Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-11

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ing not only gas. but alcohol soaked
wicks-was a recent accidental discov-
cry Of Auer Won Welsbach. 1t consists
of iron with cerium Ianthanium or
other of the rare H0rths used for incan-
descent gas mantels, and the sparkling
! is found to reach maximum with the
percentage of iron at 30 A use for ig-
hitting explosives is suggested.
Acting on the Instructions of the
| Russian war minister. a number of en-
/ gineers and other experts are engaged
near the town of Zlatoust in construct
Ing the necessary buildings and placing
| apparatus for wireless telegraph sys-
tenn between st. Petersburg and Vladi-
Vostok. Communication will take place
through Kassa tooy, which is the high
est summit of the Ural Mountains, near
| Zlatoust, where the state iron and steel
works are situated. The engineers rec
Ommend the erection of high tower
| for the transfer of messages. The only
serious difficulty hitherto encountered
| is that Of obtaining sufficient electric
| power, seeing that the number of ma
chimes is inadequate.
As we look up through the transpar
ent atmosphere on clear night and see
the moon beaming brilliantly down up
on us, we may think, What a wonder
| full sight the continents and oceans OF
the earth would present If we could
| Wiz Al p,It
cording to the conclusions of c. G. Alb
bot, the director of the AstrophysicaI
Observatory of the Smithsonian Insti-
| tuition, q man on the moon would catch
| but deeting glimpses Of the outlines of
| our continents The true radiating
surface Of the earth, as a planet" says
J Mr.. Abbot, lis chiefly the water vapor
! at All elevation of 1900 meters $4,000
| feet), or more, above the Sea-level.' In
! consequence, the man in the moon
would see the features of the earth
dimIy outlined in the glare of light re-
Elected from the atmosphere.
Mr.. w T. Denning. the English as
| tronOmer. who is particularly known
for his studies of meteors, points out
| that the meteoric shower radiating
| from the constellation Aquarius during
| the first week in May seems to be com
posed of particles following the path
of Halley's comet. If this is a fact, he
| thinks these meteOrs should become
more numerous as the comet approach
es perihelion, probably in May, 1910.
| The Leonid and Andromedid meteors
both Of which follow the paths of com
cts, congregate more thiclly near their
perihelia. Mr.. Denning also rema rks
! that since the AQuarid meteOrs are Wis
ible nearly every year they must. like
| the Perseids, form a complete ellipso
about the sun. If, then, they really fol
low the path Of Halleys comet, they
present the spectacle Of an elliptical
ring Of meteors extending from the cen
ter of the solar system to q point be-
| yond the orbit of Neptune.
| A prominent scientist describes the
| electric fish of the Nile. of which the
| Egyptians made pictures thousands of
years ago, and which still inhabits the
with an electrical organ that incloses
| the whole body. 1t is situated In the
skin, and when viewed with a micro
| scope is seen to be composed of about
| 2,OOO, 600 beautifully formed little disks,
superposed upon connected rows Of
minute compartments in which are the
| terminals of nerves. The shock Is pro
| duced by an intense current that ira
verses the entire organ from the head
to the tail of the fish, returning through
| the surroundings. 1t stuns small fish
in the neighborhood. The authority
! quoted likens it's action to that Of a
self loading and f-discharging gun.
The electromotiye force Of the organ i'll
a fish only inches long can, he as
serts, attain the surprising maximum Of
200 volts. A single giant nerve-cell at
the head of the spinal column is the
source of the impulses that discharge
the organ.