The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-08-07
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Whether Hertzan waves reach Us
from the sun is a question that the as.
hanomefs are about 10 investigate
Reasons are foand for believing that
the sun must emit such waves. and
Mr.. Charles Nordmann shows that the
emissions must be particularly Intense
during violent eruptions and at periods
of maximum sun-spots. This view Is
made 10 explain the form Of the solar
corona and the speetra of comets.
Tie possibility Of poisoning from ar.
senlc in the soil has been studied by
Messrs. \. and 4. +. Angel British
chemists The arsenic impurity Of a
snprrphosphate OF lime was increased
10 one.half Of one per cent, about seY-
enteeu times the usual proportion. and
this manure was applied to various
crops in two lots. part at time OF sowing
and part when the plants were well
above ground II was found that somt
arsenic was drawn up mechanically
into the Young leaves Of rhubarb ana
the grasses aud into the green pods OF
beans. bnt no trace reached the fruit or
seed OF any plant.
H. W. olds. speaking before the Bio
logical Society of Washington about his
studies of the songs of birds said re
Gently that the wood thrush, tie Caro-
lima wren. the chiekadee and the che
wink use the intervals Of the modern
musical scale. The songs Of birds are
often rhythmieal. and may be divided
into regular measures properly accent.
Ell Mr. Olds added that several Of
the formal rules Of human music may
be found governing the music of the
BIRDS He gave an example OF song
By wood.pewee in which the rules Of
construction governing many Of onf
ballads were followed.
Scientific study Of the storm OF dust
that swept over southern and central
Europe from March . TO March l.,
/ 1901. shows that It was one Of the most
remarkable phenomena of the kind ever
( observed. II began In northern Africa,
on tie borders Of the Sahara, crossed
the Mediterranean Sea. swept over the
chain OF the Alps and extended rs far
as Denmark thus traYersing % degrees
OF latitude The dust was sand from
the desert and the particles that fell
became inner and finer As the storm
progressed nortbwnrd The advance
WIS NJ the rate OF more Than forty
three miles an hour high atmos-
pheric current carrying the dust along
the course Of barometric depression
moving toward the Baltic Sea. In Aus
tria-Hungnry and farther north the
dust was accompanied everywhere by
rain. SNOW or sleet.
} Wendell Phillips would have found
an interesting item for his Lost Arts
lecture. which he frequently remolde1
us new facts came 10 him. I'm the story
of the Wardwell N.wound cop 4 cop
is cylinder Of wound thread or yarn.
an the Nwlnd is superior in compact
ness and uniformity of tension The
method was invented by 5. J. Ward
well In 1891. His patents becoming the
subject Of n lawsuit. 1t was discos.
cred that the National Museum in
Washington and the Natural History
Museum In New York had cops Of cord
made years ago by FIJI Islanders pre-
cisely similar In appearance 10 tn,
Nardwell cops So the patents wer,
declared invalid. But since the mu
scum authorities refuse 10 have theil
cops unwound, II Is impossible TO prove
that the same wind extends through al
the layers, and for this reason the pat
ent Office has reissued patent TO Mr.
Wardwell for his method.