Show transparency 0 OF F THE 0 ce N in t the lie c course on arse of some remarks made by commander glynn of the navy at the tha hecei recent t meeting of the american scientific association in washington some interesting facts in relation to the transparency of the ocean were swed commander Ccmmand or glynn said that the chief in making observations of this transparency was a perfectly smooth glassy sea durin daring a cruise of four years he had suc succeeded ceede d in in making ing only abs observations ovations worth saving ilia his method 0 of f experimenting experimenting was to lower a white dinner hhite houzon tally in tile water as far as the iho eye could follow it ile he found that the farther lie he was from points where earthy matter was washed into I 1 the ocean in largo large quantities the clearer the wetter was thus off cape horn where perpetu perpetual at storms stir up the the pole lie could only s see ee t to 0 a depth of ten fathoms white while on the west side of the pacific where the tice oceala all is stillest could see the plate fit fathoms thorns below tile alie surface which distance he concluded to tle be the maximum of visibility these high and low points of visibility c corresponded orre with tile the highest and lowest points boults of the waters temperature u r a A lent A cement for seams in tho the I 1 roofs of houses or made ich wah white is for a any n Y ai other er exposed places lead dry white h ile san dand as much oil as will make it into tile the consi consistency stene y of putty this cement I 1 gets as hard as any stone in it tile the course of a ae ew weeks the lead forms a kind of flux with the sand it is excellent for filling up cracks clacks in exposed parts darts of b brick tick buildings it is also a good cement for pointing up tho the base of chimneys wife inhere rd they project through the roots roofs of shingled houses we have made this cement and tried it aud and speak about it from experience only for we have no knowledge of it its sever ever having been described before G erma n town telegraph |