,o,,pa OF three or four. An unusual dis
NAV Of last May was witnessed by u
scIeu,inc observer. MIR. n. c. Russell. who
h.s lately given description Of the
nhcnomcnn. The morning was iino with
= silsht northwest wind and smooth sen.
A darn mass Of cloud lighted by clectri-
cal chickering's appeared In the east. but
give no warning Of the disturbances II
y,aa bringing. Before noon fourteen
waterrpouts were seen. Each began with
n rotary motion IN the water large col-
ufnn. with n mist cap leo TO 10 feet deep.
minutes, the clouds at the same time
forming an Inverted cone. which alter
natoly dipped and rose until II met the
,naincd unchanged for some minutes.
when getting out OF perpendicular. V
parted In the middle. the Top rising and
the bottom falling.
The strength OF vision In saynEcs
proyes TO he much less extraordinary
ihan was supposed Dr. Dehcim. on Wis.
Of ~ kaffrN. ncautos. Hot,entpts. 80.
ius and Bushmen. finding LOO with nor
mai vision equal TO that In. rurorcans.
- " Phcno%shSi Vision ni,i Was shown row by a
Kafir giri OF fourteen. who perceived oh.
jscia al sixty feet away as well as q nor
mai white could ., twenty feet.
In the Marconi System Of "wireicss'
,elesraphy. now N use between an lsng-
sh En,no.'. ye, ra WIKI ' an ye, ,wv Xxi
poles are necessary at the stations. Beck
lux 10 obviate this difficulty, n herman
s,getimen,sir, has eonn.s,,d me rscslylng
wires about 100 yards long, running par
nlicl 20 each other. and has sent mes.
.agcs three and half miles between
IIqulned gases. at atmospheric pfcs-
sure, are found TO have these boiling
POINTS, In CcntriErnde dcgfees below zsroi
sulphur dioside,. 49, chlorine. ~: ammo
MIA. y. carbon dioNidc. w. air, W.; ny
pe.pi,s the apparently cnprieiouu dis
,ribution OF .hnd aud water. the idea
that the earth has regular plan, says
Pr J: VI ur,gory IN paper to "a. Royal
dawn u geographical science. Notlclng
the radiation OF the seas from the "
Vhntinc AREA "a boundicss ocean. the
early classical gcographcru describe the
land rs an island floating on vast sea.
whose channcin conVcrgrd toward the
classical hub OF the universe. IN. same
plan fcappcarr In tho mcdlaovAl wheel
maps" with apoho-ika- areas Of land fu-
dating from the ccntcf nt Jerusalem.
Later gcograph.rs have thought tho
earth q sphoriod based on u tctraLeiron.
Others have described u rs an oblat.
speroli OF revolution, but recent disc9v..
sfies have proven that u II not a Aphsriod
tnf ~ we'll a. the poles, and therefore
regarded Ms an .liipsoid. with three un'
equal axes. There IL good reason TO be.
eilipaoid. the northern and southern hem.
spheres being unlike. aud the earih
therefore shaped like hadly-shapcd peg.
that Il more nearly resembles a potato
than an orange. There II evidence 20
show. moreover. that tho cnrths nEut.
thu, It's shane has undergone series Of
additional determinations. The north pol..
u may be added. II now known TO nhlt
ments OF the atmosphere, the unequal
melting % polar Ice, and heavy nnowfalla
on tho Siberian hishland'.
one % the mos, brilliant OF natures
ercctH-thc autumnai unts OF icav.s-ia
little understood even now, FROM labor
Az 'y x,es NJ " oyer, " eoneiaas S ,hn,
tho rcd coiorinE matters are chiefly due
90 sugar, and are Ia most caAet unions
tumnaI sunshine favor. tho production Of
sugar and the chemical process leading 10
the formation OF the pigment. while tho
low temperature prevents tho conversion
OF the sugar into starch.
The color % negro babies has been OK
citing much Interest among English ply
tural climate rather than In the ARTIFICIAL
conditions OF America. Or, Andrew WI.
Don nnds tina, a.. negroes OF East and
West Africa and zanzibar are born pink
ish white. and that the nrw:born na.
tiycr Of India also are nearly white, Tho
color. gradually deepsn-, becomlnH ehoco-
late brown In two months after birth
A familiar belief that Russian es-
nloiers have proved 20 20 an srtnr "
waste. obrutHchon tells ~, II Il
sicppe.llko plateau. with numerous hills
. and ynilsss thn' have been produced by
sea, and with enough rain aud snow In
ordinary years 10 sivs growth % grass
asnl,l.nt for vast herd. e.lonsinS TO
I.h part 81 the catrayan route from ch-
"a 20 urrn, over which yearly pass ioo-
90 e9m.ls loaded NTH is,, ,hs we'll. are
miles apart. u was IN this desert. that
harlan. that threatened China. leading TO
me building OF grcat wall. i..po miles
long.
An automatic teapot, infuning tea any
required number OF minutes, " tho Idea
~ . Scotch chemist, Mr.. Edward Stan
ford. Tho Infusion vessel stands on an
ordinary teapot. An Indicator registers
the speed at which a quantity OF water
falls Into tho Infusion vessel, and ht the
end ~ four minutss-ot the time nscca-
rary for tho infusion--th. liquid having
risen To n certain height. runs by means
Of u niphon Into the teapot The nppatn-
tus II useful not only for tea but for
pharmaceutical infusions.
A study Of partly incubgtcd eggs with
cxperimenter. The results dinprovo tho
general notion that double chickens are
produced frum two yoken under prcsnure
M In the two cases observed OF double
embyro the monstruaity came from onc
OF the voikn quite independent OF the
other. In one OF these cases the second
yolk produced single chick. thus illus
two young ones produced together. and
two from single .sE.een'
In n new electric bell. OF Getmnn origin,
the automatic make and brcak IN y frpnf-
ate npparatua, which may be placed ~
the main battery circuit, so that one VIII
suflee for all tho bells worked BY each
battery
A bridge Of y shape IL an engineering
novelty 81 Mans, France, II was built
railroad, which cronn IN the middle of the
stream, the expense for tho rufinut
structure being Twenty-Five per cent less
than for two bridges