Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-23

France to stop the inroads Of sand, and
now serves as an effective barrier for
more than 100 miles
The heat lost by radiation from bare
pipes containing steam at 100 pounds
procure he's been estimated BY Prof.
s. p. Thompson to be that OF baout two
tons OF coal year for each 10 square
feet OF pipesurface Another expert
menter has found that IS per cent OF the
loss is prevented by the best mica COW
ering, but that asbestos covering is
much inferior to mica, and oements are
less effective STILL
Carbon monoxlde has been recently
found TO play more Important part In
poisoning by tobacco smoke than nico-
tine. This poisonous gas forms con-
siderable part Of the smoke, and, as
much Of the smoke from cigarettes Is
inhaled. II Is thought to explain tho
harmfulness Of this use OF tobacco.
Thunder clouds sometimes reach q
thickness Of eight miles. with varying
strata Of damp mist and frozen snow
anu lSS idIllNits,
Up to 1908 a total OF ga meteorites
was known, Of which 1872 irons and only
"A stones were from the western hemi-
sphere and 300 stones and only 10 irons
We're from the eastern hemisphere. The
falls Of only about $50 Of these meteor
ties have been recorded. the records
dating back TO the fifteenth century.
Despite this small number OF known
specimens, Prof. Berwerth OF Vienna,
has calculated that about 900 meteor
ttes--not counting shooting stars that
disappear In the atmosphere--must fail
upon the earth each year, and that at
least IS Of these should come under OBJ.
servatlon, Prof. Berwerth has noted
some interesting facts concerning the
distribution OF the known falls, He
finds that meteorites have been chiefly
recorded In civilized countries, but that
they are sometimes more numerous in
thinly settled than IN thlckly populated
areas, and that they seem to be spec
tally attracted 10 mountainous regions.
The camera records OF human emo
lions obtained at Geneva by DIR. r.
Magnin, and NJ. Edward Flenheimer are
of remarkable artistic and scientific
value. The experiments have been
made upon very susceptible hypnotic
subject, who has been influenced by
both musical and oral suggestion. and
the entire range Of human passions
| Joy, anger, fear, sadness gluttony,
greed. etc,-have been recorded IN about
500 photographs OF the woman under
the various forms OF suggestion. The
| intensity Of the expressions is said TO
have been rarely equalled by the great
artists.
A curious effect OF the lsmaIlia canal
| In Egypt has been the making of des-
| ert of certain lands formerly fertile.
| The canal has not only raised the gen.
| eral level OF the subsoil water but Il
| has brought TO the surface more or less
injurious salts of soda.
The wanderings and migrations OF In
| sects is a new subject OF staudy which
has been begun at the Eddystone light
house by Mr., w. Il. Clarke.
An investigation at Harvard college
| observatory has shown that the milky
| way has about twice as many stars as
| any other equal area Of the sky. This
| ratio does not Increase for faint stars
| down to the twelfth magnitude, but
| the proportion of stars Of any given
| magnitude Is the same as IN other re-
| gions, The milky way covers about
| one-thrd Of the sky, containing about
| one-half OF the stars. About 10000
stars are Of magnitude sc or brighter.
| 100000 of magnitude ST., 100000 Of
magnitude II, and 100000 OF magn-
tude 1l9, while II IL thought-but not
| certainly known-that about 100000
| stars are visible In a telescope OF 10
| inches aperture. that Ia, down 10 about
the 10Th magnitude, There Is no evil
| dence Of any limit to the faintness Of
| the stars. although the proportionate
+, Increase becomes less for each success
| sive magnitude.
Westrumite, the invention Of Herr
van Westrum, ia mixture OF oil,
which may be diluted as desired and
sprinkled over road with an ordinary
watering cart. The water evaporates,
leaving the westrumte as a moist film,
which absolutely prevents the rising Of
dust. Tested in London on dry road
way where every vehicle raised clouds
OF dust, the material 40 affected the
surface that several automobiles at
highest speed raised no dust whatever
A new system OF wireless telegraphy
Is based on a detector OF electric waves
described by .Schloemich, German
The detector depends on the property
that when electric waves fall on a po-
lorized electrolytic cell placed IN CIR
cult with a source Of current OF slight
ly higher electro-motive force, the cur
rent In the circuit Is increased from
some cause.
While rays emitted by muscles APP
pear TO be the N-rays or Biondlot, a.
Carpenter finds that those from nerves
diner In heinr arrested by aluminium.