The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
NOTES Oy scrENcx avn INDUSTRY.


There are now, according to the Annuaire Generate
deIAutomobis, more than seven taoussnd owners or
automobiles IN Europe the number of such vehicles
oeng. perhaps, len thousand. nearly twothirds or
these being owned in France. out Of this number.
no loss than i.bit are In tho departments. There
are more than ak hundred M anu in France.
not including the makers of parts. about one
thousand dealers in them. and eleven hundred re-
pair ahops. Tho same authority gives the number OF
owners OF ant mobiles in Germany A. 2dS, 30 in
Austro.iiurgary the same in Belgium. - In Spain.
500 IN Great Britain III in Italy. ~ in Holland ia
in Switzerland.
On the occasion OF = ship rprlneng a leak. her
pumps are set to work tn get tho water out fast
1t comes in. Instead OF this. 1t IN suggested by
writer in the Ams,fcon Mcdaniel that airpumps be
used 70 force air into tho l,aky compartment. and
thus force the water hack through the hole where 1t
entered. There Is ID N remarked. means Of eHpel
ling water from the filed compartments 80 obvious
a. to render IL matter of wonder that engineering
skill has not put forward tho plan. simply to close
the matches ~ the flooded compartments aud drive
the water out nv forcing air In nor would It make
the slightest difference how large the holes might DO
in the bottom. as the water would he expelled and
kept out on the same principle a. the oldfsshioncd
diving bell.
A most interesting contribution by Mr.. J. r Old.
ham IL contained in u recent number OF Gamers
Nddarn. in which h" expresses thu opinion thst tho
model OF the ocean mail steamer Of the ne1t century
will probably be that OF very much enlarged "ds-
Htroj or' Of great breadth and length and small
draft Of water forward Further. lighter and
stronger material will compose the structure which
may be moved by multiple propellsrs. possibly
working In . tunnel. 80 that number Of wheels
could is worked by separate shafts. aotu,ted by
rotary motors As the sizes OF screw shaft, and
zines even now under construction are porilously
large. or the motive power may be produced by
compressed air or gn.-then. the form Of least re-
sisencs probably being discovered. tho hull. broad
| and light in comparison with tho augmented al.
mensons will riso on top OF tho waves rather than
through them. The rolling and pitching may be
more severe than At present. but with improved
| cabins and . shortened voyage. the difference may
| not be noticed
The plan Of oiline railroad beds to suppress dust
| has led 70 the construction OF peculiar machine
for use ordinary highway and this Is said
N meet the requirements OF the cass quito effect
| lively. A big tank mounted on four wheels draes
| sort OF tendsr.bor supported By two wheels. into
which are run from the tank supplies OF oil this
bo1 ha. . furnace beneath II which heat. tho oil
| and attached to H. 10 drar resembling spmewhst
| hay rshs. number Of curved rods or fingers e,
out from the bottom and these being drawn through
| the dust and along the road. mark litts burrows
in the dust and into these burrows. through series
| OF pipes IL discharged the OIL second finger or
sor' otthumb arrangement nIsd farther back. turns
| the dust over the oiled furrow. and the surfscei
then left To abHorb. process which requires about
an hour to effect. roller being now drawn over the
oiled width. the nrs, treatment IL completed. One
saturaton will Keep the road in repair during years
succeed ng the nrst trsatmsnts. and this application
requires but twenty barrels to the mile.
The formation OF company In Belgium 10 reported
for the working of newly patented process Of manu-
featuring 'nrs makers OF peat and ro.in. known
IS are lighter vs-uvisns," the low price OF which
enabling all to have them the intensity OF heat And
the extreme rspidity with which they take ere arc
said I, have made them necessity In every house
| hold. the Advantage OF their use bein. manifest
over ordinary kindling wood or any other Arsight.
ing material OF the present day. including petro-
leum. 30. very small piece OF the ",esuvian''
| gives instantly . good nre. The eonsumption in
summer will not be less than in winter. . pieos
weighing two TO three ounces will burn for ten min.
utss. giving heat enough to boil water.
| Great uss 10 being made At present In foundre-
| and other metailurgieai establishments of steeI
| scrap. Ills the veiknown material left after nah
ing various articles of stel. such as punehings o
shaving from the latse also .out articles sust
~ old hles. hoseshoes kc. Iisteaed by means OF
process which converts the scrap into steel only
o. tia original value per pound. but slo in Any de
tirri shape thus saving cost Of machinery or drop
forging. Thsserap Is melted In crucibles . process
that Nest oy' most or the valuable steel properties
but alta h''d pon in the melting certain Ing -cd
tents so dropped into the molten mass that restore
the Naluaels prcrs7irs Tho resulting product has
every quality OF the b'st steel be Nc homo n.o
waldng rs-seclv can bs made hard or SOFT t. ord G,
and has Atn'ils strength II $4,000 pounds
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