On the other bnnd, thcro nrc ccrtnin rnw fibrous mnterinls which yieltl nitrates of very ditinctivc ch;iructcriatics, e.g., the Sunn licmp (Crotalartn .Tiriicecr) untl tlic hIndnr fibre* (bnst fibre of Cctlotropia g i p t t c n ) . These ccrtuiuly invite ' invcatigiition, both from the wientilic nntl practicnl point of view, nntl 00 b o p tbnt Dr. .\IUlhiiurcr will extend Ilia irivestigntions to iiicludo thesc nnd other miv mnterinlt~, ns nlso to cleiir up some of the p i n t s wliicli he linn left untouclictl iii Iris study of the "~iitriition " of the jutc fibrc. P Cl0;ru.i. J. XI. Coloinnn. c. 11. PiVlll. I!. Forth. E. Yruncis. 1~EWI"M'XG'S ILIIAXCE XX1IIIIITXI) IIY JIF23SIIS. 0 1 W S S C U l l f I I A S I ) LWUOLDT.
THIH bnlniicc nima nt too ciitls. Onc, securing grcnter iiccurncy by rcnson of iion-cxpo~rc of tlic working pn.rt3 (luring the opcrntioiis of ~eigliing. The cecood., prcscrving tlic wciglits from the incvitnblewcy nnrl tcur \rliich coiistnnt Iinnilliiig ciitnila, irnd nlso to fncilitiitc the wpcccl nt rliicli \vcigliing cnn be Iicrfornicd.
l'lic Iienni is rtiflencd in nn iipismd direction, niitl tlic possibility of its bentling rctluced ton ~niniiuum. Tho pliincs nrc ull of n iitc.
Tlic weighs nrc nintic to rest, \vlicn not upon thc pnii, on forkctl lcvcra worked from the outside. The cu:uc inctliod ilc cniplnyd for thc ritlerr, so tliut tho minimiim of cxpomro niid tho ninximuni of coiivc~iiencc urc guiiicd. A provinioiiul specificiition liru bccu filed. I:. \V. 8inn11.