Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-03-22
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Inc largest alcOnol locomotive con
st~ucted at Deutz, Germany, Is rated
an about 30 horsepower, with a range
of speed from PA to miles an hour
This engine weighs about eleven tons
wY-en ready for service.
No adhesive liquid glue can be made
according to the following recipe: Die
solve forty parts white gelatin In
fortr parts acetic acid in a water bath:
add ten parts spirits of wine and two
paru alum for its better preservation
The Japanese are celebrated not only
for their skill in making decorative
articles, but also for the beauty of the
materials used. 1t is said that the
secret of the composition of some OF
their alloys of brass and copper has
only lately been revealed. The finest
Japanese brass, called "sinchu," con-
sists of ten parts of copper and five OF
zinc. Another very beautiful alloy,
named "shadko," to which splendid hues
are impaired by treatment with acids,
Is formed by mixing gold and copper,
the proportion of gold varying from
to 10 per cent of the entire mass.
According to the results of expert
ments by DR.. Jean Chalon, aromatic
plants charged with essential oils
which exhale a perfume that spreads
like an atmosphere about them when
touched by the rays of the sun, are
to a slight degree warmed by the pres
ence of this agreeable atmosphere. 1t
acts In retaining the solar heat like
the glass covers of dollhouse. although
, of course far less effectively. Prof
Spring has shown that the relatively
high temperatures of large cities 10
probably due, at least In part, TO the
9 carbonic anhydrid In the air above
them, acting as retaining screen for
heat rays.
d An attempt to give n scien 'fic ac~
count OF the destruction of Sodom and
J. Gomorrah has been made by DIR. Die
J, ner OF Vienna. A study of the pecnI,-
arities of the Dead Sea basin and Of
the overwhelmed "citles OF the plain
> leads him to conclude that a violent
> earthquake must at some time have oc>
>. Cured there, which affected the entire
:, basin, and was accompanied by the
inundation Of the shores. An old vol
:, canic crater on the eastern side OF the
sea was, he thinks, simultaneously
thrown into eruption through the dis
turbance produced by the earthquake.
!; These occurrences would supply thu
N principal phenomena mentioned in tbs
S, scriptural account
Another specimen of the singular
?, African animal known as the sh,
okapi has recently been obtained h,
. Major Powell-Cotton. 1t was killed il
the Ituri forest by native hunter. y
far as Major Powell-Cotton has bee
Is able to learn, only one European ha
80 previously seen a living okapl. TIL
/; Mambuttl natives (pygmies) say tina
|; the okapi Is solitary In Its habits-tba
even the two members of pair invar
~ ably feed apart, although when the
- have calf they frequent the sam
region of the forest. The female kccT
her calf concealed In covert, but visit
t; 1t at intervals to feed 1t. The native
"a usually see the animals In rainy weati
&c er, when they sometimes seek shelte
H. under an abandoned roof.
- One of the greatest difficulties TO b
Do overcome by the telephone reprodu,
re- tioh VI ehS human 'oiNc, cSpcSihiS
9 great distances, where microphOnic r,
= lays must be employed, Is the produ'
s. ton Of an exact correspondence In
tween the variations In intensity
h. the electric current and the varyin
8, vibrations OF the microphonic men
s, brane. In a new microphone. recent
introduced by the Telephone Compan
he of Zurich, Switzerland, 1t is believe
I. this difficulty has been so far overcon
that strong and weak voices are almo,
D equally we'll reproduced. and the al
~ paratus permits of the use Of a muc
:, stronger battery. The various aud
- phonic devices for the deaf should bel
- EFT from this Improvement, as well 4
long-distance telephone lines.