The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-06-21
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An appropriation of $4,000 has been
made by the Italian government for the
establishing of six wireless telegraph
stations at Rome. Milan. Turin. Sicily,
Sardinia and Massowa. These stations
are designed for general use, and an
effort is to be made to popularize this
system for the transaction OF public
and private business.
In lecture to the Paris Academy OF
Medicine, Prof. DIR. Grehant stated that
water gas Is seven times more poison
GUS than ordinary lighting gas In
presence of the recent fire damp explo-
sions at LEVIN, In the north of France,
and Saarbruck, In Germany, he ad-
vised that samples of the air in the
underground workings be taken both
day and night and be analyzed regu-
larly.
1t was In the latter part of 1908 that
Sir John Murray made series Of ex-
periments to determine the temperature
Of Loeb Ness The thermometer was
! immersed to a depth of 200 feet and
the temperature was recorded on an In
strument at a distance Of 1900 feet
from the thermometer. The thermome-
ter was attached to cable wound on
drum, which was fixed to the deck
Of a boat which was moored in the
loch, and the cable was connected to
the shore cable by an elaborate mer-
curry cup.
When an automobile is running at
high speed the rubber tires are rapidly
/ warmed, and the heat sometimes be-
comes very great, with resultant In
jury to the rubber. The cause of this
accumulation of heat in the tire Is
ascribed to the kneading of tn" rubber,
which generates heat faster than it can
be radiated away. For this reason man.
ufacturers have found 1t to be an ad-
vantage to have metal parts in the
tread, such as the ends of rlvets. In
contact with the tire, because th> metal.
being a good radiator, helps to carry
off the heat to the outer air.
1T is generally conceded that within
year an electric glow lamp, the tung-
sten lamp, will be on the market" says
Prof. w. S. Franklin, in Science, land
that the output Of light per unit Of
power consumed will be increased at
least threefold above that which Is now
obtained by the carbon flament glow
lamp" The writer adds that this
means that the light-producing capac-
! ity of every electric-lighting station in
the world will be at once multiplied
by three, with the possibility Of greatly
reduced prices per unit Of light, and
and also greatly increased profits.
The tungsten lamp, in which metallic
filament takes the place Of the ordi-
nary carbon loop, has received much at
tention in technical journals.
DR.. James Gale, the well known Brit
tbs scientist, whose death at the age OF
70 is announced, was stricken with
blindness when he was II. But this
did not prevent him from pursuing the
study of science and literature with ar
dor and success. He invented voltait
battery, which was once the means OF
bringing him In what is said to be the
record fee of $250,000, as the reward
for the cure of millionaire patient.
DR.. Gale discovered means of making
gunpowder temporarily nonexplosive,
and gave demonstration before Queen
Victoria. while 1 was conducting the
experiments" he related, (which in
cluded stirring up quantity of gun
powder with a red-hot poker, Prince
Leopold and Princess Beatrice came
into the orangery. was much amused
at hearing the princess remark to the
queen In a very audible whisper, I
thought you told me Mr. Gale was
blind. | am sure he isn't. He has
beautiful eyes 'HushP said the queen,
reprovingly: Mr.. Gale is blind, but
| pray remember that he Is not deaf"