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Show . A th jgftw .,-aarfyvnYr' "'t Uttnl W.lth M.l There U nuw lu course ot construction construc-tion the largest watch that tha wortd has ever held. So enormous will this timepiece be that room will bo found within It fur spacious gallorle-s wherein where-in a number of peoplo will bo able to perambulate at ease, snd It is further stated that a sin ill restaurant equipped equip-ped with wallers, cooks, and other paraphernalia, will form one of tho attractions at-tractions of the watch's Interior, Tho diameter of this gigantic article will bo nearly seventy-five feet whlto Ita height will exceed forty feet Tiny staircases will be scattered throughout through-out the watch and tho whcela will be ao protected that no person ran be Injured In-jured thereby or even sustain damage or soil his clothing Tho wheel known aa tho "balance wheel" will actually weigh a ton, while the so-called "hair spring" will be considerably thicker than a rolling pin. Approximately two mlnutea will be consumed by tho swinging backward and forward of the wheel aforementioned, which will ba pivoted on two hugo agate blocks. Needless to say, the mainspring of this extraordinary watch will b en-ormoiia. en-ormoiia. Three hundred feet will hardly hard-ly cover Ita length and It will be made of ten aprlng steel bands, two Inches thick, bound together, as It would be Impossible to roll ao Urge a piece, cither In thlckneas or length Finally. It may bo said that the watch when concluded will recline on Its back and will possess n polished metal rasa similar to ordinary watches of smaller dimensions. People Peo-ple will be able to walk between the moving wheels and thus enjoy an entirely en-tirely novel acnsatlon This attraction, attrac-tion, certainly unique In the world'a history, will form one of tho principal sldo shows nt the forthcoming St touts exhibition In 1903. To Slot, a na.lioo-Ton Ilnllillni, An Interesting engineering prublcm Is being dlscuised In Pittsburg, Pa., where It Is prnpoied lo moio the Carnegie Car-negie library, a ctructure weighing about CS.tXH) tons, a distance ot 1,000 leet Tho library Is a steel and stone building, 392 feot In leugtu by US feet In width, and threo stories In height Tho director ot public works of the city ot Pittsburg believes that It could bo raised on Jacks and placed on car-trucks which would run on rails. In the trip to tha new alto a I ravine 100 feet In depth and 2C0 foct ' In width nust bo crossed, and this would either have to bo filled or a timber tim-ber falsework erected. Improvements being mad about the present location, it the entrance to Scheuley park, will tnko away from the appraranco of the building, ao Ita removal to a new location loca-tion Is being considered, handy packaob cAnnicn. Here Is an arrangement which will bo much appreciated by errand boys who are provided with bicycles, aa It enables the rider to detach hla carrier it will, leaving the machine freo for pleasure purpusca when desired. Tho carrier la composed ot a light frame, mounted on two wheels and provided with a box or basket to receive tho package. To attach the carrier to a blcyclo a leather nr rubber collar la provided, which la wrapped around tho aeat pott or frame, and n metalllo clamp grips lb collar In place, the clsmp being provided with an eyelet through which the tongue ot tbo carrier car-rier Is Inserted. The collar Is used to prevent the clamp from marring the frame of the bicycle, and the method of attachment la so simple that It tnkos only a low mlnutea to rig up tho carrier car-rier for work or separate It In ordor that tho wheel may be used for pleasure pleas-ure riding. i-iyina . Thla namo la given to large, fruit-eating fruit-eating bats which were studied by American Am-erican naturalists dur'ig tho recent voyage of tho fish commission steamer Albatroiu among tho South Pacific Islands. Is-lands. On the Island of Ton gu tabu wss found a colony of 8 000 bats. Inhabiting In-habiting a clump of large troes In a village. Tho native chief carefully protects tbo bats, apparently for soino superstitious renaon On Namaka Island Is-land the bats wero found in the for-esta. for-esta. They also uxlut In the I'lJI and Sauioan groups. Sleorln, 1,7 riectrli-ltjr. Tbo principle of wlreleva tele-Tupby has been applied to the ateerlng of torpedoes, tor-pedoes, and testa mado In England recently re-cently appear to abow that the system la practicable. Starting with tbo tact that torpedoes can ba eteered by electro-magnets acting upon their helms and connected br wire with the shore, Mr, Vallcas, the tnventor ot the new system, undertook to get rid of the rw wirea by substituting for them lb -81 Marconi electric Impulses. In the ex- vl perlmenta msde near Weymouth, a I model torpedo, four feet long, waa em- jl ployed In a swimming bath, nnd the - lj Marconi apparatus waa set up at the ijj onda of the bath, which Is 300 feet "Jf long The model also curried a Dro- Jectlng wlro to receive tho elcctrta ,m Waves. It wns steered In every dlrco- j lion successfully. , J KliGPB TABS ON THE DnlNICB. jj Tho rcglslcrlnr; Mticcr for drinks. . I v4 shown below, has Just been patented lu r j.j thla country by a German, Wllhelm - J. Hoffman, of llrnmsche, Germnny. 'Ihe ,S device serves as a checking systom to register the number of tho customer's M bill The dial In tho renter r vera the , , J registering mechanism, and n felt pad "-J around thn dial absorbs tho liquid ' which drlia from the glass. Helow the 'ia dial Is n ratchet wheel, provided with I -( CM J -i V-JB toeth to correspond with the numbers jgM on the dial, with a splndlo actuated by $ the knob at tha aide to rotato the ' VH wheel ono notch every time the knob :jB Is depressed by tho waiter When tho iafl hand reaches tho highest number on ijH (ho dial It locka. and It Is necessary JH to reverse it with n koy carried by tho ,'9 waller, which provents tho customor mH from lesettlng tho counter to show a twO lower number of drinks than ho has Jfm actually had. JH !Jott Ale at tow rreMUr. !9 Hy the now process Invented by t j5 Prof. Ilaotil Plctct ot (lencvn, air ran .y. "'JM bo liquefied In largo quantltlea at a '- tfl pressure ot only fifteen pounds to tha ' j9 rquaro Inch. An Initial supply of Z '-H liquid air, produced nt a much hlghor JH prcssuro, Is required to put the appa- 9 rntus In action l'xpcrlmcnlnlly, the 2S prorata ran ba shown by means of a )9 glass bulb containing air previously ',fl liquefied, In which Is Immersed a ( .9 gloria-worm, connected nt ono end with r JM a rubber tube through which air U .; ': 9 driven, and at tbo other end with a v fM stop-cock. When air la forced through r thoworm.lt. llnueflea In eoK-ieauenco msm-i B of tho Intcnso coR'and flowl out In n ' I5l stream when the slop-cock Is opened. 'VKra With a SOO-horso power plant to fur- V KM nlsh tho Initial supply of liquid air, j 'Ta Prof. Plctct claims that be can pro- , 'fcjS1 duce 1,000,000 cubic feet ot oxygen and t - t2pSl 2,000,000 of nitrogen, besides ono short ' ' '" VtIsB ton of solid carbon dioxide. In twenty- .-jOHH four hours. Tho chief object of the yK? Wfi process Is the production of oxygen 'jU and nitrogen at a cheap rata for Indus- . 7S trial usee. M t KUn That Dnlstiln. lb. Ken. . Prof. Simon Newcomb, writing ot .1 j stars which ara ao distant that they "' ' ; have no measurable parallax, remarks .-.' ' that one of these, the brilliant Cano- pus, ran bo said, with confidence, to , bo thousands of times brighter than ys i tho aun. "Whether we should say fi ,, 20,000, 10,000 or 5,000, no ono can de- ;', -- clde." The first magnitude atara. III- i .' "i gel and Rplcn. also are at an Immeaa- f!a I'J, urable distance, and must, In view ot V fij their actual brightness, enormously '.-' outshlno tho sun. '? J.t ,7H jf Irot-nrt.nt HUrotery, -ft J At Grafton, N. II., o crystal of beryl A haa been found which weighs 2,000 ( 'Afi pounds, nnd another from tho aamt J-jI X locality measuring it by Z Inches fl 2 weighed by calculation about two and "m- one-half Inns. In Utah crystals ol '4 gypsum over four feet long have been j-Aifl found. A crystal oi spodumeno llth- w v9 lum, aluminium silicate thirty fee! ' u '' long haa been discovered In South "i; Dakota. ''. tilt-nUno JalllnKS. -) , Klrctrlcity Is to bu used to convey 'j paasengers to tbo top ot tho Washing , $J ton monument, Washington, I), O. ' ,:i Mndraa Is tho only city In India . -My whero electricity Is used as tho power . ,"4; for street wirvlco Tho tramway ot '"'!'' Hoinbay are run by bursa power, and ,) t tho streets aru lighted by gas Electricity Elec-tricity Is used only In a limited way. India would teem to afford an excel- y lent opportunity for trade In electrical "' machinery and appliances An Amerl- v 3g can company la trying to get tho prlv- Jh llogii ot converting tho Ilombay tram- , ,fl ways Into an electrically operatod ays- lSf tern. , r Tho electric fan bids fair to super- "''Cil scele tha punkah coollcia of India. The ' - regular price for four uoolle to divide 1 np tha twenty-four hoiire Is six cenis - each. With eloctrlc.il funs the work ,1 can bo done for eino-lhlrd of the cost v and considerable Ineunvrnlence may 5 be avoided A writer In the Electrical ' 'fi World slates that Ilia day shifts of 1 coolie-) do reliable work, but tbo night j4 gang la not ao satisfactory, Their duty -1 la to pull the puuknh orvr the bed, getting rid of moxqultcies and vermin, '& but the coolies attempt to get aa much aleep oa possible and It Is rulber dim- ( '' cult In create activity among them. n I Tho electric fun. on the contrary. v would giro n reliable all night service. 5 i |
