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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3495, 11 March 1905, Page 4

'9£tr c W&K (\ ‘ k r- ' > * Cj OIL-'' ‘V? AUI A MODERNIZED WATER CLOCK. An Interest! a;; Arrangement For the Am. atciir to Try His Hsmi At. In these “piping” times of unerring precision of rale of u timepiece. no ouo will naturally expect that a met/, mism of this kind should go unfalteringly uad absolutely correct. In fact, it will probably require to bo treated in conformity with the advice of Captain Cuttle—viz, to ‘‘wind It once a day and move the hands forward about 15 minutes every morning and likewise 15 minutes at night, and you’ll have a watch on which you can roly.’’ A description of this mechanism, found In a Gorman work, is given by The Jewelers’ Circular as follows: “A thin arbor A rests upon two supports, S Sl—a straight and truly round knitting needle will answer the purpose 2 iNd m Set A WATER CLOCK. well. One of its ends protrudes beyond the dial fastened at SI and carries a hand. The hours only are marked upon the dial, and consequently this the only hand is the hour hand. “About in the middle of the arbor A la fixed a .pulley, 13, with a deep groove. Around this pulley is wrapped a thread, one end of which carries a cork float, F, while a small center weight is attached to the other end. Exactly underneath the float F la a bo called ‘tulip’ glass, which is filled with water to the rim when tho clock is started. A conduit, an ordinary cotton wick, M, passes into an empty cylindrical vessel, E, which stands close by. “Tho natural consequence ensues. The wick.'l nets tea certain degree as a siphon, absorbing the water in the glass E and discharging It into the lower vessel, R. In consequence of this the former empties slow!while tho latter fills gradually. Tho sinking of tho water level naturally produces tho same with the float F, thereby actuating tho pulley 15, tho arbor A and tho hour hand C. By a suitably large pulley, 13, the hour hand can bo made to revolve in an approximately correct time.’’ In spite of some difficulties, such ns getting a glass of exactly tho correct shape and the pulley of the right size, readers of a mechanical turn of mind may find entertainment in endeavoring to construct this imitation of a clepsydra, or antique Homan water’ clock. Scrap Steel Rolled Into Shape. A process has been discovered by which scrap steel can bo heated and rolled into shape, according to an exchange. Tho secret of tho invention is a mineral composition, which, blended with certain chemicals and mixed with the scrap, enables tho mass to bo boated, rolled and welded without melting. Crosspieces of scrap are placed in layers over a bottom piece, and tho composition is applied. Finally a top piece is laid on, and tho whole is strapped together with iron, making a bundle 2 % inches thick, which is heated and rolled into any shape required. A Remarkable Fact In Botany. It Is a remarkable fact in botany that no species of flower over embraces, in tho colora of its petals, tho whole range of tho spectrum. Where there aro yellows and reds there are no blues, when blue and red occur there tiro no yellows, and when we havo blues and yellows there aro no reds. Tulips como nearer to covering the whole range of tho spectrum than any other species. They can bo found ranging through reds, yellows and purples, but a bluo one has never been found, says a scientific Journal. The Lavender of Commerce. In parts of England lavender is grown In largo quantities. Tho leaves and blossoms of tho peppermint aro put iutotha still, but lavender is only extracted from tho flowers of that plant. Most of tho lavender of commerce is grown and distilled in the south of Franco, but it is claimed that no lavender has been produced to equal tho English perfume, and it fetches six or seven times tho prico of tho best French lavender. ! The Whale In Miniature. ! There Bociu to bo records of bub throe specimens of tho pygmy sperm whole having been found on the Atlantic coast between Greenland and Capo Horn. That many others havo been stranded on OUT ,coast is doubtless sure. A whale so small and respmbling as it does a porpoise, If found by an untrained observer, would no doubt be taken for tho common porpoise, which is so frequently scon along fcs I’VGMY SPERM WHALE. Our Now Jersey coast dtiring tho spring and summer months, says Popular Science News, in which tho following facts are found; Nearly all tho specimens havo been found in tropical or subtropical seas, the Pacific and Indian oceans having furnished most of them. It la not to bo wondered at that cetacean literature furnishes us littloor nothing, oa the anatomy of this animal when we con-, alder how few specimens havo ovcjr been found. A specimen was secured February, 1894, by tho Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania. It Is a male /weighing 548 pounds, measuring 7 feet IOJi Inches in -length and 6 feet In girth Just posterior to the flippers. The skin 15 deep brown in color on tho back and almost white on tho ventral surface. This specimen was found on tho beach at Sea Mo City, N. J. Tho adult pygmy whaW probably does not exceed 10 feet In length. So for os Is known, it Is most closely X* Lfted to tho true sperm whale. Chamberlain's —Provent «iok Hcntfftehc