The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-26
Newest Notes Of Science


hour.
Brazil furnishes half the worlds cof-
fee.
Vaccination has been known for over
The barking of a dog can be heard for
four miles.
An electric eggbeater is one of the late
Inventions
Colorado smelts more precious ores tnan
any other state.
Electricity as motive power has been
in use for twenty-five years ,
Florida produces the finest lead pencil
Use stale white bread to remove Dust
from picture margins.
Oysters thrive best in water containing
less than per cent of salt
There are over 80 900 proprietary meui-
cines now in the American market
An oak tree. full grown and In fuii To-
liage. contains 6.000.0O0 leaves.
Lemon dipped in salt is the best tnlng
for rubbing ivory knife handles.
The fruit markets of the United states
are the best supplied in the world
A cloth wrung out In vinegar ano
wrapped around cheese will prevent
mould. .
The hair side of leather belt will cling
to pulley better than the other
Americans eat more fruit than the peo-
pie of any other temperate zone country.
A bit of garlic in vinegar used Tor sa-
lads adds a delicious and mysterious
flavor.
Residents OF Paris ate 49,Z9c nOlSeS III
1907 about 5000 more than the year De-
| fore
A complete mask. with glass eye-pieces
| and gauze nose-opening. Is now made Tor
motorists.
and automobile tire stuffed with rope ana
yarn.
Scalding hot milk will remove stains
| from linen and cotton more ellecuNoiS
than boiling water.
| A German scientist has found by exper-
! iments that a butterfly can live for seven
teen days without food &c.
| One part Venetian turpentine TO TOUR
of glue will make flexible glue TO at
tach leather to metal.
Scientists believe that eating apples
greatly benefits the body by increasing
animal electricity.
PHYSICIANS declare conversation Is a
good form Of exercise for those afflicteo
| with heart disease.
Colorado has marble deposit Wo1 u,
| more TO the ton than any but the very
highest grade of gold ore
In Arabia's deserts whirlwinds ire
ouentIy excavate pits in the sand TO bed
rock 200 feet below. IA
stopped by inserting small quahti'y VI
bran through the manhole or,.
Professor Dimes of The Hague report.
A discovery that the boiling point OF
helium is $50 degrees below zero
There Is more water power gong to
waste in the state OF Massachusetts than
is available at 'shty Niagara rams.
The human body contains about enougn
carbon to make 5000 lead pencils or tc
make enough coal to burn nearly wv
hours.
Refractory chiffonier drawers and win
dows that stick can be improved oN
rubbing their sliding edges with common
, kitchen soap.
The hottest place on earth Is Bahreir
island. in the Persian gulf, where IN
thermometer stands at 140 the greater
mart of the time.
Although the AtlSntic cables have ca
pacitv of 300.O00.000 words annually, onll
about 100000 words are sent over then
each year.
The $50 900 odd tons of coal mine'
in the United States each year II plie'
together would make cube having SIDE
IA yards long -
but little over half the correspondent
cost in American cities. and wages ar
' proportionately lower.
A pinch Of salt in coal oil lamp WI
> increase the brilliancy of the flame, an
r ! rubbing with fine salt will give the lam
a chimney a fine polish.
Half an ounce of borax and half ia
= blespoonful of ammonia in pail or wa
p Ter makes an excellent solution Tor clean
ing painted surfaces. Soap should no
: Blasting marble is impracticable. thos
F, who quarry 1t having to split or IN
= blocks in the same method In vogue VINE
the Parthenon was built more than 2,3t
Millions of oysters are saved each yea
:, by X-rays. Ceylon pearl fishers now II
a spect their catch with the rays and retur
to the water unframed. oysters whic
are Fearless.
n Rugs dulled by dust and usage can b
\ cleaned TO look like new by rubbing VII
half rye and half wheat bread The
: should be we'll swept after the bread
& rubbed into them.
An emulsion of four ounces OF bora
o and half a pint of lard oil 10 a gallo
II of water is excellent for cleaning engir
paint but should not be allowed 10 or
on the paint.
II is not safe to paint over cement III
70 til il has been exposed to the weather Il
a wear unless the surface first has bee
IT washed with a weak acid solution to cour
y teract the alkali.
The two greatest power developmei
projects in the world are under way
z Colorado where two companies plan
= | furnish 10000 electrical horsepower fC
the industries of the state.
$ One of the biggest pieces of engineerir
n in New, England is a 2,5O0-horsepower da
IS in the Union river at t,, Ellsworth Ne
! is constructed OF hollow concrete al
s cost nearly s50oO00
90 To test a diamond prick a needle no
= | through card and look through the oil
~ mond at the hole, If the jewel Is ge
uine only one hole will appear: If it
false there will be double reflection
10 To find the size of wire. wrap 1t arour
a pencil each turn touching the next u
!, til an inch or more is wrapped on. TIT
Of measure It, If there are twelve turns
10 the inch the wire is one-twelfth of {
inch.
re The chemical properties of the Gre
lie Salt lake are changing. In 1885 the pc
a centage of solids was 1916; in 1903. I'D
and in 1907. % 920. of which 1267 per &c
was chlorin and 7.5s per cent sodium.
Government analyses Of so-called ter
IN perance drinks in England have shov
al them to contain from to u $40 per ce
of alcohol about three-fourths of the
III having more than enough to come und
Id the liquor laws for taxation.
+. The largest single irrigated tract of la
is in northern Colorado. in round nul
bers OO0O 900 acres. Work now under w
-, will when completed furnish water to oy
nc 1900 900 acres of arid land in that state
n To ship its heavy castings the Beth
"a hem (Pa) Steel company has construct
&C. a special flat car. 103 feet long, the ma
ne Orders resting on two S-wheel trucks
as each end. The car thus has 16 axles a
81 wheels. 1t weighs 15o tons.
Afflicted with X-ray dermatitis, as [
result of his experiments with that m,
as ferrous light. Professor J. Hall Edwar
of Birmingham. England is convinC