Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-22
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Easily fusiblc alloys, for casts Of leaves
fruits Insects, ETC.. must contain cad
MUM, according 10 German authority
u preserve the articles from injury such
IN alloy Is four Of lead, seven to eight OF
bismuth. and one TO two OF cadmium and
winch fuses between GO degrees and 10
degrees G. Lipowltzs metal, which sof-
tens at 5i degrees c., and becomes per
itctlN uquld al o. degrees, consists OF four
parts Of TN, eight parts Of lead u OF
blsmnih, aud three Of cadmium
Certain spiders sail IN airships made of
sllken threads and now an insect that
travels IN balloons has been reported by
Two American naturallsts. Small balloons.
q. quarter Of an inch long and composed
OF tiny bubbles, having been observed, II
was found that each carried a nv genus
hInpla resembling the hOTnet-fy, with q
dead iy supposed TO be food As the
males also attract females by the hal
looms Henri Coupin suggests further
study
In the North Sea fisheries lnvestlratIon
a plaIce has been found to migrate IGj
miles In six weeks
IN the curious light cure Of DR.. w. i.
Morton, violet Hight Is produced I'm the
body itself. A quInlne Sutton OF the
strength OF one grain to eight ounces
SHOWS beautiful violet luorescence un-
ueI me N-ra[s, and, as q 2O-grain dose Of
qninine would probably cause the 10
bounds Of blood IN the body 20 become a
solution Of similar strength, Il is assumed
lhat the blood would light up in a Ike
Wa The 1uinine IN a dose OF Ave 10
twenty grains Is administered an hour
before the N-ray treatment The violet |
radiaiions are credited with curative |
properties and Dr. Morton thinks that |
IN cancer which he has treated more than |
q year, he has obtained results that couid |
not DO reached by the N-rays alone.
The reasons why certain plants are |
avoided by slugs and malls have been |
shown by experiment to be various. Tan |
hln, acid saps. ethereal oils and bitter |
substances prove to be Objectionable 10 /
lnese Creatures, and some plants are pru-
tected by acid-secretng hairs The car
ROT, which is particularly attractive 10
slugs, remained practically untouched AZ.
ter treatment with n ] per cent solution |
OF potassium bnoxaiatc Certain acaun.
Tie plants were stunned By the water
suhl's, put were speedily eaten after tho |
tannn had been extracted.
The curious looking eyeglasses Of NJ.
llDard seem to be gaining favor m
france, The lenses Instead OF being oval |
are In the form Of long and narrow rec.
tangular strips but they arc otherwise
IKE ordinary lenses. Their advantages
consist In the readiness with which botn
near and distant objects may be viewed
without removing OF replacing the spec
tacles In reading or working the worker
looks straight ahead through the lenses.
hut IN looking on he raises or lowers his
eyes, seeing over or under the glasses
The new thermo-elcment Of Dr. s. p.
Drosebach Is claimed 10 be an important
advance in the production Of electricity |
by such batteries. The electrodes are
made zap Of an alloy Of elements OF the
ceuum and chromium groups giving.
win copper, etc. increased cleciromOtlVo |
force ana conductivity.
The famous iron pillar Of Delhi. India. |
rises 2 feet above the ground and ex- !,
tends 20 an unknown depth. which lead |
Ing archacologist has reported 20 be more |
than q feet, The total length being possl- |
NY @ feet II tapcfs from 1914 inches 20 |
1873 inches IN diameter, The weight being |
estimated az about u tons II Is found |
10 De pure malleahle iron. although a curl |
Gus yellow shade long gave u the rcpu- |
idion Of being bronze. but there are no |
records Of early iron working processes /
tg show how u was welded up a roughly |
cut inscription Is credited by some au. |
thoritles 10 the third or fourth century. |
While others suppose u 10 belong TO a |
later perg4
The bee sting as "a cure for rheumatism |
has received serious medical endorsement. |
Dr. Perc OF Marburg Germany. has an |
noua1ed that De has proven the efficacy |
OF the treatment in go eases and has |
cured the most obstinate and palnfl |
rheumatism. When the sufferer from |
rheumatism is stunH the part does not |
swell until The bee poison has been FREE |
qucntly introduced when the pain van- |
ishes nr Perc causes his patients 10 be |
stung 90 FIRST by a few bees and then |
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