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Show TTTTTTFtiti' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' " Splaih of a Raindrop. Even the splash of n raindrop Is of Bufllclcnt lmportnnco to receive scientific scien-tific Investigation. Prof. A. M. ' Worthlngton of tho Royal Engineering college nt Duvonpnrt, England, has found thnt n drop of water falling into ! water excavates a perfoctly spherical j hollow, which Is lined with the liquid j of tho drop, reachos its greatest dopth I as tho water rising attains Its mnxl- ! mum height, but is enormously great- ( er In volume thnn tho water thrown out. With a fall of 80 inches tho pit has 3G0 times tho volume, of tltu ejocted water, with a fall of 1G lnchi'3, 41 times. |