The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-11

1t takes 13.s3 cubic feet Of air to weigh
pound.
over 100000 tons of coal are used by
me railroads Of the United States each
In Montezuma. Ca. a cotton gin is
operated by the power obtained from two
( aTtesisn wells
By soaking eorks used in glue or nu-
ciiage bottles in vaseline their sticking
viii be prevented.
The Canadian government has imported
SIX Siberian yaks and viii try 70 breed
them in Ottawa as a food animal
1t is estimated that the number of fail
ures in electrically-w welded rail joints IS
not more than per cent.
Electric power is used on 2,2S5 miles OF
street railways in Great Britain, 10 l4e
miles operated by other means.
The long quiet volcano of Colima. IN
Mexico, again has become active. emitting
smoke and sparks in alarming quantities
Experiments with ostrich farming IN
Australia, the eggs being Matched by ar
/ tlficial incubation, are proving succe sStuL
Within a circle OF sixty miles In diane
/ ter, with its center in New York. there
are more telephones than in all Great
Britain.
During the past ten years the Russian
government has spent S944 $1,000 on i'm
proving old railroads and building new
ones.
A pound Of copperas and eight ounces
OF carDolic acid to q gallon Of water Will
Probably the worlds swiftest battleship
is the British BellerophOu, which recently
made 26hl knots in an official trial.
The total pig iron production Of the
United States last year was 15,SSS,OlS long
tons, as against 25,7Sl,3 ISL tons in 1897.
Recent additions TO the French army s
field equipment we're several automobile
TefrigerstoTs for the transportation OF
fresh meat.
a new instrument for use when strop-
ping razOrs includes a guide which pre-
vents the blsde slipping and injuring Itself
or the strop.
Up to certain point, exposure to ra-
dunn rays stimulates the termination OF
seeds, but II that point be passed, the
growth Is stopped.
Ivory which has become yellow may be
bleached by dipping it in sOapy water
several times and exposing il to sunlight
after each dipping.
A match box containing a cigar cutter,
which clips off the end of q cigar when
the box is closed, is the recent invention
OF New York man.
The clock OF the tower OF Columbia uni
versity New York, is said to be one OF
The most accurate in the world, varying
but six seconds year.
Stone pillars built to carry TELEGRAPH
wires in the absence of an adequate tim
Der supply by Bolivia in 1851 still are ~
a good state Of preservation
On one Of the new transatlantic liners
"a bulkhead doors, each weighing half d
seconds by hydraulic power.
The addition Of a teaspOOnfUl Of salt
peter to a pot Of glue Will not only act
as a deOdOrizer, but viii aid the glue "a
dry more rapidly and to become harder
Many attempts have been made in Ger
many to isolate the active principle OF
cobra venom, but in none has the product
obtained approached q state OF purity
The number of postoffices in the United
States is nearing the 5000 mark. although
thousands have been discontinued since
rural free delivery was introduced.
The distance record in wireless tele-
graphy was established when a station in
Newfoundland picked up a message that
had originated in Australia, 1900 miles
away.
What is said to be the first plate glass
switch board ever built has been installed
in a new high school in San Jose, Cal II
accommodates q switches and two me-
ters.
The largest electric transformer ever
built. recently completed by an eastern
company. is wound for 10000 volts, the
highest voltage ever employed CONNER
cially.
Because Of the scarcity of fuel in Al
gentina a copper mining company will
build 20-mile transmission line to con-
vey only 10 horsepower from hydro
electric plant.
In Europe improved mining conditions
allow the securing Of from s. to 100 per
cent of available coal. while IN the
United States only from 60 to 50 per cent
is taken out.
Gas engine exhaust pipes that are OF
more than ordinary length. should have
a tap inserted at the lowest fitting 20
drain off condensed moisture and prevent
back pressure -
The Temperature Of a coal pile rapidly