The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-07-12
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Among the as yet UNEMPLOYED spots
on the earth which are to be scientifi
cally attacked during the coming year
is sannlkoff Land. lying north OF the
New Siberia Islands, about 300 miles
from the nearest point on the Siberian
coast. A Norwegian party Will try to
reach the place in 1901 from the north
of the Lena River, where they propose
to spend next winter. The coming sum
mer will be consumed in fixing the
camp on the Lena.
The director Of the Geological Survey
has had an appraisement made by ex
perts to determine the value OF the
specimens Of fossil dinosaurs belonging
to the collection Of the late ProfAO. G.
Marsh, which have been turned over to
the National Museum In Washington.
According to this estimate, the skulls
of the monster triceratops, or three
horned beast" are worth AT least 5000
apiece, while other skulls vary In value
from $50 to $3.50. The head and neck
of the triceratops were covered by an
enormous bony helmet seven or eight
feet long.
The London 0pticlan reproduces the
views of DIR. Kotz, a Russian physi.
clan, on fatigue OF the eye. Whether
muscular or retinal, fatigue of the eye,
says DIR. Kotz, may be approximately
measured by the number of the eyelld
movements or involuntary blinLs In
specified period. By this system. more
than three movements per minute indi-
cate thoroughly unsuitable illumina
ton. The experimental results OBJ
tained by this somewhat crude meth
cd are given as: Candle light, 6.S
movements per minute: gas. IS; sun
light, 30; electric light. Is.
Anti-typhold incubation made by
Prof. A. K. Wright among British
troops In India seem to have given very
promising results. The total number
of men under observation was IL ,295.
OF whom 1885 had been inoculated and
S,480 had not, and the inoculated were
mostly newly arrived young men, espe-
cially liable to typhoid fever while the
uninoculated were mainly more sea
soned and less susceptible individuals.
Yet the percentage Of the unlnoculated
attacked by typhoid fever was 2.5 and
among the inoculated 1t was 0.05. The
deaths were less affected, having been
0.34 per cent among the unlnoculated
and or among the inoculated
]. NJ. Bacon, the Englishman, who
with his daughter made lofty balloon
ascent to observe the meteor shower
last November, tells some interesting
things about the sounds that reached
their ears. At the height OF 5000 feet
the ringing of horses feet on n hard
road could be heard. At 1000 feet the
splashing sound made by ducks In n
pond was audible. The barking of
dogs and the growing of cocks could
be heard at 1000 or 5000 feet. These
sounds penetrated through white
floor of cloud which hid the earth from
sight In the perfect silence OF the air
around the balloon they were startled
by what seemed stealthy footsteps
close at hand. Investigation showed
tnat This SOUND was cHuSeu by Inc
stretching Of the ropes and the yielding
of the silk as the balloon continued
to expand.
There is visible In the night sky, I'M
der favorable circumstances, a faint
light, rounded In outline, and situated
always exactly opposite to the place OF
the sun. 1t Is called the "gegen-
schein," and is one of the most mex
plicable objects known to astronomers.
Recently Prof. w. II. Pickering has
suggested new explanation of the
gegenschein. According to him It
may be "a sort Of cometary or meteoric
satellite" attending the earth. He sup
poses II to be composed of cloud of
meteors, situated about 100000 miles
from the earth, and revolving around
1t In a period Of just one year, so that
the sun and the meteors are always on
opposite sides Of the earth. He esti-
mates that the size of this ghostly sat.
elite may be nearly the same as that
OF the planet Jupiter. viz, about &c.
900 miles In diameter.