The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-06

some distance in front. An average
OF 10 shots with the German infantry
rife has shown a muZzle velocity OF
2CG8 feet per second, with maximum
velocity of 2132 feet per second at ID
feet from the muzZle.
The extension OF the use OF cleo
tricity in British warships In place
OF steam for subsidiary purposes IS
TO be made the subject of series of
experimental tests. At the present
time the capstan, steering engines,
ventilating fans and derrick hoists
are worked by steam power.
Arsenic is very brittle metal, steel
gray in color, and OF no great impor-
tance in the arts. Metallic arsenic is
found native in veins in metamorphic
rocks in Saxony, Bohemia, and abun-
dantly at Chanarcillo in Chilli. Ar
senic is widely disseminated, as few
sulphur ores are free from traces OF
it. The white arsenic Of commerce is
arsenious acid.
A striking proof Of the lasting quail
tiles of cedar wood mas been discovered
in the state of Washington. Near Ac-
me is a forest of hemlocks, which has
grown up over a buried forest of ce-
cars. 1t has been lound that the
trunks Of ceuar are we'll preserved,
although they have been lying In damp
soil for at least $50 years. The rings
Of growth on the hemlock show that
they have been growing over the ce-
dars for that length of time.
Mr.. Birkeland has continued his cal
culatioEs to determine whether the
periodic changes in The area OF the
spotted regions of the suns surface
are in any degree due to gravitationat
disturbances produced by either of the
planets Mercury, Venus or Jupiter. Las
latest calculations cover the period
1926, and his conclusion is that we
must seek for other causes than plan
etary influence to explain ..le sun spot
period and that in future it is idle to
look for the cause of this period out
side of the solar sphere itself.
Professor Georgeson, who IS in
charge of the agricultural experiment
stations in Alaska, sends encouraging
reports of the conditions there. He
made a trip into the interior and
down the YUKON early in August and
found new potatoes, cabbages, cauli-
flowers and other vegetables ready for
the table, and gardens blooming with
a variety of annual flowers. On the
lower Yukon he found extensive tracts
| of land covered with luxuriant grasses.
| six feet in height in places, and appar-
emily we'll suited to agricultural pur'
poses.
The following item rela,lng to the
| Manila observatory is taken from Prof..
| Barward's account of his trip to Su'
rnatra: The observatory is equipped
for both astronomical and meteorologi-
cal purposes. 1t has fine refractlng
telescope of 10 inches aperture, the
object glass being by Steinheil and
the mounting by Saegmuller. On ac-
count Of the troubIous times OF the
past three year the object glass had
been removed and hidden away during
that period, so that the telescope was
not in a condition to be used when the
observatory was visited by the Ameri-
can eclipse observers during their stay
at Manila. Father Algue, the director
OF the establishment, stated that they
had large percentage OF clear nights
curing the year, and that the atmos-
| phere was steady much Of the time
This observatory is doing very valua-
bic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The study ant
| prediction of typhoons-so destructive
in the China sea, and Of which Father
Algue has m; Z a special study-is oi
the utmost Importance to navigation
The work was spoken Of highly by thu
officers of the various vessels on which
the expedition sailed.