Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-07
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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 CT 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 1871 miles an hour.
They are placed In front of the drivers
seat over the front wheels. The wheels
are 2% feet in diameter, with 5-inch
rubber tires, and each front wheel has
a 85-horse power Lohner-Porsche hub
motor. Five speeds-from SO to PA
per hour-are available.
The final report of the explorations
made In 1908 by the Geological Survey
Of the petroleum and coalfields of Alas
ka encourages the hope that the re-
gions round Controller Bay, Cooke In
ct and Coal Bay may become an i'm
portant source Of Illuminating oil. The
petroleum is described as refining
oil Of the same general nature as Penn
sylvania petroleum. The Boring Riv-
or coal L. said to be the best that has
yet been found on the Pacific coast Of
North America. 1t resembles the hard
Or kinds Of bituminous coal rather than
anthracite.
Ono Of the principal agricultural in
dustries of tho Philippines, which IL
expected to be greatly promoted by tho
introduction Of American methods and
energy, II 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
East. With scientific treatment, 1t II
believed it may be made to ranl
among the finest tobaccos known.
The duration Of sunshine in German
and other European cities has beer
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meteorological Of Jena Jena and Wies
baden are the highest places In Ger
many, the former averaging 4.8 hour
of sunshine daily, and the gloomies
places are Aix-la- Chapelle and Ham
, burg, the latter having a daily averag
of only 35 hours. In England ant
Denmark tho average sinks to 3.
| hours. The Swiss average is AT hours
! In Padua it is SO, in Rome nearly
In Pola and Abazzia 1t Is 7.0. Madrid
t with an average of hours of sunshin
S daily, is the cheeriest city In Europe.
: In order to Increase the resolvin
power of the microscope, Doctor Kof
Ter of Jena employs for illumlnatin
: tho object to be examined the ultrs
violet rays of the spectrum, which, a
though very effective In photograph.
are totally invisible to the human ey
: For focusing and adjusting the imag
4 kind Of artificial eye Is employs
which consists Of an eye-lens of crysti
It glass and a "retina" OF fuoresceI
glass. The Image formed on this retir
IS by tho ultraviolet rays can be exams
): ed usually through an ordinary len
g, The fuorescent light, however, Is 4
" furious to the eye, and this method
1t examination is sparingly used.
=, The comparatively rare instances
- which the motions Of plants, such
~ ~ the opening of buds into blossoms, O
- cur with sufficient rapidly to be o
served during single brief period
~ watching, always cause much pleasu
: to the onlooker. Mrs. Henry Coop
- Eggar, In her description of all
7 dian garden, tells Of a species Of Ill
90 Crinum augustum, which opens wi
of uncommon swiftness, so that she thin
ar It would be an admirable subject
7 representation by Microscopic photo
n raphy. Just after a shower of rain,
TX the evening, she saw the pink-strip
nv buds Of one of these lilies, each abe
a four inches long, on the point Of opt
ey ing. Passing the plant shortly aft
ward, she was surprised to find
*. blossoms wide open, and in twer
minutes more the petals had curv
= themselves backward like rams hor
all In an hour the points of the pet
o ar had swept over an arc of at least eli
me- or nina inches