The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-26
OLD TIN CANS.
Tbs Way They Finally Disappear Fra.r
Human clcht.

Few people rcaliSe NAht us%nsH'"' ="
all the oid tn caus. tin pans. ke .'s
buckets. coal hoIs aud tue jiks D
finally disappear froul human
and know edge aud are seen nO H't
Science shows that they evapus.
When tin can Is .aa' away ani .'
saken IL begins l's downward r".lt
by becoming rusty. The tin pHiair'-.,
In other words nuiteS wiz fae nst
surrounding IL ln the at5Is@rh'"t'
the oxide ~ tin graaasNs aer- 3"
Of the iron hy cyaunraiuG iut" ta" %.
while some u it is washr4 assay
the rain into the earth after 'n.
Is eoue the iron of the can fni"V~ SO
same course "a vat las l-s,.u parsurd d.
the tin It oIllzeS and hrcoacH 30
familiar reddish brown su'si5h
known as iron rust. The ull'.a.s h1N'
, no wills Of their own. 10 atilniti"~. u'
understandings aud therefore no 30
tentlDus rs TO their present or fu,u'
course. They do nothing OF th"m
selves But electrical forces do their
work for them. These forces unite To"
atoms of the metals with those OF The
oxygen. Then the molecules OF thcSe
oxides are carried away by the aiuoS-
rncrlc electricity and disposed Of ac
corling to circumstances.
II small bottle or other piece "l
glass he placed Oh damp ground and
an old wornout tin bucket is turned
over 1t, the particles of iron oxide VIII
he taken away by electric current
from the old bucket and will be de
posted partly on the glass. the re-
mainder going into the air and lt
earth Deposits of iron and other mel
ais are thus carried around by e,tt
tricity in the atmosphere from place
to place all over the earth. Chlorine
by electric power picks up atoms Of
gold and goes with them to the ocean,
where they are as much at home ~
salt Al metals can exist in state
of yapor: therefore they are to be
found not only in the atmosphere
around this earth. but also in the ut
moSphcre around the sun and III"
stars. If ray of sunlight is bent oui
of it's course as it is by drops of waite.
in the case of the rainbow. the famiiiar
seven colors Of red. orange. yellow.
green. blue. indigo and violet are
spread out side by side. When these
spectra or streaks of light are scientif
ically investigated about SEQ dark lines
are formed also among the colors. ana
these lines represent shadows cast 10y
elemental substances in the atmos
pheres of the earth and the sun. Light
mace artihcially and not passing
through the atmosphere of the earth
and the sun does not have these darN
lines.
BY means of the SpectrOScope, Il grad
uauy invented instrument now in use.
but credited to several scientists. well
known clements have been compelled
to register their addresses in bands of
light Among the nrsL-te-
selves down were sodium. potassium.
magnesium. calcium, chromium. nickel
and iron. And the same apparatus
led TO the discovery Of new metals,
such as ccSium. rubidm and thallium.
All these are found to be in the suns
atmosphere BY means Of the spectre
scope the one hundred milIiouth part
of a ggaiu of sodium in common salt
becomes as disccruible aud uumiStak
able as the side OF house. This won
derrul modern instrument has enabled
scientists to find out what the PEG
pie who inhabit the planets in the
solar system Of the dog star Sirius. for
example. have 10 eat. for without nj
trogeu they could have no beans or
spring peas, without sulphur no mus
tard. horScradish and water crosses o.
/ anything of the kind although the PEG
1 pie would be confined to vegetable diet
I They would also be without light bis
I cult for breakfast or any fermented
. liquors. Baltimore American.