Show scientific WAIFS A japanese chemist las has succeeded to cultivating a fungus abounding upon rice from which a rice ferment is produced and is now being used in the manufacture of 0 whisky thus producing a saving of fifteen cents a bushel over grain hydrogen peroxide has been found to be a valuable antio antidote lote for poisoning boning it is given both internally and until the odor of the acid can nolon no longer gerbe be noticed inthe in the exha exhalations lations the antidote sets acts by changing acid into nide in refining copper an improvement has been introduced by placing an oxidizing sub substance tance in the converter the heat from the molten metal decomposes the nitrate and causes a stream of oxidizing gases to rise through the metal in the converter the metal being bc ing covered with a suitable slig slag A new kind of porcelain has recently been made mad in paris in the following manner is ground to a fine powder reed from oxide of iron by means of sulphuric or hydrochloric acid then made into a paste molded and dried it is then baked for or eighteen hours at a temperature of 1200 dee centigrade the soldering of two pieces of aluminium has heretofore been considered impracticable but recent experiments show that it can be easily done by the use usa of chloride of silver as a fuse the pieces of metal are placed together and a finely powdered used silver chloride ide is spread over the juncture the solder bolder is then melted by a blowpipe |