Show worms kat eat 14 I 1 4 pipe rip in the Gesund beita Ingeni eur the fact fac t is communicated by a correspondent that when tracing the leaky places in a lead pipe there was found in ono one of th the Is leaks a live woodworm with its head protruding in the wall of tho the piping the outer opening of the cavity being of oblong form 7 by 4 millimeters and the inner surface of the same showing fine indentures that similar cases have occasionally casio nally been met with appears to be the case the fact being stated in one of the best known german text books technical chemistry that certain wood worms giga gigas perforate lead the holes produced showing rough surface with fine indentures one instance holes up to 61 cg 11 diameter being found in sheet lead latter affixed to somo some timber work |