Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-08-25
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Superstitious people formar,.-
ed with awe the turning rs5 's-afd'
intervals of Lake Moret in long
land Botanists have now sb., WV Yer
the phenomenon is due t. ,Iai
which propagates every fem. pant
and which, though very mimi. }sf
50 rapidly that the whole lake is 7, s
turned crimson. soon
While George W. Stevens
years ago, was repairing the roa ,,'''
front of his house in Bolton " u
hung hoe in tree ana FORGOT ~. ~ 17
few days ago the tree was emf IT,
anu when sawed up, the blade ne y,
hoe, with the exception of nav. Vi.
the crook and the handle, was f,u y,
embedded in the body of the fra. h l-'
ing been covered by the wood ana t ,,a,
by natural growth.
The motor cultivator Of pro.
Hudson Beare, a Scottish maob,,t.,.I
is designed to do all the work az ,.
pairing the ground for seed o-
operation 1t can be driven At +,,.-
times the speed Of the ordinary ,,l.a'
and each trip covers three times ~,
breadth Of the usual furrow. and rar
pulverizes the ground. BY Sims
attachment the sowing also can +,
done at the same time.
Of thirty accidents from eI4.+4,
shock in Switzerland last year. tveptr.
one were fatal. while Austria l.,d Nv.
six fatalities in fify-six cases. ffrl
Of the accidents We're from currents
ESQ volts or less, and mason wa,
killed by 120-volt three-wire .unn,r
while in another case n shock fr,n
twenty-siX thousand volts did no, XIII
IOf fifteen attempts at resuscitarion
only one was successful.
A remarkable hair ball from tba
stomach Of a young girl has been
brought to notice by Prof. Won Bra.
mann Of Halle. She had d habit If
swallowing ends bitten from her Ion,
hair, forming in time a bulky accpm.
lation, though felt only as a Slight
pressure, and when the mass VIII, re.
moved by an operation it was found
to have shaped itself to the cavity.
like cast in a mold. Iron tou.cs he'd
changed the light color to back
Prof. Elihu Thomson says that rx-
pertinent has proved that alcohol, W9
vided it can be made cheap enough. is
entirely suitable as Il fuel for internal
combustion engines. Although the ha8r-
ing value Of alcohol is mu, less teN
that Of gasoline, yet Il gallon to a.c1-
hol will develop substantially same
power as a gallon Of gasolr because
of the greater efficiency of operation
Less heat is thrown off In aSte gases
from the alcohol, and a mixture o. a.
cohol yapor with air stands much
higher compression without premature
explosion than does mixture Of gas
oline and air. In fact, Professor Thorn
son says, the efficiency or the ratio
Of the conversion of heat units into
power, is probably higher In the afro,
hol engine than in engines operated
with any other combustible.
The principle of the ritled gun has
recently been applied to pipes FIR
pumping oil. The crude oil of CaI.or
mia is mostly thick yiscous, and da-
cult to pump through long lines Hex.
ing cannot be successfully applied %
long pipe, and mixing with "4&
results in an emulsion from which .-e
oil cannot be readily separated The
latest scheme for dealing VITA these
viscous oils comprises a pipe r.tiei on
the inside. so that the Oil, mixed WIZ
about 10 per cent of water is caused
to whirl rapidly. The water, Jea-
heavier than the oil, seeks the OUTSIDE
and forms Il thin film, which luor!'a'eS
the pipe for the passage OF the OIL
The friction is thus so far reluteu
that the oil has been easily pumi~'
through a line thirty-onc miles .oaE
The water and the oil come eat 'au'F
" separate ut tie end Of the l!Ae,