Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-06
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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 1914 miles an hour.
They are placed In front of the drivers |
seat over the front wheels. The wheels |
are ~ feet in diameter, with 5-inch |
rubber tires, and each front wheel has |
a 85-horss power LohnerPorsche hub
motor. Five speeds-from Sc to 22.4
per hour-are available.
The final report OF the explorations
made in 1903 by the Geological Survey
OF the petroleum and coalfields of Alas
ka encourages the hope that the re-
gions round Controller Bay, Cooke In
'et and Coal Bay may become an i'm
QOIlduL bOuIC6 VI JILL Ahu
petroleum is described as a refining
oil of the same general nature as Penn
sylvania petroleum. The Boring Riv-
or coal Is said to be the best that has
yet been found on the Pacific coast OF
North America. 1t resembles the hard
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
principally In the Island Of Luzon, and
although the methods of cultivation
and curing are primitive, Philippine
! tobacco has a high reputation in the
Hast. With scientific treatment, 1t Ia
believed it may be made to rank
among the finest tobaccos known.
The duration of sunshine in German
anu 0lucI european CALiCS hoo bNSA
compared by Professor Eichhorn, @
meteorological of Jena. Jena and Wies
baden are the highest places In Ger
many, the former averaging 4.8 hours
Of sunshine daily, and the gloomies
: places are Aix-la-Chapelle and Ham
= burg, the latter having daily average
Of only 35 hours. In England ant
Denmark the average sinks to 81
Il hours. The Swiss average is At hours
s. in Padua it is SO, in Rome nearly
In Pola and Abazzia it is 7.o. Madrid
It with an average of hours of sunshfn
s daily, Is the cheeriest city In Europe.
In order to increase the resolving
power of the microscope, Doctor Koh
Ter Of Jena employs for illumination
=, the object to be examined the ultra
:, violet rays Of the spectrum, which,
~ though very effective in photography
are totally invisible to the human eye
: For focusing and adjusting the imag
a kind of artificial eye Is employed
which consists of an eye-lens of cryst'
OF glass and a "retina" of fuoresceI
glass. The image formed on this retin
is by the ultraviolet rays can be examil
S; ed usually through an ordinary len
g, The fuorescent light, however, Is Il
ny furious to the eye, and this method (
sIt examination is sparingly used.
81 The comparatively rare instances
~ which the motions of plants, such I
30 the opening of buds into blossoms, o
~ cur with sufficient rapidly to be o
- served during a single brief period
~ watching, always cause much pleasu
to the onlooker. Mrs. Henry Coop
a. Bggar, In her description of an 1
dian garden. tells of species Of III
,es Crinum augustum, which opens wi
,et uncommon swiftness, so that she thin
-er it would be an admirable subject (
representation by microscopic photo
an raphy. Just after a shower Of rain,
ok the evening, she saw the pink-strip
nv buds Of one of these lilies, each abo
a four inches long, on the point of ope
ley ing. Passing the plant shortly aft
ward, she was surprised to find
OK. blossoms wide open, and in TWEEN
minutes more the petals had curv
. themselves backward like rams horl
all In an hour the points Of the pet
fSrt had swept over an arc of at least eit
me, or nine inches.