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Scraps Of Science

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
September
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

M. Curie, the discoverer of radium, has found that the rays of radium color glass a violet blue.

German papers state that it is possible to keep eggs fresh for any length of time by simply immersing them in a 10 per cent solution of silicate of soda, commonly called liquid glass. Eggs preserved in this way will hatch a year afterward.

In the occasional eclipse, like that of last April, the part of the moon in shadow disappears from view, seeming to be completely blotted out. The theory that these dark eclipses are due to atmospheric dust is being discussed by astronomers and is thought to be probable.