Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-10

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Lead wool, new British product f.,
packing water pipes, consists of vAr
small ribbons Of lead, cut by D9tAnt.,
machinery in lengths of three f..
Hemp or yarn is first pressed into n,
socket, and then the strand of Io,5
wool is twisted in and we'll caukpd a.
each turn until the whole space is tfgbt
| ly packed with a mass Of lead. II !,
claimed that the joint is stronger and
more satisfactory than when closed hr
the usual troublesome method of RIM,
ming in molten lead.
In the tests recently made over Conn
| try roads between New York and Nan
Haven to determine how far two gal
| Ions of gasoline are capable Of driyin,
an automobile, sixty-five machines n
many sizes and types were used. Tia
| best performance was by a tour-cyIip
der machine Of twelve horse DOVE,
which ran eighty-seven miles. Anotb4,
machine of the same make and pattern
ran only fifty-eight miles. The Iron Agp
points out that weight Of 1900 pounds
was moved eighty seven miles on two
pounds of gasoline, which means a ton
mile for half cent.
One of the queerest Of odd creatures
Is the mud skipper or jumping fish Of
| the large rivers Of India and the neigh
| boring sea coasts. At ebb tide these
| little fishes leave the water to hunt for
tiny crabs, flies, etc, and their strong
| pectoral and ventral fins, aided by their
tail, enable them to move about easily
and to climb upon trees, grass and
! leaves. With their huge eyes, seeming
to project far out of the sockets, they
can see as we'll on the land as In the
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 10 have the desirable properties
of true porcelain and certain advan
| tages in addition. AS asbestos fbeN
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 paste
with water, and after repeated knead
ings the mass Is poured into moldS
When the objects thus shaped are heat
| ed in a crucible to 100 o., trans
parent product like ordinary porcelain
Is obtained. If the powder has been
washed with sulphuric acid, a porous
asbestos porcelain Of pale yelloWlsh or
white color results when the nodded
articles are kept for eighteen hours at
1900 G.
It occurred to Prof. r. W. Wood re-
Gently to try to represent by under
water photography the appearance Of
the out-of-water world as viewed [!
| the eyes of fish. The results are very
curious, depending or the refracton Oh
light by water. For instance, with
box filled with water, having pnote
graphic plate at the back and PIN
hole covered with glass at the fronE
the situation of a fish looking out OF tne
side of an aquarium is initiated. WIN
such an arrangement Prof. Wood foulu
that all three sides and the complete
ceiling and floor Of a room could W
photographed at one view. Placed al
point where three streets meet al d
right angle, it gave view looking Gown
all three streets, including the grouN
up to the base Of the tripod, ana '.7
sky from the horizon to the zellIL
From a balloon such camera WouIa
photograph the whole visible SURFACE u
the earth out to the horizon on all Slus''