Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-04
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Lead wool, new British nro8,,...
packing water pipes, consists Of w wi
small ribbons of lead, cut By n,+.. ,.'y
machinery in lengths of threa '''l
Hemp or yarn is first pressed ir+.' WI, ).
socket, and then the strand - ,~e
wool is twisted in and we'll canl,.o5 ''0
each turn until the whole space Is ,f.t.
ly packed with mass of lead -
claimed that the joint is stronqa~ 80. %
more satisfactory than when closa5 '' ~
the usual troublesome method Of ...
ming In molten lead.
In the tests recently made over o,n.
try roads between New York and van
Haven to determine how far two ~,
Ions of gasoline are capable of drirla.
an automobile, sixty machines .
many sizes and types were usad ~,
best performance was by a tour-cr,t,
der machine of twelve horse nor,.
which ran eighryseycu miles. Aro+h,.
machine of the same make and nat.a-a
ran only fifty eight miles. The Iron 1na
points out that weight of 1900 ponnIs
was moved eighty-seven miles on n-o
pounds of gasoline, which means "a,
mile for half cent.
One of the queerest of odd creature.
is the mud skipper or jumping fish ~
the large rivers of India and the neiyb
boring sea coasts. At ebb tide these
little fishes leave the water to hum far
tiny crabs, flies, etc, and their srrouo
pectoral and ventral fms, aided nv thp,r
tail, enable them to move about eaSilr
and to climb upon trees, grass and
leaves With their huge eyes, Seeming
to project far out of the sockets, tb,v
can see as we'll on the land as in tho
water. They progress in short, quick
leaps, effected by sharply bending the
rear third of the body to the left and
suddenly Strengthening it. In color they
are usually light brown with dark
bands, though they sometimes appear
light green. They are easily caught
and are much used in Burma for live
bait.
Asbestos porcelain, the new material
of Garros, a European chemist, Is
! claimed TO have the desirable properties
of true porcelain and certain adrQn.
tages in addition. As asbestos fbers
are very thin, with diameters between
one one hundred thousandth and one
two hundred thousandth of an inch,
they can be crushed to an exceedingly
fine powder; this Is made into a paste
with water, and after repeated knead,
ings the mass is poured into mods.
When the objects thus shaped are heat
ed in q crucible to 100 c., trans
parent product like ordinary porcelain
| Is obtained. If the powder has been
washed with sulphuric acid, a porous
asbestos porcelain Of pale yellowish or
white color results when the nodded
articles are kept for eighteen hours at
1900 c.
1t occurred to Prof. +. W Wood re-
Gently to try to represent by under
water photography the appearance OF
the out-of- water world as viewed D"
the eyes of fish. The results are very
curious, depending on the refraction Of
light by water. For instance, with
box filled with water, having photo
graphic plate at the back and a PIN
hole covered with glass at the front
the situation of fish looking out Of the
side of an aquarium Is initiated win
such an arrangement Prof Wood found
that all three sides and the complete
ceiling and floor Of a room could De
photographed at one view. Placed at g
point where three streets meet at a
right angle, 1t gave view looking down
all three streets, including the GROUND
up to the base of the tripod, and the
sky from the horizon to the zen''l.
From a balloon such a camera Wou!a
photograph the whole visible surface o.
the earth out to the horizon on Gil SIDES