The head was bullet-shaped, with an elongated termination, being somewhat similar in form to that of a seal, and was about six feet in diameter.

The condition brought about is an exaggerated form of the disturbance occasioned by entering too suddenly the "hot" room of a Turkish bath.

The supposition is that in this case the electricity went from the earth to the sky.

A center punch mark is then made upon the face of the steam chest.

A new steamer for the Mallory line, between New York and Texas, was lately launched from the yard of Roach & Co., Chester, Pa., 2,200 tons burden.

This construction allows of shorter stuff being used in the manufacture, and renders the framework stronger.

By means of tin cans at each end, sounds, it is said, were sent over 92 miles of wire, and included several pieces of music.

A large precipitate of Prussian blue is formed.

The substance to be tested is heated in a solution of caustic lime and oxide of lead in glycerin.

The usual receptacle for the fourth ball, when only three balls are used in the game of billiards, is placed at the side of the table.

The device is very simple, and its advantages will be evident to all billiard players cognizant of the defects of the ordinary cup.

The organ then necessarily comes in contact with an adhesive substance, which prevents its removal.

All strangers at Rome are cautioned not to cross the Pontine marshes after the heat of the day is over.

Let us hope so; for of all pestilences which have ever scourged humanity, and desolated empires, none approach in magnitude those of the plague.

We are likely to forget that the conditions are different, and especially that nascitur, non fit, is as true of a chemist as of a poet.

The binoxide of barium is pulverized and subjected to the action of carbonic acid to remove any unconverted caustic baryta present.

This compound, which is neither entitled to the name of alloy nor is it a phosphide of tin, is employed in the manufacture of phosphorus-bronze.

Our appearance at Philadelphia has drawn the attention of American manufacturers to us in a most marked and unexpected degree.

One peculiarity is alone common to them and man, and this is the habit of lying upon the back in sleep.

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