British encouragement to science

• Book ID: 103087349
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1877
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 59 KB
• Volume: 104
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(77)90338-6

✦ Synopsis

_Encouragement to Soience, etc. 229 British Encouragement to Science.--An influential deputation of members of Parliament lately waited on the Chancellor of the ]~xchequer, to advocate the claims of the Scottish Meteorological Sqciety. Sir Stafford Northeote said that the Treasury was prepared to grant ~1000 for services rendered to the Government during the past twenty years ; and he gave encouragement for future appropriations.--1Vature. C. Measurement of Water Suspended in Steam.--P. Gazzi, in view of the difficulties introduced into calculations of boiler efficiency by foaming or other mechanical suspension of vapor, has described an apparatus for determining the degree of humidity, as well as for finding the density, either of saturated or of dry steam, at high pressures. His invention was suggested, in part, by the recent investigations of Hirn, Leloutre, and Hallauer.--J~/~oliteenico. C.