The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-27

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sphere. Tho contra-trade wind current
gradually devIates until It becomes n
western current above tho barometrio
maSiinum Of the tropics. and a the crest
OF this high pressure II descends to feed
tho trade Winds Near tho equator arc
regions belonging to the belt Of equatorial
paan at part or ns year ana 70 o
spending everything monsoon. extending
tho ontra-tradc Wind In winter and tho
equatorial eastern current In summer
Tho high pressure OF the tropics steadily
dimlnishcs toward the poles. ara tho
air OF the temperate zones is drawn into
vast polar whirlpool. turning f-o.n vest
to east, the circular movement reaching
upward at least 10 or II miles, The In
fluence of the surface irregni ,rities most
~ disappears at tho height OF he&loWer5
I or intermediate clouds.
Few trades, II any. are moro dangerous
to health than brass-casting, on accoune
OF the fumes of zinc oxide that surround
new apparatus Of w. Lyuer. a Blrn,ing-
ham brass founder the melting Ting pot y
tubing. and n galvanized iron r!po ard
both slsimming and pouring arc done UNI
Of or po oo nsa fumes WHITE &c zinc oxde
condcnses In the iron Pipe and Is Collect
cd and utilized.
Meteorology owes It's origin TO Italy.
duces every one Of tho Fundamental In
strlmcnts now. used In weather obser,,
Hsos io Tho 5y
ter, 1878. by Egnatio Dante: thermometer.
15o5, by Calico; rain gauge; 1929. by Car
tel etsaa q e aarssa per
fumes from flowers is enfleurage.. which
consists In placing the blossoms in CON
{af WIN pted u iad nc, tor ahSs ~.
lard itself may be used or the essential
oil may be extracted under srong alco-
hol. Tho process being tedious, many
nttemntR. mostly unsatisfactory ldy0
been made to obtain the essential oil d.
rect from the flowers by means OF light
petroleum. a curious recent discovery
Is that pcrfume-maklng still goes on In
tho flowers during enneurage. and Pr,
Albert Hesse reports that n ton Of tube,
by petroleum extraction, but gave up
Sd grams to the embedding fat in enfleu-
rage and yielded Is grams, mere more when hen
flowers appear to have contained more
perfume after exhaustion by entIcerage
than when first gathered.
The new peat wood OF Joseph 1emmer.
ling. of Dresden, takes 4 high poliah ana
Is 80 to so per cent. cheaper than OAK.
- p foorng aaa esns rh mse
rial is produced by adding TO the wet
peat some binding material up to per
Gens q e nde wek r hen ana
finally drying at high Temperature Tor
four or five days.
An effort TO Determine from geyaers The he
Prof. w. "A. setchell to conclude that
no animals exist in strictly thermal
waters, or those heated above 70 degrees
or 40 degrees (iG9 degrees or 113 degrees
F.). Harmonious plant, one of the bac-
terra, was found Mt 50 degrees O., md u
fcw other simple forms We're found at n
degrees and below. How the protoplasm
of these organisms is made to resist the
coaguIa tion that usually destroys life at
little above 10 degrees c. is not clear.
1t has been noted that vessels may
float DOWNSTREAM faster than the water
The explanation Is that both the water
and tho floating object are being pulled
down hill by gravity, but the water Is
much more retarded by friction Il.