The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-27
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

meridian. the same as eastern time in
the United States.
Three parts by weight of boracic acid
to one of powdered borax makes q good
compound for brazing steel II shouid
be applied as paste with water.
The United States produced sl.s2oeis
long tons of iron ore, valued al $lsi. =
geo. l47 at the mines, last year. accord
ing to the geological survey
The addition OF three drops or mcr-
curry to each ounce Of common solder
will make a solder fusfng at low tenn
perature for united soft metals
For the benefit of outdoor workers
who must have their hands free Ger
man inventor has brought out a tent
shaped umbrella that straps TO the
shoulders.
The railroads of the United States
used Is, 1855 691 barrels OF oil for fuel In
1907. an increase OF over 5000. 900 bar
rels over the preceding year.
The moot productive insect known 10
| science Is the termite. or white ant.
which has been known to lay eggs at
the rate of $4,000 a day for a month.
| Gold and silver anodes should be re-
moved from the solution when not In
use, as the bath will dissolve them even
when no electricity Is passing through
| them.
|
able circular saw resembling the street
outfit of the scissors grinder. which
may be moved up to stationary timber
to cut it.
Wealthy natives of India have formed
company with S7,500,0 600 capital to
erect at Bombay blast furnaces and
complete steel plant for the utilization
| of native ores.
| If plans now under consideration be
carried out, all railroads entering Paris
will be electrified for a considerable
distance into the suburbs of the French
capital.
Much valuable time can be saved by
| covering a desk top with plate glass
under which data may be spread fol
ready reference. 1t also makes sur
face that is easily cleaned
A railroad section hand In North
Carolina has patented a tie-tamping
machine, practical tests of which have
shown that on both old and new road
beds it will do the work of fifty men.
After fifteen years experimenting
with peat to find out new uses for II
a Vienna scientist has produced a house
i'm which everything from the carpets
to the curtains and wall paper are
made from IT.
washington is the only one of the
Pacific coast states in which cokins
coal is known TO occur. Its coke pro-
duction last year totaled Stops tons, al
| increase over 1906 of 63S6 TONS
The use of hollow cast iron blocks
instead of fire bricks above the melting
zone in smelling cupolas is said to have
proved a success where tried. as the
iron withstands erosion better than thu
bricks.
The total domestic production Of re-
fined lead In 1907 was 414.1S short tons
an increase over the output for 1906 OF
$500 short tons. No ore was exported
all being smelted near where IT wa:
mined.
The Kansas Oklahoma oil field tool
the lead for production In 1907, pushing
California back to second place. Hi
nois. formerly ninth in the list Of states
attained third place for the first time.
According to German scientist. th'
center of the earth is core of iron OF
similar material, nearly 5000 miles II
diameter, separated from the outel
stony crust, 1000 miles thick. by layel
of some plastic material.
Diluted ammonia is the best to us'
to remove paint from thing. as SOM
tiles are surfaced with a materia
which will not resist caustic soda, tn
solvent most often used. Clean waite
will remove the surplus ammonia
An English biologist, who has beef
testing the kinship of different animal
by blood analysis. has found that tn
hippopotamus and pig are cousins, a
are the walrus and the horse. But h
has been unable to connect man witt
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