Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-24
SYRON MAKES ADDRESS ON
COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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: useful arts and trades. prcdacin,
v''rnishcs. dye-stuffs. rubber. cam
phor turpentines. sugars anG olhe
useful products.
Since the recent discovery anC
. synthesis of saccharine in the Johns
|, Hopkins laboratories the baking IN
dustry has been able 10 operate or
a much cheaper scale. for saccharin,
Is 500 times as sweet as sugar ana
only costs ten times as much.
The need of men trained in tho
sciences was clearly demonstrated i
couple OF years ago in Colorado. The
difficulty grew out OF the Pure Food
law. Or. Wiley gave an opinion that
benzoate OF soda was injurious [,
the human system and should not
be used In fcod stuffs. The manufac-
tnrers OF ketchup and pickles imme
diately protested and as result,
Congress appointed the Remsen
board to investigate. They gave as
result of their experiments that
benzoate OF soda Is not injurious
when used as food preservatiye
And when the finding was brought
as a political issue in Colorado. Il
was submitted to popular vote. In
stead of being able to find a commit
tee Of scientific men to investigate
and recommend. they had men voting
on the question who did not know
henzoate of soda from sodium bl.
carbonate.
Recently was consulted by a
housekeepcr about a physical prob
lem OF this nature Why is II that
water boils at lower temperature
here than AT the sea coast. ard why
VIII a recipe for baking cake. that
gives good results In Floride. not
work In Amarillo OF course this is
due to the variation in air pressure.
according to altitude, winch every
student of elementary physics knows
II is both profitable and interest.
irg for a boy when turning the ice
cream freezer to ask himself the
question, why does cream freeze"
and be able TO solve the problem. IL ]
gives his mind proper food material. T
and makes light what would other .
wise be a tiresome task Flaboratne
this idea he can study the problem o;
HON the ice was manufactured. lie
knows that al ordinary temperature
ammonia is gaseous. lie knows
that is a condensed liquid is allowed
to expand, it will absorb heat Then
Ire ice problem becomes an easy one
The ammonia Is condensed to A
liquid, allowed to How through pipes
where II can expand, Il absorbs the
heat from the VI ter tanks and ic,
"a formed
II is useful for the honsev ife IN
now that when soda Is prt 70 tn
Nlscuit dough. carbon dioxide is Civ
en- off and the hnbbles In trying 10
escape lift ~ pthe dough and make
The biscuit light Or, II SIZE hes suf.
.icient time and energy to beat n,
tough two hundred times. enough I.
- VIII be enclosed to secure taa
same result and she win have beate
biscuit of equal lishtness
u Is a good thing for her to know
hat lime is a h"groscoric substance
mo. that If in moist climate. Il
'ish of IL Is placed under The piano
viii keep the wires from rustin,
Il is a point in economy to know
nat ltsterine ard Antiseptic Solu
ION are Identical compositions. and
When buying II she asks for Lister
ne she gets 3 ounces for quarter.
'hile u she asks for the latter sha
.eis ! ounces for a quarter.
II Is good ti'ing to know that
water containing salt freezes at =,
over temperature than pure water.
70 Know that salt water boils at n I
igher temperature than pure water y
nd that there Is proportionate rise
n boiling point for each spoonful of '
alt added. To know that cocoa
oils at a higher temperature thah
alter, and that when attending !.
eception she must wait a longef s
IGe before beginning to sip choco. X
ate than she would have to II il Y
ere tea. L
TIC know that ivory NAV be- clean. 7
d with hydrogen peroxide without n
tanning 1t. and to know that all TO- y
Ire stains may be removed with r
'dium thosulphate.
II Is a good thing to know that e
'etals expand with heat and cold. v
or man who laws down the rails o
'r a railway track. TO do the work T
ell must calculate the coefficient OF G
SpanHion and leave the correct Il
PAGES between the ends OF rails q
when they expand they h
III be forced out OF position and A h
'ain possibly derailed. Il
To know that water increases in J
ensity with fall in temperate re tin c
degrees c. is reached. wher il de- o
reases In density until IL reached n
hus ice remains on the tor Of the b
alter and the poetical and economic
ntastronhe of having al the fishes Il
He'd is averted a