Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
SCIENCE NOTES.

Leipzig Germany. has four pieces OF lre
apparatus driven by storage batteries.
These machines are guaranteed to run
eighteen and one-half miles on one charge
at a rate or fifteen and n half miles an
hour They are all equipped with motors
on the front wheels. So that they can turn
in the closest quarters. Leipzig - without
hills and has excellent streets, 81 that the
test Is very favorable one
The United States Steel Corporation has
ordered thiriy-sN gas engines aggrcgItus
lii,"" horsepower. which are 10 ue used
in the different plants or the corporation.
invent! five OF them will be Installed AZ
the new plant a Gary. Ind These great
engines viii weigh l.Iro.NO each and thri-
shafts will measure three feet in diameter
A train OF ZOO cars Will be required 20
transport them from the works in NAL
waukee. where they are 70 be built Tho
vice use OF gas engines by the United
States Steel Corporation marks an impor-
tant step in the progress Of stec! mama
facture in this country. rs they are de-
signed 10 operate upon the hitherto waste"
gas developed BY the blast furnaces thus
inaugurating an important economy In stool
production.
Ga thirteen OF the largest steam roads N
the United States the average cost per To-
connective for maintenance for some years
1000 locomotives being included in the re-
turn. For nearly 500 motor cars this cost
WIS only Slo7 ccr car II IL takes four
motor cars To equal in mower one locono-
tive the corresponding figure would he S4lS
Some of the larger of the English rail
roaIis operate an omnibus service as "A
feeder for the railroad line These buses
are operated at points where there is some
considerable settlement of people away
from the main line. and in many respects
mas been found quite satisfactory. The
Great Western Company. for instance has
no Fewer than eighty-four of these buses
in service at different points along the
line. In some cases they are operated by
the company, and in other cases contracts
are made with individuals. Excellent sched-
ules are maintained in England. and the
service is said to be very acceptable to the
patrons \ commission representing one
of the largest railroad companies In tina
! hted States has been Investigating this
matter and II is possible that IL may be
introduced into this country but those who
are acquainted with the details Of the mat
Ter say that the conditions tx sting in Eng
land are much more favorable to the sllc-
cess Of such scheme than in this country
Our weather and road conditions are not
up to the English standard.
During the year 1905 the railroads OF
Treat britain killed llo69 persons and In
Jured I,24. as compared with 1903, killed
IN 1919 and 6.459 injured. Travelling is
more dangerous in the United States for
IN the last quarter of the same year the
railways here killed no fewer than l6937
passengers and employees.
The grandeSt railroad train in tho vorla 10
that of the Emperor OF GERMANY I, rost
Sl.oo"ooo and was three years In the course
or construction. Included in It's twelva
gorgeous saloons are two nursery coaches.
gymnasium. a music room and a treasure
room The drawing room is furnished with
OIL paintings and statuary. The treasure
room unique feature-is constructed on
burgar-proof safes.
In three years the progeny OF a pair OF
rats number LOCO
A Chino American bank 10 soon IN ha
opened at Picking.
one thousand parcels day are lost on
the railroads of England.
by the aid of microphone 1t Is possible
10 near some plants growing
Russia leads the world in planting forests
America in devastating them.
Whlstling will do much toward the de-
velopment of robust physical frame
There Is no standard gunpowder Every
nation seems to have its own formula
me average Sunday congregation at ST.
Pauls Cathedral in London is 3. iG0 persons
some OF the London theaters send motor
buses into the suburbs to gather up pa
irons.
The decrease to the worlds shipping by
wreck and breaking up averages 725Oo0
tons yearly.
The temper of fine edged tools is grad
ually destroyed by long exposure to extreme
light
The temperature of countries with sandy
soils Is higher than those with clay or other
compact soils
1t has been stated that most OF the ma
terial exported from Japan Is made by the
women of the nation.
The French president of the senate was
recently petitioned in the shape of a food
OF 100000 post cards
During the last year the amount OF wafer
used in quenching the fires of London was
about 29,OO0,oOo gallons
church for all denominations is to be
founded IN ConstantinOple. The sermon and
services Will be conducted in Esperanto
one of the London underground railways
passes lso feet below the surface. This is
the record for subterranean transportation
The skull of human being grows rapidly
up to the age Of seven years and then very
slowly up to the age OF twenty. After that
its growth ceases entirely.
The number of deaths that occur on the
globe amount to sixty-seven minute and
the births to about sixty mine or seventy
minute.
The English Midland railway has been
hard hit because nearly all of It's former
patrons have taken to motoring between
their homes and the city.
The machine for perforating postage
stamps was invented in 1s47 by an Eng
lishman named Archer who had great tro1-
BILE In getting pay for his invention.
The population of Manila is 223J42 and
the city has 1l.022 houses of strong ma
terial, 13.1f2 of light material and 33ll OF
mixed material. a total of ~, 40 houses.
The total number Of stars exceeding the
seventh magnitude is $500 Therefore. the
naked eye can never from any one spot
OF the earth's surface more than 1909 stars
A London jeweler has the smallest watch
In the world. 1t once the property
OF the Marquise of Anglesy. who had a
penchant for such things The minute
hand Is an eighth of an inch in length
Ivy growing over the walls of a house
renders the structure cool in summer and
warm in winter. 1t also keeps the walls
dry 1t Is, however. very destructive to
woodwork. forcing the joints apart.
The amount of water daily lifted from
the waters Of the world by evaporation Is
about 80 cubic miles. and the average
amount Of rain which falls on the surface
OF the globe during year Is sixty inches
Mercury has year of lightweight OF
our days; Venus one OF 224.7 days: Mars
year Is 6SI days. while that of Neptune Is
G0,1217 days. No earth man could hope &c
reach the age of year IL he lived in Nep-
tune.
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