The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-25
NEwEsr NOTES or SCIENCE.

4&8 HSV NOTES OF SCIENCE
 Prussfa supplies about one half of the worlds demands for zinc.
 Brazil has 39 telephone systems, SUD- plying less than 10000 subscribers.
 Denmark exports nearly 50,0Oo GOO worth Of butter to Great Britain each srh There are -blind spots, bn the ton que which are insensible to certain More than 200 merchant vessels of the world are now equipped with wire less telegraphy.
 Pennsylvania alone produces more coal each year than any foreign coun- try except Great BMtain.
 Six balloons for observation and signalling purposes have been supplied to each German army corps.
 a deposits in St. Lawrence county cuaDie New York to outrank all oth- CT States in the production of tale.
 A subway for electric cars, to cost $3,e00y900, will be built under the har- Dor of Sydney. New South Wales,
 Several German steelmakers are experimenting commercially with pro- ducing the metal in the electric furn-
 An application has been filed in England for a patent on a secret pro- cess for producing ammonia from the Japanese factories produced 2s0.oOo.- GOO pounds of paper last year and that nation imported 4S. 00o. 600 more pounds.
 The combined output of the Niagara tinated at 500. 1000 kilowatt hours fannually-
 Brick is manufactured in every State fof the Union Illinois being the lead ling producer in quantity and New FYork i'm value.
 Texas produced more than million ( baxrels less petroleum last year than lthe yeaF before. a decrease of about
 Ali the asbestos mined and sold in the United States last, year was pro- .dpced in Georata and Vermont, to- of: sse short tons. the Rhtne province of Germany is cut dug and dyeing native agate to make semi-precious jewels
 double hook for the top of { cfothes line prop to prevent it from fallin8 and dropping wet clothing to ithe> ground has recently been patent
 H fest recently was made in Eng Hand of an eight cylinder engine that a} Is de4iened to work at pressure as high as 1000 pounds per square inch & Ihough It ,s common ID other dn- seen in Madras. and in that city the plague never appears as an epidemic.
 At the end of May there were 3sS 9i tin plate mflls and 62 sheet steel mills in operation in wales. and they were s1vinx employment to 22, 500 persons. 4 Tho production of salt and gypsum from lakess in South Australia Is be- coming one of the most imporant mi nor industries of that Commonwealth.
 A folding door mat on the principle Of the lazy tongs has been invented by New York woman. Side rods prevent it being closed when in use.
 French meterologfst claims that he can forecast the general weather conditions for many portions of tn, world as much as six months in ad- E TO eating potatoes that had begun to decay was attributed a, recent out N break hl 15gbhend sfspess ssenong the men
 A res5ddut of New Jersey has been granted a patent on an automobile tire, eQ reinforced, it is claimed. that 4 it will not fiatten if punctured
 Crowded and irregular teeth, accord ing to English dental authorities. are due to lack Of sufncient use in early
 There were 1,25o men killed and 2,1S9 injured in the coal mines Of Pennsyl- ranfa last year. as compared with 1514 killed and 2576 injured ths- previous ' year
 A swiss chemist has succeeded in transformiriE crude oil into @ liquid Eaz. easily transportable and easily evaporable for lighting. heating. and fl AS the ciemical manufacture of dyes I has made the indigo business unpro- dtables zthe plant now Is raised in only 13 districts or Burma and there chief ' The 1 United Sstates leads the world in the nnanufacture Of asbestos pro- ducts. but so little is produced here that practically all the raw material is imported from Canada
 A Minnesota man has patented a brush in which the bristles are mount ed on . wire form in such shape that 2 thes Inside of the shoulders of milk can9 are cleaned easily.
 The dry dock to be built at Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, for which the Navy Department recently awarded the con- Tract to San Francisco firm, will be the largest in the world.
 The first coal mined in Massachu- setts in many years was the 50 tons Of Ignite taken out of Martha's Vine yard last year and used locally in the
 4 s6a9sachusetts farmer claims to have produced a hybrid vegetable that is a cross between the orange and cu- cunnber, rich yellow in color and pos ses4ing a pleasant taste.
 In England general migration of rats inland from the coast occurs ev- cry October, co-incident with the clos ing Of the herring season. which pro- vides them with food while it lasts.
 A novelty in the trunk line is the recent invention of New Yorker they can be opened right side uI whether the trunk is on one side ol
 The German Imperial Health omce is Experimenting with an antiseptit paint known as vitralin, which applied to walls or furniture, is said to pos sess the power of destroying germ life
 A twin plant of a New York cleo frica1 company Is said to be the larg est light and power plant in the worlt 1t being capable of supplying 5OO,00, horsepower of electrical installation ,EDEEr0rA