Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1915-02-12
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE.

Efforts are being made to increase
the tobacco industry in Ireland, the
soil of which is said to be suitable
for raising almost all varieties of leaf.
The United States exported $4,000, 900
feet Of motion picture films in a sin
100000 feet in the same month last
year.
The famous Gobelin tapestries, still
made in factory owned by the French
government are woven from the re-
verse side, a workman watching the
design through the web as II is re-
flected in a mirror.
Electrical apparatus, which drops a
steel ball several inches, has been in
vented for testing the strength of the
glass in goggles worn by steel chip
pers 10 protect their eyes from flying
particles OF metal.
That pedestrians on rural roads wear
white patches on the back Of their
clothing at night and that backs Of
wagons be painted white as a protec-
tion against automobiles has been SER
iously proposed in England.
To enable a dispatcher unaided to
control train movements electrical ap
paratus has been invented by which
he can signal a train at any point to
take siding and which notifies him
when his order has been obeyed.
An umbrella shape reflector, mount-'
ed on an easy adjusted stand and con-
tanning an electric light or two. has
been invented by London photog
rapher to bring out all the details Of
a subject in portrait photography.
a spring holder to he clamped to
an ironing board to keep the slack
of the wire ont of the way of an
electric iron has been patented.
An Australian has invented water
proof electric motor to drive brushes
against the huils Of vessels 20 clean
them without dry docking.
To enable a student 10 learn type
writing by the touch system an apron
has been invented to be worn around
the neck and cover key board
The natives Of New Guinea are the
shortest lived people in the world,
which is attributed to their diet Of
the larvae of certain beetles and their
practice of drinking sea water.
A torpedo invented by United
States naval officer carries a gun that
discharges an explosive shell inside
vessel after the torpedo has punctured
its hull below the water line.
The largest British passenger steam
er has been equipped with davits that
can pick up Il life boat from the center
Of the upper deck and lower it into the
water - feet away.
After long series Of remarkable
experiments New York physician has
demonstrated that the function Of the
little understood spleen is to supply
red and white corpuseles to the blood
Because salts used as adulterants in
torferc with the passage OF electric
through wine French scien-
lists have invented a system employ
ing telephones to test the purity OF
beverages.
Tho Argentine national health de-
p,rtmont has posted signs along the
streets Of Ruenos Aires. tell
ing what animals and insects should
be avoided to lessen the dangers Of
infectious diseases.
Because large windmills produce too
great twisting strain on their bear
ings Al Colorado man has invented one
in which one end Of the shaft sup
porting the wheel is Carried on track
that incircles the tower
Increased carrying capacity. ability
to turn in narrow streets and safety .
are claimed for new motor omnibuses (
in Paris which have six wheels the
center pair being the drivers and the +
,therS being used in steering. /
For use in darkened thearters and in Z
connection with advertisements there I
las been patented stereopticon slide
.arrying black face and mechanism
or projecting the time on the screen or
vail
a clockwork attachment for cameras
mall enough TO be carried in the pock-
I. to give photographer time enough
O get in Il picture he is taking before
/ snaps the shutter. has been invented.
While a steel tube is stronger and
more rigid than bar Of the same I
or equal weight, a French 4
cientist has demonstrated that tube
moro flexible than bar of the
anne exterior dimensions.
4 German electrical society offers '
old medal annually for the best de-
ice an. Drocess pr0luced in the world I