New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-04-25
Curious Discovery.
For the Tribune

nder tins head the following description of
recent discovery was given in your paper Of Tues
dav
at has been recently discovered that il water be per.
mlltdto run out through hole in the bottom OF the vessel
la1 contains H. vortex viii be formed IN direction Coz
uary To the course OF the sun. THIS said to be invariably
hr ict and the water BE- iorcby made In whrl round
~ The opposite yet tie opposing power
removed, II will begin to contrary the sun. The
dsso,erer OF This phenomenon nput,, to the rotation OF
Tue farh on H. AIS. and deduces fIsn method of find
"S u'e latitude OF places
Having often heard TIN. recent discovery spoken
ci during several years past. aud sometime. by sci
enIlhc men, | was induced to give a lite thought
10 the explanation of it, and came 10 the concls-
SION that such representation had obtained
currency from certain impericciion III tie expe-
nment most likely To be- adopted tor the purpose
4" demonstraiion-as for instance hole bored
Win an augcr through the bottom OF small cask
or tub. Ii NAV not be known to every body that
augeis--as well as KEYS To locks-nmp-screw
dni oil other screws, and the sailor coil of Il
rope, are all made To advance In the same direct
ton. Therefore an auscr for the purpose Of the
experiment IN question would, in boras. he al
ways IN the same direction; and 80 it does not
leave the wood entirely smooth but on the contrary
produces slight ridges OF spiral form. cores
pondmS 10 the turns OF the augcr, laNag the grain
IN the same direction. IL occurred to me that
"'Hi't 10 NuUititht To give direction Ia the
water escaping; and would explain what has long
been considered an ineNpEcable phenomenon
Beng satisfied IN my own mind that il must be- So
never made any experiment. Bui seeing ihi, phc
homenon advanced rs a Rc,r d,sc0rery. and BY
some enc who claims TO be able to make scientific
Use of II, was led to-day, to try the experiment,
IN tie manner above described In order to trv
TINS experiment IN a perfectly satisfactory manner
mlnN three things are necessary; the bottom oi
Inc vessel should be smooth and level-the aper-
'nre smooth and free from spinl ridges-and far
more than either. the water should be At dead
Test when the plug IL removed In my experiment
did nct take the trouble to obtain in IA perfect
STATE clthcr of the above named requisites. But
a'itr repeating il twenty times or more. did not
hnd that Tho water had any aversion TO the path of
Inc SUM- hUt revoNcd about an equal number ef
Tunes IN each direction. This was sulicicai 10
satisfy me that the statement" that ii the water
be iorcibly made To Whii in the other dircctsn. il
VIII, when the opposing pawcr l. removed, begin
immediately 20 turn contrary TO the SUM-" is not
correct - tar from il. found - every repctition
OF the experiment that the slightest motion ~ Hr
""''' Mt the time Of renewing the plug would
determine the course OF tie vortex The concls-
SION 10 which my mind decidedly tends. i. that in "a
Perftci experiment, there would be no rcyol,iu, of
lie water at al and that th- phenomenon as
claimed D. entirely i mistake But admitting that
D; has a foundation | would ask how il can be-
imputed To the revolution OF the Earth ON It's
axis, when the planes Of the TWO rc,olyine mo-
uon' aIc not the same but IL this latitude. me
nearly a. right angles with each other or what
meaning has the languago--" contrary to the course
81 The SUM- Ii two vessels. from given point.
sail one eastward. and the oahcr westward their
'No courses are contrary or opposite 10 each
other but II one sal East and the other South.
u'y are no longer opposite OF contrary.
4. WALKER.
" " | shall be .forerer iadeJicd to you, il you
VIII make me suit of cloJhc. by SATURDAY night -
Heaven forbid ," replied the tailor.