Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-06
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,

TO another building, Tho cause proved
10 be Ndlo'ncllYity NJ the raw mater.
fails, Other cloctOrgcOnos were made In
the chemistry building from other ma.
tcrlala, and discharged at the usual
slow rate, ana with those II was shown
mat the cmanntl0n from IRIDIUM had
injected every pnrl Of the physlcn
building, even drawers ana clopcts, AMI
had impaired activity 60 sheets Of
mica, lead foil iron, zinc I'm nnd other
rubFtanres. II la calculated that n tho
omann,ion were now 10 be- stopped by
removal " the ldmm the building
would continue 90 inorolao Ia RADIO
activity for two or three years the IN.
focil0n failing only Ono.h1lf ni the end
of forty years Infection can De avoided
by Keeping rn1um I'm HeAlcd Vppgola,
ana can be mostly removed by acid,
ss..sa.s
Varnish IN found to have decided IN.
lluenra IN the tone " VlOlMs, and II
would be- gratifying To know JUS, what
the composition TX that covers Il Slrndl.
Vnrus, In his new work, George Fry,
+. e., H., dpnls With the Italian VIC.
lin ynrnlshes back to the sixteenth
century llo concludes that turpentlnn
inqced Of ana .nltralcd rosn are more
likely 10 have been the materials than
experiments with nltrltod mixtures Of
roNn ana llnaced oil IN has glycn
strength to Ma theory
Tho duration Of Whooplng cough "
legaoncd by n German doctor from 81
10 rs days by the use Of a solution Of
l'uofoform IN water,
Tho novel detective apparatus ~
Major Lang an English constable, IN.
cludea nm electric slgnalng mechanism
ana non.magneilc rhronomctcr
which are enclosed IN u small box pro.
yldcd with holes for attaching two
signal wires, u Is designed for catching
nutomobllls,s who are exceeding tho
loRpl speed, It's use roqUhpg throo
policcmon who nrc stationed along the
stree, at measured Intervals NJ u
furlonR Az a motor.onr IN heard mp.
preaching, A presses n button, signal.
Inv " connects who holds the box
ana n connects A with the watch, A
again presses the button M the ear
passes his hiding place, thus starting
the witch, which runs until stopped
by u nv the yohlcle reaches the end
NJ the nrst furlong A hnsty calculation
II made, and N II shows excessive
speed u presses n button, calling, G,
who PUSHES into the street IN time 10
stop the law-brcnklng chauffeur Tho
dovIco seems 90 have proven efficient
nnd on lts evidence 1850 WAS paid In
hnes ON n recent week
The demand IN Paris for worry white
bread has led 90 experiments In ozone
bleaching Tho -four was treated olec.
tricAlly, ozone being generated IN tho
process and hrcnd Of unusual Wilderness
was produced, but the changes In tho
-four made tho fatty substances ran.
cid ana partly oyidlscd them into
acid substances, greatly imparng tho
taste and nutrltivo value OF the bread,
phosphoresconco IN atll much Of
mystery. The glow Of phosphorus nj
ordinary temperatures has been varl-
ously explained, being thought by some
10 be m electrical phenomenon but a
French Investigator has now shown
that II II mainly or entirely duo TO tho
slow combustion OF an oxide that forms
on the. outside and IN more volatile than
the phosphorus itself
In plan,.forclng by electric light, n
foreign grower has found thUt red
globes produce greater Intensity ~
color ana yellow globes n moro delicate
color
Tho arrival IN London Of "A specimen
~ the bird.oatlng spider calls renewed
attention 20 little known insect that
IA moro powerful than tho famous
TNrantlla. n IL the largest spider
know and IN ils tropical South Amer.
can homo II spna very formidable
webs for catching hummng birds and
inches instead Of flies When the
enormously strong threads are spun
across llttlc.frcqucntcd roads they
often strike tho faces Of travellers with
gernt violence, Tho body OF the spider
~ often three Inches long and ~ large
as hens cgg, ana ~ horrible M.
poet " increased by the long, hairy
legs.
Tho heaviest rainfall of short dura-
ton ever recorded accurately IN said
Ia have been the recent one az SANTA
w de cuba, An English engineer found
tho rate 10 be moro than four inches an
hour and between seven and ten
o'clock In the evening n toh fan Of
moro than n foot was registered by the
gungc. Tho storm covered nearly 300
square miles, IN places being even honv.
icr than ut the point whore the mea.
buTonlent was MADE,
Among the now industries that have
been developed by tho cyIgonclos N
modern HE, none In more surprising
| than that Of supplying human akin
Experiments In grating to cover OK.
| tonsiVo Injuries have been 80 success.
| ful that there IL considerable demand
! for i've akin, ana the London hospitals
| have long lists of men and womon--n0t
| al Of tho worry poor class--who are
ready to sell their flesh when II In
| wanted,
The spontaneous ignition Of lndIcs
| oelulold combs han attracted much AZ.
| tontlon IN Germany Dr w Norman
| has Initiated the conditions under
| which such combs are exposed 20 hoat
when worn, and nndp that tho temper.
AZURE OF the cclluloId may rise 10
| 2lg degrcea r., which Is dangerously
near tho decomposition point ~ this
| material Insulntod ny A had conductor
OF heat like hair or WOOL thorc n
| great risk that cclulold VIII ignite
when exposed TO the radiation from
"A stove or lamp
For twonty-0vo years tho nature ~
| magnetism problem scarcely lesa
bowldorlng than llfe itself, hNs been
n subject of research by Joans Hachar.
las, the German engineer. lie has OK.
porlmonlod patiently ana IN many ways
| with mugncll2cd and unmagnetlgcd
materials with ordinary and special
| magnets, ana has concluded that thls
| singular force ~ not stable state OF
matter but Ike light ana heat Is "A
motion OF molecules, This no holds to bn
true IN tho ease NJ permanent mag.
nel1 no wen AZ electro magnets somc
| " h' results are auto magical --aa
| the rotating OF "a suspended steel bail
| VnplOfp1 In A llsu tuhp hV urnlns