The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

One in every six persons is said to be
left-handed-
In the last half century Japan has re-
corded more than 1900 earthquakes
The richest known mines Of mangan, sc
IN the world are TN the Russian Cauea-
sus.
The electric locomotive holds the world 5
record for speed. a miiefin q seconds
Holland Is the best European customer
OF the United States in copper, and the
A commission appointed BY the govern
ment OF Argentina is taking a live stock
census of that republic
Ihe simplest way to convert weight
expressed in avOirdup0is pounds into kiio-
grams IS to multiply by SO
Some of the better grades Of MediterTa-
neal coral sell at wholesale in the crude
state as high as SEQ per pound.
The easiest and safest way to destroy
ordinary black gunpowder is to throw Il
into water, which dissolves the saltpe-
A Welsh firm is exporting to Brazil
brIquets made from waste coal and coal
tar pitch, moulded under pressure and
heat.
A new German corporation has ordered
seven airships Of the Zeppelin model, TO
establish regular passenger service among
tWenty-seven towns.
The state of New Jersey mas imported
five stations from Great Britain TO en-
able ats farmers to produce higher type
British capitalists have applied to the
turkish government for a concession COW
ertng the oil fields OF Bsgdad and Mosul
BY dropping a nickel in the slot OF a
new machine. a motor is started when
operates brushes to clean and polish its
patrons shoes.
China, which country in proportion to
us size has less trees than any other has
just established its first school for in
structiOn in forestry.
A California company has secured 100
pounds OF aus paddy rice from Bengal
and Will try to raise the grain on dry
lands which it owns.
Telephones are to be introduced into tn
Turkish empire and operated by the gov
ernneiit on the same plan as the mail and
the telegraph.
makes over 6.0o0,000 mouth organs year.
4 large percentage of them being exported
to this country.
A Pennsylvania has invented a tubular
tennis post in which a net can be rolled
and left out Of doors in all weathers with
out being injured.
Paper making from peat on a CONNER
eial scale has begun in Sweden, where a
million dollar company is turning out
wrapping paper and pasteboard.
The first bacteria ever seen by man
were discovered by a Dutch philosopher
who was examining under his microscope
scrapings from his own teeth
Horns with adjustable bells which con-
troll the volume of sound and throw 1t in
any desired direction are q novelty I'm the
musical instrument line.
Experiments are under way in Ger
many with more than thirty different
processes for removing iron from drink
ing water, most Of them forms of filtra-
ton.
The recent discovery by French chem
list of simplified method Of wood dis
tlllation. it is said, win greatly cheaper
the production of acetone.
A government prospector who was
searching for coal in the south of India
discovered a valuable deposit of Iantalite
the first foGnd in that country.
The brown coal of the Australian state
of Victoria has been found to be rich In
ammonia sulphstes and to be well adapt
ed to making producer gas.
Magnesium is now being employed as
deoxidizer in brass manufacture. having
that advantage over phosphorus that an
excess may be used without harm.
Steam trawlers, similar to those used in
the northern waters of Europe, are to be
introduced in the fishing industry Of the
coast of British Columbia.
In the centers Of population alone rats
damage property worth s2O,0O0.0c0 a year
in the United States. according to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson.
The semi-eentennial OF the establishment
of the kingdom of Italy will be celebrated
at Turin IN 1911 with an international ex-
position of industries and labor
A deposit of strontium near Bristol
England, has become the chief source of
the worlds supply OF that mineral. so
largely used to impart red color to py-
rotechnics.
Sir Oliver Lodges theory that fogs may
be dispelled by passing electric currents
of high voltage through the atmosphere
is to be tried on an extensive scale at
London.
After ten years of unsuccessful test-bor-
ing oil has been found IN immense guam
titles on the island of Sakhslin by Rus
sian mining engineer Refining will soon
begin.