The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16

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IMPORTATION OF PETROLEUM To THE oRIrSr
| The last congress ofVroducers Of petroleum
oil at Baku has printed full report Of the
exports 10 various parts Of the world
| America Is chiefly Interested in the trade OF
the Orient, for " hich the following figures are
| given,
10 Cbtnd TO Japan
1891 American ................... $40 $3.50
| i""- tomc,lcan ..''''''.'''..'.'... $40 500
| 1901 American ............ .... .... 5lO 5000
| i Russian .......... ...... 1000 $50
The numbers represent thousands Of cases.
snch c9~e being ponrd. 70 pounds Russian
| IN" price l. "a roubles per case
INTELLECT or THE SOCIAL w,sPs
Or. Enteman OF the University Of Chicago
| thus summarizes n long series Of observations
| on the habits and character of the socinl
| wasps 4 All wasns have the instinct Of
| fear. This IL especially strong AT first but
| is readily overcome by the frequent appear-
ance Of the awe-inspirinn object 2) The
feeding instinct Is called forth bv olfactory
| impressions. These responses become more
precise a. they are Repeated. e. J Olce estab-
| hshed. separate roNc'ions con b NJ to form
| complex habits ~ In n sense the wasp re-
| members. g II shows considerable indi-
| vidual variability both as to the time and
~" manner of "a response to stimuli B)
| NAens do not initiate each other. Distinct
| and individual experience sufficiently accour, |.
Tor their powers their apparent &c "oeration
/
| born In the same nest
| INTERNATIONAL AfuoNArrIcAL CONGRESS AT
BERtIS.
| Al the Berlin meeting Of the International
| Committee for Scientific 4, romantics n con-
| gross was held under the presidency % Prot
| Herge~ol In his opening address the presi-
dent ga Y" an interesting history Of the work
somowht n follows, Since No vemher, 1000
| on IN" first Thursday Of every mon til stimuli
1 tnneous asC"n -ion- ar" made at Parts, strns-
| burg. Munich. Berlin. Vienna. ~ Peters
| burg and Moscow. and on NRv s. 1902 tho
| two hundred and thirteenth balloon Ascent Of
| the INTERNATIONAL Commute" Wa made Thu"
results ere very Important lntll very
| recently " Vas assumed that M no great heinh,
| there existed. year m and year ont. through
| ont the COB" nearly constant temperature.
| nus layer has been proved to h" non - i-tynt
| IN" change, as r"rIrd- temperature nrr
great AZ an altitude Of 10 OoD meters a. AT oo0
Observations have proved TIM, tho tom
| perature does not steadily d'crca-" a. you
| so upward hut that strata exist with great
| differences of temperature Even At the highest
| network OF METEOROLOGICAL oh ,crving sta
| lions eNcent Sc1nllHoviq. Italy and Snatn
| in the plan. II * also contemplated TO OBJ
| tain Observable over the oceans by kites
| flown from steamer
REPORTS from the various countries were
| received. ~ Russia kite. hive boon Nown
| TO heights of 1000 metres and more and nm
manned balloons Ind reached 1900 metre
| -
| nftudeS Of more th1n II G1 metres. In
Germany Nh" rreat",t altitude attained
| wRS 10. 200 metres Billions are now con-
structcd Of Para rubber which will oxrand
| 70 siVtv-four times their original volume
befor" hurting and therefor, may. be sent
esto hlish"d three stations for meteoro-
0s,% ksMynT r, on Mount NJ, rmqns 'si
| Monte Rosa - 500 metresl
| The Berlin ob.erver, have reached great
| heights hv the rs" Of OXYGEN for breathing
M bartV. md Nr IL. Lon, a.,
| reached the height OF ioSOo metres. the
| greatest yet attained by man.
THE AMERICAN TRANsP,CiFIC CABLE
| The American transpaciHc cable is to star,
| from San Francisco, touching Hawaii and the
| Caroline Islands and ending at the Philip
| than twice the length Of any cable now laid
] Not only so. but II must be sunk To depths
4 yet uninterrupted 500 TO 5000 metres Tn"
route has been selected from n chart Of the
| ocean floor made from $50 soundings from
| the steamship Nero, The cab" viii be con-
| s,ructed out of IL 900 tons of steel wire 400
| tons OF hemp and tar. .30s tons OF jute l. $50
| tons of copper and ,2aO tons Of 1utta -porcha
| -Four cnble ships will be employed in the work
| and IL II expected that about miles of ca bio
| per hour will he laid on the av"ra gc. though
| AZ great depths the cabl" does not reach the
men viii he employed on the ships and the
cost will be- about s22. 10000 IL is expected
| that the work will b. finished in the spring
| of 1904
| NUMBER OF STARS RECORDED ny PHOTOGRAPHY
| The number of stars recorded on n photo
| graphic plate depends not only on the region
| OF the heavens TO which the teles cope Is di-
| rected, but on the length of exposure At
| the Bonn Observatory n map OF the northern
heavens was made showing every star yisihl"
| In small telescope of about three inches
| aperture. II We call the number of stars
shown on this map unity the Greenwich
| show that in twenty seconds three and a half
| times as many stars are recorded; In six min