The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-21

river and two creeks viii be reversed
and flow into the canal instead of into
the lake Erie and the Niagara river
Japan reeentl- completed and placed
IN commission the fastest passenger
steamship in the Pacific. Oil fuel and tur-s
bine engines give it a 23-anot speed. Z 7
BY the use IF internal combustion en-
gines, new British battleship will 90
without ful1eis, her decks carrying Oni-
masts, gun turr5-s and bridges.
The Norwegian storthing has voted Cap
tam Rodid Amuudsen q subsidy of SlS,0gH
TO enable him to fit out Eansen's famous
ship. she Gram. for a polar expedition.
An Iowa man mas patented a key-lfke
attachment for coffee not handles which
when pressed, allows air to enter to IA
cilitate the flow OF coffee from the spout
In a new form OF centrifugal pumD the
power is applied directly to the water
only about 3 per cent being lost i'm the
Journal speed resistance and friction
The detailed formula Of every patent
medicine has to be filed with the Austrian
government and other requirements full
uiled before It's Importation is allowed
Researches IN Germany shov, that q
given quaint T. Of rcd hot coke will absorb
-FOUR times me amount Of water that Will
be absorbed by the same amount Of coke
a new balance pIow of German inven-
ton IS designed TO be used on hiIIsidaz
where all burrows are turned in the same
direction, the shares at either end facing
the same side.
A British patent has been granted uron
an instrument for testing the relative
freshness Of eggs by using the well known
IaCt that TTesn egg sinks in water, while
stale one floats.
An autopsy upon a negro who recently
aled III Philadelphia Of pneumonia showed
that stab wound in his heart which
was seWed together by surgeons six years
before mad completely healed.
Under a new New York law optometrfsts
are those who prescribe lenses for defec-
tive eyes; opticians grind the lenses ami
treat eve diseases
A little flake graphite sprinkIed in the
cylinders Of gasoline engine in which
the piston rings and walls have become
worn will find the worn places and bring
the compression to normal again
MotOr-drawn balloon trains consisting
Of six wagons containing steel compressed
gas holders. two wagons for supplies and
three for the balloon. ropes and equip
ment. have been added 30 Austria's army.
In addition TO yielding a medicinal oil.
aeetic acid and tar which IS solvent
Tor acid. grease and saline matter in boil
ers. the leaves Of the eucalyptus tree are
said 20 produce an Illuminating gas
Nearly every American college and uni
versity which sends out exploration par
ties viii have representatives investigating
the contents Of the prehistoric mounds or
the Missouri valley the coming summer.
In new form of electric lighting the
lamps are suspended above bOwl-shapeJ
reflectOrs of such design that the light
Is thrown against the ceiling and diff
fused about room without casting any
shadows.
Discoveries Of radium in pitchblende fla
a pile Of refuse at the mouth of a copper
mine in Cornwall, England which was
g baudoned fifty years ago have led to a
1eOpening of the mine in the search fox
more Of Ihs priceless stuff. y
Steel and reinforced concrete will %
largely used in the rebuilding of the ItaI-
ion cities destroyed by earthquake in De
cemDeT and it is probable that the gov
eminent VIII limit the height Of all build.
irEs TO ten meters.
Whether an electric current is alter
Eatirg or direct may be determined by
holding magnet near an incandcscenr
lamp burning IN the circuit. IF the cur
rent be alternating. the filament viii Vi
brate. If direct il will bend toward the
magnet without vibrating.
According To = German government
commission which has been Investigating
the electrjfic2tiJu Of railroads it Is es-
sential from the standpoint of economy
that the current leave tine power houses
at a voltage of $3.50. to be reduced TO
1900 when it is used in locomotives.
In the distribution of the Nobel prizes
the Scandinavian countries have not pr :
fitted to the extent that might be -
pected. the awards being as follows; Ger
many, s. England, 81, France, AZ. Den
mark Holland, Russia, Sweden and the
United States. 7 each, Italy and Spain.
y each