Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-12-08
Populeds 7ience.
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India, has been investigating beriberl
and has come to the conclusion that
the immediate cause of that disease Is
to be found in race which has under
gone certain changes connected with |
the development upon it of mold or |
fungus. His experiments on fowls and |
monkeys confirm this conclusion.
Grayitation is explained by the new
theory of w. A. Nippoldt as due to the
motion of matter having the tenuity |
usually assigned to the ether. All mat
ter is in motion, and the smaller the
aggregation the greater is the maxi
mum velocity. Open space contains
very minute particles in rapid motion
in all directions. The particles are
small enough to pass between the
molecules of ordinary bodies, and they
are stopped or reflected in proportion
to the mass of the body bombarded.
Two bodies in space shield each other
on one side, being thus apparently at
tracted.
An engineer wh0|V1ewed the recent
eclipse OF the SIN from his station In
Malta thus describes the effect Of the
foaf seR The inhabitants of that ISL
and: 1.-THE Maltese nearly went mad
with fright thinking the world was
coming to an end. All the people in
g the village where l am living ran into
: the church, while some rang the church
> bells and some even fired of large
squibs something of the frework tribe,
l mean), but it was all over in about
! quarter of an hour and then the NAL
tese left the church and made their
I way back to their houses, still looking
It very much scared"
: Experiments aimed at developing the
II resistance of brass to the action Of sea-
i water, with a view to its employment
"a for constructing submarines in France,
have shown some remarkable results
l. from the addition Of aluminium. The
10 internal structure of the alloy is strik-
n ingly changed by very small percent
y age Of aluminium, and the color chang
i es are surprising From half of per
cent up to per cent of aluminium
gives the brass a deep golden color
If the quantity of aluminium is in
creased beyond per cent a "supert
If rose-color" results, which reaches Its
maximum when the aluminium
ID amounts to 7 per cent. With 10 pei
a. cent of aluminium the color turns to {
la silvery white.
According to information sent to thu
- Department of Commerce and Labor
:, the swarming population of China ha
: failed to appreciate one of the creates
sources of wealth of that country
- namely, it's vast areas of hillside anC
- mountain land suitable for grazing cat
tie, sheep and horses. They use TIN
: trees for lumber and the brushwooC
- for fuel, apparently without thinkin!
or of the immense pasturages which tn
- Iuxuriant growth of grass would sup
ho ply. 1t is thought that this may b
", due in part to the prohibition of meat
10 eating by Buddha, but at present a
" most all classes of Chinese eat mea
At whenever they can get it. On the Otl
A. er hand, fisheries of all kinds hav
sd been carefully developed in China.
ne The surface of the dry land sinks t
ad level below that of the ocean in 81
IT. places, viz: The Salton Basin in Sa
err Diego County and Death Valley
or, Inyo County, CAL; the Valley of tn
Ill Jordan in Palestine, where the Dea
ro- Sea is nearly thirteen hundred fec
below sea level; two small areas in tn
is Sahara Desert of Northern Africa an
Use larger than all others together-th
OF Valley of the Caspian Sea in Wester
ell Asia, which is eighty-six feet lowe
In than the Black Sea. The Salton Basil
ro- once connected directly with the Gu
ct of California, has been gradual
Ike closed in by silt from the ColoraG
River. A complete barrier was form
OF ed at last, shutting of the basin fro
ere both gulf and river, and separating
Vea lake that soon disappeared throuf
lis evaporation. In times of heavy rail
Gu the silt is sometimes cut throug
n.y. though only at long intervals II
~ last flooding in this way was in 189
'u 90, but in the spring Of this year Il
,T opening Of an irrigation canal left
ln breach, through which the SUNNI
ea' food has poured a lake Of many squa
~ miles. With the foothold gained IL
We. new body Of water may remain a lol
,os time before sitting and evapOrati
; a. again leave a dry basin.
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