The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-08
SCIENCE NOTES

Persons awakening In the night are In
variably curious about the time and tho
newcst hotel convenience has for Its oh
sect the qualification OF this universal
desire A small telephone receiver IL
placed at the head OF the he'd and II
desired may be placed under the pillow,
connection beioG maintained with
master clock In the ofbce of the hotel
Placing this instrument to the ear and
touching button results In setting inta
operation ser OF bells which chimes thu
hour. the quarter hour and the miputes
past the quarter
On the sheep ranches of Australia II ia
found impracticablc to perform III.
sneuring when there Is any Great amount
or water In the wool, and various mean,
are MADE use Of for the purpose OF de
tcrminlng the amount OF water in the
wool before commencing work In tbi,
connection a new method has been re.
Gently devised which consists OF a novel
use or the properties of calcium On rbIJe
A little wool Ia clipped or. weighed ana
mixed thoroughly With an excess of cal.
cium carbide In suitable apparatus
Ihe acetylenc produced by the reaction
or the carbide with the water In tbs
Wool Is Determined by measuring IT'S vol.
VINE at constant pressure. or It's pressure
at constant volume, by means OF scale
so graduated rs TO give directly the
proportion OF water In the wool
The warshlps Of the German Navy will
no longer be ntted with the Ioup.rellcJ
upon magentic compasses but InsteuI
there will be used The gyroscope compass.
which was Invented by Dr. Haenpbe
which In practice has shown n greater
degree or accuracy, During a nioe-mopth
cruise OF the battleShip Deutschland tbs
magnetic compoes. although left entirely
to Itself, maintained It's true direction
Tor n month Tho device consists OF ,
nnc-pound wheel mounted with the usual
compass card In "A holder of quicksilver
An electric motor rotstcs the wheel at
ZlsUO turns a minute After IL has run
Tor TWO hours, the instrument Is set in
The direction OF the mathematical merjdI.
IN. which posicibu II keeps unchanged.
being unaffected by neighboring iron ana
steel and unsusceptibIc to vibration and
rolling.
Alumlnus-conted steel sheets are the
product of n Pennsylvania company and
thcr nave been adopted by the United
states government for usc In the con-
Structiop of vessels. The coating is ap-
piled at very high temperature when
The metal has great huidty md the sheet
oil metal is not only rendered rustproof.
but also much moro durable. The coating
applied hot makes very scrviccabIe COY.
eriDg which wthstspds AL kinds of hard
usage without fracturing. as il has pene-
trated Into the surface OF the steel
The United States Engineering Corps
bas reported favorubly on a proISct Il
connect and make Seattle a seaport Ly
The construction of n canal tn the Puget
Sound by way OF Salmon Boy The
scheme consists OF canal connection he
tween Lakes Union and Washington. sha~
difference OF the levels being overcome
by lowering the wntcr OF the latter body.
and also Of the creation Of channel
through salmon Bay. Tho only ,och
necessary will bc at the entrance OF
Salmon Bay. The cost OF rho proIec,
Is estimated at three and half mil
lions