Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY

thai y saloon from Tunls 10 lhe Nissi'
gt ~ p asSs irving the experiment win
He prey Unnamed balloon OF about
q srai Yards. This would carry =
400 euu'e NJ considerable weight aSu
guid' dlscharger OF water-nal.
an aulVli' Eli he expected TO keep ailoat
last ahu W." In case Of wreck on tht
for u'y ,hanoes favor the recovery or
way lns .,srlng apparatus, with very
lns sble scientific data
.sonlshing decrease In me lenslle
An and ductlllty OF bronze az
strens ures above 400 degrees + mas
l'norted by Prof, G. Bach, OF
been ~ With an alloy OF VI per
Stul'sg cnnner 4 Of zinc and OF TN,
Gem Orroperties we're reduced about .
thes m 400 degrees, but about bO
per fyp' AZ e0O degrees. This discovery
P,,gts caution In the use OF pIonSp
susssaelre parts In contact with super
heated steam
,.,ns white paper immersed In a So
,,,,on of part OF oxalic acid In =
wy" NJ alcohol and subsequently dried,
alm new plotting paper for dried
The ink 10 be removed IL moist
D.ad with water, and the paper ii used
Y the usual manner.
Many steam-plpe explosions are due
,'o,er. hammer action. In late
w. mr.. q. d. Stronger showed that
rayIne of water only inches long pro-
Ma only feet under n pressure of 10
ronnds would exert q pressure OF $500
IOSnds ON being suddenly stopped,
pacords for 80 years show that 40 per
,on, M The storms Of the British isles
annroach from some point between
s6,,tb and southwest. Not l per cent
move westward.
Various electrical Notwithstanding
rommaslna's electro-radiophone and
rsnvls c0herer-have been used for
studying distant thunderstorms. The
new apparatus OF ]. j. Landerer con-
Sss of a telegraph line of 300 yards
,nnnlng north-n0rtheast, which Is put
n earth through the water-pipes Of
Tortosa and joined to a very sensitive
eayanometer. A great advantage is
ne showing Of the direction OF the
Slseharge A lightning flash In the dis
lance gives q slight shock followed by
a greater one and the small deylations |
arc always IN the same direction dur. |
Inc the same storm, the discharge pro- |
csedlhg from north TO south In storms |
takIng place east of the meridian and |
fom south TO north In storms In .ha |
vest one storm recorded was as far |
aWav as MajOrCa, q distance of lJ0 |
miles
The pollen theory OF hay fever has
hen proven by two German investi.
r,ors 10 be untenable. The number of
pollen particles In the air during the
isy fever season is very small, an
average OF % TO each cubic meter, and
HE nasal and throat secretions Of hay
fever patients show Less pollen than
those Of healthy persons. Very few
mtfo-Organisms appear in the pollen.
AZ to the bacteria that may excite hay
fever little or nothing was learned, and
Il Is stil uncertain how such germs
nay be transmitted.
A touching BIT Of Alpine history tells
Of q guide who fell into a crack In q
glacier and whose perfectly preserved
body emerged so long afterward that it
was recognized only by an old woman
who had been his youthful sweetheart.
Even more striking was the late dis.
covery Of Dr. Herr in Eastern Siberia.
Il was the perfect body of a mammoth,
which, while quietly feeding some 1000
years ago had fallen down q decliylty
and been instantly killed. Its mouth
still held the last tuft Of grass, its
thick red.brown hair was still I'M
changed.
half.acre near Scarborough, Eng,
is planted with trees and shrubs for
raising moths and butterflies. In their
season the stock Of caterpillars Is 20. 900.
ana IRON 10000 to 10000 preserved in.
secIs are Kept in reserve,
smallpox infection appears IN bave
nen carried by the air In cases OBJ.
Myed IN England by DR.. Thresh. Hos
Mal SHIPS are anchored In the Thames
syu w yards from the Essex shore
snn winch no communication is al
"vsd and when these ships have been
-, l,seNhg smallpox patients--both in
~ s ana curing the epidemic Of the last
Nv nonths-the disease has been con-
ean.g present in the neighboring Els
~ uSlflct Within three quarters OF
: mile IRON the ships not less that SS
NJ Cenl OF the inhabitants have been
asvlcAeu, IN the part Of this area much
y Sp s 70 the infected wind, moreover,
|. per cent OF the population have be. =
. .s. victims, while in part y
a'eV IN line with the wind
run the ships the rate has
ees less than per cent. Passing ,
FyVod three-fourths OF a mile. ths {
a'e mas rapidly fallen. the baneful In. y
ash0e seeming to have extended about U
wo miles. 'N"0N aO'u'
~ ION study OF leprosy In South Az :
y" ar, D. Hutchinson concludes that
! primary cause is the use OF food
.,, vauiy cured salt fish. He does not
NV that the disease Is Infectious
~ v.09,,aelous In the ordinary sense, but
~ u may be communicated by eat
: LOG poisoned by a lepers hands.
sSdtlVe control OF the flsh-curing
constituents Is the most important
'sns Vi prevention. There should AL
, ~ Earning as to the danger Of com
..pilcatlon, and small isolation homes
'epers in the dangerous stage.
-. new local anaesthetlc. an alkaloid
:" an lhdian plant called "gasu -ba-
~ 10 be known as 'nervocidlne."
= saerls much more sustained action
~ Vov0lne, but has such drawbacks
o. 6eHlhg local irritation, requiring 10
u,lputes 10 produce the anaesthe- n
.s s.a'e and causing nausea and more Y
I s' r. symptoms Of general poisoning.
. oselul IN certain dental cases.
S ~ h. Etna is found by Prof. Rico TO .,
w ~ p ,sss lowered IS feet on the south :,
~ i'@ and twice as much on the y
N s,,, ahe top Is supposed TO have 81
- "oWly blown away by the wind. pI
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