836 



I'.Vl SI) 1N\ KNTH'NS. 



VM given him by hi-* associates, friends, and 



1 he was presented with a 



cold medal on the anniversary of his sevent MI h 



-,-j rhe | resentation took plaot 



in the Sorbonnc and was presicl* 



, - ::i .'.;- boOOf were made 



by representatives of scientific Unlies from all 



over the world, who had 



homage to the great saeww/. Besides his minor 



contributions be pu i < .pledc 



iinee ] if : - animaleuu - in- 



. , . .- oxyrinc libre"(1868); 



. - -ur le vin. ses maladies, les causes 



. " 18W; nd edition. 1878); 



" Ktodes sur h -e- maladies, moyens 



de le prexemr idea sur la mala- 



dfedatvtnatote' < (ie -ur la bier.-. 



ses m* 1 *** 1 **! let oanses qui les provo(|tient 



' 



,. r ,t, M -thume de Claude Bernanl 



*ur la fermentation "(1879). The -t..rvif his 



,s written by hi* son-in-law. M. Vallery- 

 lUduU under the title - .M. I'a-t.ur. i 

 il'un savant 'par un ignorant.'" At the time 

 of his studies on the silkworm he was warned 

 to distant inur his work, but he declined A 

 discovery was given to the world, but at the 

 expense of half of his body, for he wa- para 

 lw, i. He reeo\er-d. but .\ erwork-d at the 

 time of his investigations <>n rabi,-. and in 1886 

 be was again prostrated, from the effect* of 

 which he nover completely rallied, though his 

 death was comparatively sudden. A national 

 r him by President Kau re. 



ly lay in state in the 'Pa-teur In-litute. 



.i cerei iv took place in the 



\otre Dame. The (iovernment 

 desired that hi* remains be interred in the pan- 

 theon, but hi- own wishes were respected, and he 

 was buried in the garden of the Ta-teui In-ti- 



PATEXTH \M> IM I M IONS. In this 

 the intention is to describe a few of t In- 

 most recent i- that may be considered 

 of general interest or specially -uited to home 



Steam Lifeboat*. Among the improve- 

 ments recently introduced in the Kngli-h Life- 

 Uwl Service are boats propelled by steam. 

 There are 8 in the service now. the ', earlier 

 boats having proved their usefulness during two 

 or thrreyejir-.an.lt he third, the -rity of Glas- 

 gow." being the improved result of the former 

 nentsi She was planned by 



lgner, and cost i"i..VH>. Tt,,- 

 machinery was constructed by I'cnn \; Sons, of 

 Greenwich, the engines being designed after 

 <rr*n'i patents for what i* known as rt jr 

 pnWon. They are .f v-,r, horse power, and 



drire 2 nearly horizontal turbine wheels of 30 

 inches dumeter. The total w.-i-ht of the ma- 

 chinery U 10 ton*. The boat i- 



instructed mainly of galvai 

 y bilge keels ami fender gnn- 

 IOMI elm. Ample water-ti^'ht 

 ire provided for* and aft. the 

 inery being in separate compart - 

 i are so arranged that the boat 

 ickward, forward, or sddewise, or 

 rounr motion. On her trial trips the 



f (ilasgpw" made a nm-t satisfi 

 : in all kinds ..f \\.-atlier. and >lie 

 ' llar\v ieh. one of the m< 



point- on Hie !: n u'lish coast 

 Tin- eraft has been prcwnted to i < 



' I iy the p.-oplc of (ila-u r o\\. \\ ho 

 the required fund- in -mall -ul'xn: 

 and are Mill roiitribntin. 

 -tilution through the e-lal-ii-lnn. n 1 o| -', 

 known a- 



on which -iil'.-< nptions are solicit 

 purpose, 



\ \o\el ( raft. The Layman pn. u 

 -porting boat is an inseiition that eoiiiim -uds 

 it-elf at fir-l -itrht to the linnter and the 

 man. The accompanying illustration 



8PORTINO BOAT. 



ciently show its external appearam -. In effect 

 it is an elliptical float made of Indifi nn 

 other flexible waterproof material, tublil 

 with a pair of | M ...t< permaiH-nlly attach' 

 bottom or under side. These boots are pr 

 with fins or paddh- at the -ides j,iid uii'i 

 Aliieli fold when moved forward ai- 

 on the return stroke. The navigator.se; 



his boat, with his feet in the I ts. jno 



legs backward and forward a- in walki: 



BPORTTKO BOAT, WITH BTOHM 



propels the boat or turns at will in an 



tion. The sides of the float are double, a: 

 divided into water-tight compartment-. 

 of which is capable of sustaining 01 



