Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-02-15
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A steel Of special hardness, patent
ed In Germany by f. Munster, results
from subjecting the molten metal t.
blast of nitrogen.
With tensile strength often ex
ceedlng three hundred thousand
pounds per square inch, steel piano
wire seems to be the strongest mate
rial known, and it possesses the addi'
tional valuable property of a very high
elastic limit.
A peculiar process for separating
magnetic particles like gold from
sand has been patented by l.. Z.
Weiss The metallic particles in mass
are electroplated with iron, by spe-
cial apparatus, and can then be separ-
ated by any magnetic method.
Glass water-pipes, which have a
covering Of asphalt to prevent frac-
ture, are in use in some parts Of Ger
many. They give thorough protection
against moisture in the ground,
against the action Of acids and aka.
lies, and they cannot be penetrated by
gases.
DIR. Max Reithofrer, a professor in
the Technical High School Of Vienna,
In conjunction with Herr Karl Mora
wetZ, the government inspector Of
clocks, has completed system for
synchronizing clocks by means Of
wireless telegraphy, and permission
has been secured for regulating the
public clocks by this agency.
The use Of milk Of lime for quick
ly and effectively extinguishing fires
In coal mines is recommended by In
spector Wolfgang Hummer, a Ger
man. The suggestion is not new, but
has been newly tested with satisfac-
tory results. The which
can be used with hand or power
into and fills the crevices
Of the coal or mineral
new type Of mitrailleuse is being
at the government arms
factory Of st. Etienne, France. This
weapon is far more powerful than the
existing type, its firing capacity being
three hundred shots per second, with
4 maximum range of 5 400 yards. The
tests with the weapon have proved
highly satisfactory, except for nat
lral tendency to become heated
through continued discharge, but. this |
lefect is being remedied.
The Gaulois Of Paris has been in
'estigating that grave question why |
10 men wear mustaches:" About one
hundred men answered the question.
Six replied that it was too much trou-
Die to shave, one declared that it was
o hide his teeth, another that his
ong nose without it gave him bad
appearance, and three that it avoided
Olds. Three others maintained that
t improved the air they breathed, and
even were of the opinion that a mus
ache was necessary to health. Seven
cen men were content to state that
hey did it to please themselves, while
wives. About sixty gave the reason
hat women did not like clean -shaven
len.
f. DOtlein, a German naturalist, has
ecently seen in Ceylon a species of
mt, the oecophyla smaragdna in the
ct Of sewing" two leaves together
Or the purpose of forming a nest
his observation confirms the report
the English naturalist, Ridley.
lade in 1890. Dofein saw a row of '
ne insects pulling the edges of the +
aves together: then others trimmed I
nd fitted the edges. and finally a /
.am was made by fastening the !.
iges with a silky thread, yielded by c
rvae of the same species which the =
orkers carried in their mandibles. I.
e made a drawing Illustrating the .
ethod Of working. According to L
idley, the sewing ants pass the
ad-giving larvae like shuttles
trough holes in the edges Of the
lNpS.