Show scientific miscellany the properties of ortho form a new compound obtained by been a subject of experiment in gety GW ma may b by Y dr the moi aerial is a fine white powder nearly toy ft soluble in water and to is pronounced quite harmless large injections injection having produced no toxic symptoms in animals it is both anesthetic and antiseptic while it does not act the skin or mucous membrane it has hasa ft marked anesthetic effect on burns ulcers etc and to is not easily absorbed like cocaine while it its action Is 0 more prolonged having even been very perceptible after 35 ho hours urs and more I 1 it is in powerfully anti antiseptic septic pieces of babe muscle sprinkled ded with it bel perfectly preserved it diminishes wa discharge from wounds and may be applied in ointment to burns eto etc A suggestion is that it may take the of mot morphine phine aft after accidents the record of the ordinary fork chronograph is traced on a OMI aw face blackened by smoke A new and tar far more delicate chronograph consists const of a cylinder rotated a surface ou velocity of feet per second ph on which is photographed a pencil of liet which has passed through a hole th in the end of a rapidly vibrating tunal tuning fork A recent curious record to Is that of the compression of a copper cylinder by a blow A 33 pound weight falling 15 inches permanently compressed the cylinder 0 1658 inch and the chronograph curves shows the progress of the compression during its interval of of a second As anany many as 75 deaths from chloroform in a year have been reported to in england dr E A king however pronounces it perfectly safe when properly administered pointing out that the Hyder abad co commission mission comis slon of 1890 proved that it has ham no direct action on the heart the thing necessary being to avoid suffocation by properly diluting the vapor with air A A full grown shetland pony owned by the marchese carcano of milan is but 24 inches tall being the smallest horse in the world investigators have demonstrated in various ways the influence of roentgen raya rare on living organisms in recent experiments maldeney Mald iney and have proven that the rays hasten the germination of seeds and that the result which is of no practical VU value ue is not due to healing of the soll soil they conclude also that the rays do not hasten the formation of chlorophyll dr edward of the vienna university has shown more important effects having on one hand removed superfluous hair from the body without the slightest inflammation while on the other hand he has successfully treated lupus by an artificial inflammation t that hat could be regulated in intensity at will in these two kinds of cases at least the X rays may have a real value in Ine medicine dicine A french paper product the invention of M canchon Pan chon resembles the hardest woods in many of its properties it to is called and Is made by treating fine chips of resinous woods all I 1 with lyes of sulphates or sulphites sulphates sulp hites then pounding ding the softened chips to a pulp and treating the latter during drefin lata ingrith such chemical or coloring substances as will impart desired qualities the prepared pulp nay may be made into paper and hydraulic by pressure built up into thick masses for working or it can be molded tue the articles made from it are proof against atmospheric changes chat heat and moisture and can be rendered incombustible anatomical explanations of right handedness are rejected by dr geo M kellogg he believes that he child is born bom equally expert in both hands and bothme gsand that right handedness is ie due to careful training lefthand left hand eddeas being probably started by some I 1 Z slight accident to the right hand in babyhood he recommends reco mends the cultivation of ambidexterity which has been of great adva advantage niage to such men as alexander mott joseph pancoast S P F 33 morse le onard da vinci and michael angelo asteroid hunting is becoming more arduous and only eight of the little planets were added to the list last year increasing the total to the aster olds are no longer named but are designated by letter combination the discoveries co of 1897 being known as DH DIE DI DJ di DK DL DM and DO an apparatus for seeing under water a 1 kind of binocular with a long tube has hafl been devised by an engineer of cracow chacow the two lenses are fitted into the small end of a tapering I 1 zinc tube cube at the other end of w anich h is a ht iron box about a foot iti inBa meter etar closed at the bottom with a rubber packed plate of heavy glass and aid provided outside with iron legs to keep the glass from striking against stones the field of view under the plate Is lighted by an incandescent lamp supported on a bent arm another lamp may be placed in a branch tube provided at the side of the box this branch being required tor for intro delting vasel vaseline lne to prevent moisture from coating the inner surface of the glass the electric wires are carried to the lamps down the inside of the tube A safety valve or aperture near the top of the tube allows the water to escape in case of breakage of the glass and abd thus prevents injury to the lenses or of the observers eyes the instrument which has been successfully tested to a length of fifty feet is expected to prove of much value in studying submarine plant and animal life and in examining ships hulls and bridge piers piera for side views a mirror at an angle of 45 46 degrees is provided germany germ any is preeminently pre eminently the land of chemistry its great chemical society the deutsche Chem Che lache ell eli schaft is probably the largest scar organization in the world having 2989 members over 42 per cent of whom however are from other countries all nations are represented the united states having members and great britain while the killed and fatally wounded of the american civil war have been estimated at the deaths from infections diseases in the same period have been placed at twice the number or A medical authority argues from this that microbe warfare is a more important study for our schools than military tactics |