The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-07

Steliate designs on curious pebble
discs OF the Algerian Sahara are sup
posed by DIR. o. Abel TO have been
etched by natural sand blast while the
stones were rolled by storms.
In the experiments OF Anderson and
Nicholson. filings Of brass. lead. TN.
iron and copper have been In turn
welded into strong cylindrical bars OF
metal By a pressure OF 5000 pounds per
square inch for ten minutes
Certain MISUNDERSTANDING Gin
chona salts. saiicylic acid. mercury. to-
bacco. alcohol. carbonic oxide. lead.
chioroforTn and ether-have been re-
ported specially dangerous 90 hearing
and liable To cause deafness.
Curious proof OF the inheritance OF
acquired characters has been given by
DR.. Kidd. Investigation into the ar
ranEement OF the hair on the human
forehead has shown certain lines Of
division that seem TO have been de-
rived from pecuiiarities of parting the
hair adopted by the parents.
The explosion motor holds the palm
for iightness. The best electric motor
with its storage battery Is stated TO
weigh nearly 100 pounds to the horse
power. and the Serpoiiet steam engine.
flashing waterlinto steam from a coll
boiler. about ~ pounds. But the Bour-
diauX gasoline engine gives horse
power with a weight 81 only pounds.
~
Studies 81 the influence OF various
musical instruments on animals are To
BE- continued at the German geological
Gardens. In experiments with the vio-
lin. the puma proved to bc most sensi-
tive. and its moods changed rapidly
according To the melody. The ieopards
were quite indifferent. The lions were
afraid. the hyenas terrified. the mon
Keys curious and Interested. and the
wolves So appreciatiVc that they seem
Ell o. wish the music continued.
Although silica has been reduced To
silicon TN the electric furnace. Mr.. r.
:. Hutton has succeeded I'm fusinE the
material without any partial reduction
by admitting a current % air. The
quartz - coarseiy powdered and held
On carbon support. and tubes are
formed by moulding the powder on
carbon core and moving the support
along - az TO expose successive por-
tons 60 the electric arc. Quartz tubes
foot long are now made in this way.
The constituents 81 the afr up 10 nine
miles have been shown 70 b.. prac-
ucaily the same az at s.a-ieVeL Hut
theory tells uS that the carbonic acid i
should disappear at. Is miles. the
oxygen az e. and the nitrogen at g.:
and Prof. p-swar predicts that ~. shall /
soon test this view by bringing down 4
BY balloon samples 81 afr from heights /
80 nHN
stops. or whether there - an inter 4
planetary atmosphere. l. sim a disput-
ed point.
Luminous photographs ara made by
means 20 calcium suiphide. or luminous
paint. according Co a German authority
y sheet ~ transparent ccliuioid -
coated with an emulsion 81 nine parts
90 E~iatin-. one 81 potassium. bichro-
mate. i've % calcium suiphide. and 100
% water. A. precaution against
N@shinS OF the image. the printing a
done from positive through the ceiiu-
i"ii him. development being By hot
water. Hacked with black velvet or
paper. The print appears as an ordinary
positive by daylight. but after IRE. ex-
dark - ~"
y perpetual cloud % SCOT. gradually
s-ttiiuE down. - known 90 ovcrhanr
sNvr1 large manufacturing city. Tol
determine the amount Os this wastefui
Ilft deposit IN Manchester. Eng. Mr..
". irwin WciEhsd the solid matter
tp'sin~d from a sample % snow thatl
uea o~rn lyinE On the ground ten days.
and has found an equivalent - Ia
pounds Per acre. or three tons p~r
eiuarc mile. ~ the sample represent
~ ne condition over az least TOOL
luHF~ miles. the ehimusys OF Man
n~st~r are convicted % throwing out
,'t less than % tons % SCOT in ter
iays- Analysts showed ass per cent oil
aIooH- - ~ heavy oil and grease. and
- % asa. from which 70 appears thatl
-. 80 asy - ton. % SCOT i given ad-
meas % about two ton, OF oily
matter.