The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-18

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the umbra, which, In the atmosphere
|alrencil-lllsa cylinder. CD led 'seyarais d 4.
srees below the surroundinF air a mi
Gauge considerable aerial Idlst,irhancs
and the shadows OF the Z aIr5 wavss
might become Visible or sufficient nar.
rowing OF the Bource az lirbt. Tho
probable character! Of tho Wayt 4 s,So is
lead one 10 expect sound iron, them.
and " may ia possible to hear
ecllpses as a faint hummlng. MI
ifft5f IL 60, IA M 81
Pine-rlmmed ny wheels Ar, "a; Z ,,,lorsea
by Mr. c. II. Manning. Who IN ian
years OF experience has found them
much stronger and iaaferIthan cast !iroi,
wheels OF thu; same Weight. ~
FL 1nt the loud;spea king Aphonosraph N
Mr. Horace L. ShortSof Brighton Enrt
the ,soundsls magaified BY 4 small 5nnI
delicate piece OF mechanism. ilooklpr
like a whistle, which IS contained IN x
trumpet, four feet long. y The rce ords
arc made on . sllverEcylinder. WITH &
sapphire point, instead OF In the usual
swayson wax, and when the cylinder,
after receiving the record. is passed
again through the machine, the swhis.
tie or tongue OF The apparatus trans.
forms2 the sound of the voice ir,to !
5deatenlng roar, In the tests already
made. sentences thus repeated have
been understood at "a distance of ten,
miles, with Il favorable wind 4
message was received twelve miles
away, and 1t Is believed to be possible
; to send speech over water to a vessel
at sea as much as fifteen miles away,
al conditions being favorable. !! N
The railway for every carriare ida.
of NJ. Tart, is reported 10 be meetInp
with considerable favor in France. me
movable rail- is a loose hop or RIM
sencircling each wheel OF the carriage
and when this rim runs against an Oh;
stacle II forms an inclined plane, II IN
which the inner wheel moves easily
and without shock, the descent being
similarly bridged. On smooth. hard
roads, where the road Itself is euuIya.
lent to u rail, these wheels would be
unnecessarily cumbersome. TheIr}ad-
vantage becomes evident, however, on
rough or muddy roads or, stone; pave
ments,i and 1t Is claimed that tho mov.
able rail makes 1t practicable 10 carry
greatly increased loads. while the
shocks to vehicle and moter-whether
horse Or englnc-are greatly lessened.
In investigation by De Heen. a
French physicist, all liquids examined
were either quite decidedly opaque to
electric waves or transparent to them.
Such waves readily passed through
ether, petroleum, benzine.. xylene and
.butyric acid and valerIanic acids. but
were stopped by water. alcohol, aide
hyde. carbon blsulphide and ethyl
bromide. No connection is shown
with other physical properties.
Acculmators on the dry battery prin-
ciple, free from. doors and the splash
ing Of liquid, are proving very salts.
factory In Germany for train lighting
and for automobiles. After being
first connected ard putin place In the
cell. the. plates are surrounded with
Selatinous mixture. and are then
formed" by the passage of an electric
current. a new, cheap and durable
connection is used, consisting OF
laminated ribbon of lead. attached By,
2 nut of hard lead. The acid does
not, evaporate. aud requires renewal,
only after a long time. the gases are
condensed and retained In the upper;
layer OF the Gelaslnous mass. and the
plates are held apart and kept in good
condition by the pressure tina prevents
particles from falling off, . In tests on,
the MISUNDERSTANDING railway,
these denominations were used for
heavy currents without requiring re-
newal OF plates.
Snake-stones. which are fairly COM
mon in South Africa, are thought by
Mr.. E. II. S. swaarz. Of Cape Town, to
bemade OF pumice. They are described
rs white, porous stones, which. when
applied TO 4 snake-blte, adhere until
they have absorbed all the poison, when
they are placed In milk. which
in time draws out all the poison. and
renders them again fit for use. The
farmers firmly believe that they are
bone from the head OF a snake.
"Alumlnothermy' Is the name given
to the new branch OF science brought
into existence by DR.. Hans Gold
smidts process OF obtaining high tenn
peratures He now uses mixture OF
metallls oxides and aluminium. called
."thermitc," and when few spoonfuls
of this mixture are placed in a cruel
BILE. with a little ignlting mixture and
lighted with match. a temperature o.
:, 900 sdegreesSC. Is reached in two or;
three minutes. While the process Is
especially adapted for producing chem
icallys pure metals, It Is also. being en-
Played for pipes and rails: ;f
The channels seems to be credited
with q Temperature much higher than
that OF domestic animals, one hunter
finding. 1t 10 be 1870 degrees +. Applying
the thermometer to many newly killed
specimens. an English observer records
m average OF 10l.5 degrees In tho
channels suddenly killed, and ur 70
degrees or degrees more In animals