The result, as given, of lhe iintstig
tioa to wiiah iue-Piciiucp wajsulmit
ted. j.roved ILe luetahc uiais i l a
silicuiettevl ircu, rcaiarkablv rich i:i
siicon, and liial it was evidently the
product of a blast furiiacv. The acci-
wulaliui'ual j o i.l of view.
It is now prcAscd to make railroad j
tics of gts?.. J-o withe
aU(f tieJ uf w
car-weeis ot pa- j
per ami ties or g;a.-s we may soon x- i
iyct rail of putty or some such null-)
(,Sl;t rail of putty or s
stam-e. boon tlinr Ie
suncc,
boon tlinr Lie I Uastu: uitro-!
duced Lis method of tuuLeniu.
ilr.F. Siemens. of lresden, com
glass,
niireneed
, a srits of reaei.rt.hes, which have cul- I
'Inimf..! itt rn-1-.riir. in the lioii ili'tioil
.. , .i in
ol J
of a very Lard glaff, which, unlike
j rle
material proii-ccd by thu De ia
t.istic meiiiod, dot-s not fly into a in il
licit li-atruieiits when broken, 'i he
s,rr;..:i f", ti ai.u nia .tin i
which are leiii2 te-ted on tlie
i,y 4jx iuohes d-t'p, tiic irpper side beinj
: shaped to : the rails. The plas sleep
. ers ure i;ot o stronr? a Ihose cut from
' 'l,r'1 P!lie' but l"c' "re lractiOally
j indestructible, and, what is more, are
i Cheap.
X" Stviitg Machine. A Vienna me
chanician has recently saeeeeded, afier
many fruitless trials, in coi.structiui;
a sewin? machine which does not re
quire the iersou workin-; at ic to suit-
nit tf. tl.A unulAQUnt l-.ii iir.hclt-hv te.
:e,gitv of cousunt hoailvexerti-n v,z :
aattion the machine in motieu with the i
foot. Since, for pscuuiarv re aseri. ttic
application of electricity, steam er wa
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