Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1910 — SCIENCE NOTES. [ARTICLE]

SCIENCE NOTES.

There were fewer deaths per thousand of population in Philadelphia last year than ever before in the city's history. Argentina consumes 44,092,000 pounds of malt for brewing annually, representing 176,370,000 pounds of barley. The average value of occupied farm land in Canada last year was $38.60 per acre, compared with $35.70 the year before. Of cities of importance, Sydney, New South Wales, is farthest in air line distance from London, 10,120 miles. An architect in Chihuahua, Mexico, has been granted a patent on a method for making concrete bouses in one piece. ' y The known petroleum areas of the country cover 8,850 square miles and the natural gas areas 10,055 square miles. An aeroplane in which seamless steel tubing jtakes the place of wood or bamboo in the frames and planes has proved a success in Germany, The Peruvian Indians are credited with having the greatest range of vision of all races, cases having been recorded of thepa distinguishing human beings eighteen miles away. The production of 1,958 short tons of tungsten concentrates in the United States last year established a new record for the metal. Of this amount i Colorado yielded 1,401 tons.