Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-12-30
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The hypothesis that magnetic storm,
aurorae, ETC., are due to the passage
of the earth through denser portions
of matter elected by the sun Is favored
by Professor Schaeberle, the German
astronomer. He finds that the irregu-
larity of period is what should be ex-
pected, and the phenomena Of comets
sustain this view.
In the two new electric fire engines
of the Vienna fire brigade, the accumu-
lators are designed to propel the car
about % miles at 1871 miles an hour.
They are placed in front of the drivers
seat over the front wheels. The wheels
are 2% feet in diameter, with 5-inch
rubber tires, and each front wheel has
a 35-horse power Lohner-Porsche hub
motor. Five speeds-from Sc to 22.4
per hour-are available.
The final report of the explorations
made In 1908 by the Geological Survey
of the petroleum and coalfields Of Alas
ka encourages the hope that the re-
gions round Controller Bay, Cooke In
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portant source of Illuminating oil. The
petroleum is described as a refining
oil of the same general nature as Penn
sylvania petroleum. The Boring Riv-
er coal is said to be the best that has
yet been found on the Pacific coast Of
North America. 1t resembles the hard
er kinds of bituminous coal rather than
anthracite.
One Of the principal agricultural In
dustries of the Philippines, which is
expected to be greatly promoted by the
introduction of American methods and
energy, is based upon a plant not of
native but of American origin-tobac-
CO. The tobacco plant was introduced
into the Philippines from Mexico by
Spanish missionaries. 1t Is grown
although the methods Of cultivation
and curing are primitive, Philippine
tobacco has a high reputation In the
East. With scientific treatment, 1t Is
believed 1t may be made to rank
among the finest tobaccos known.
The duration Of sunshine in German
and other European cities has been
compared by Professor Eichhorn, q
meteorological of Jena. Jena and Wies-
baden are the highest places in Ger
many, the former averaging 4.s hours
Of sunshine daily, and the gloomiest
places are Aix-la- Chapelle and Ham.
burg, the latter having a daily average
of only 3.5 hours. In England and
= Denmark the average sinks to 30
hours. The Swiss average is Al hours
in Padua it is Sc, in Rome nearly 7
S in Pola and Abazzia it Is 7.6. Madrid
S with an average of hours of sunshine
Y daily, is the cheeriest city in Europe.
In order to increase the resolving
power of the microscope, Doctor Koh
Ter Of Jena employs for illuminating
the object to be examined the ultra
violet rays of the spectrum, which, al
though very effective in photography
are totally invisible to the human eye
S For focusing and adjusting the imag
t a kind of artificial eye is employed
h which consists Of an eye-lens of crysta
!, glass and 'retina'' of Unforeseen
Il glass. The image formed on this retin;
. by the ultraviolet rays can be examin
. ed usually through an ordinary lens
. The fiuorescent light, however, is in
furious to the eye, and this method o
examination is sparingly used.
A. The comparatively rare instances Il
e which the motions of plants, such a
o the opening of buds into blossoms, oC
IS cur with sufficient rapidity to be OF
Is served during a single brief period o
Is watching, always cause much pleasur
to the onlooker. Mrs. Henry Coope
Eggar, in her description of ali In
dian garden, tells of a species Of lily
~ Crinum augustum, which opens wit
~ uncommon swiftness, so that she think
D. it would be an admirable subject 70
J. representation by microscopic photoe
G. raphy. Just after a shower Of rain, /
D. the evening, she saw the plnk-stripe
0. buds of one of these lilies, each abou
y four inches long, on the point of opeI
Il ing. Passing the plant shortly aftel
.. ward, she was surprised to find tn
blossoms wide open, and in twent
minutes more the petals had curve
n themselves backward like rams horn
ia In an hour the points Of the petal
of had swept over an arc of at least eigf
ia or nine inches.