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amount OF Rags, yearly, tc Messrs. Owen Il
tluRLBUr' Paper Manufacturers IN Lee, Mass.
'es'rS' LOGAN ~ lHoMP'oN' OF Philadelphia
my 'he pf'hclpaI part oil theIr paper OF MessrS.
owen " HurIont' ana THREE FoURTIIS ct the
bIank Books That are sold in Burlington are
ON 'he mano'ac'ory OF MeSsrs' logan d
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captnIa'e the process by which it is evident
that rags 90 from Burlington, I" Lee, Mass,
10 rhIaueiPhIa' whence they return to rs in the
shape OF bank Is 'okS, winch we can manufac-
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9'a'"e' ''at "' oeI'ete H. Nheh s"ch men as
JAMES Nooh are thrown out OF an employment
'i"' BUILDS Ut 'Ie Town OF Burlington We are
prepared TO ne'eVe anything
$3.50.
u we gave IN o"i Daily of the lst inst.
an account and explanation of an extraordinary
niece of scientific mechanism said IA have boon
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=, '''"' w.
roucau"' ana To oe now attracting crowds OF
spectators in Paris. 1t was asserted that. by
moan, of this mechanism tho ,nnt,on of tho
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eye we confess mat 'Iie eTPfa"dl'H (WhIch
was copied, originally, from the London GIo5")
did not appear to US to be particularly clear and
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'' ''' '""'s ~ '"' '"' """' VI so'c"''"o
| hhoWIed9e, II the results alluded 10 were really
! achieved By the instrument
! We find a communication IN tho srbiect in
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Wh'ch 1t "oulu appear that the ulscoVery,o or IN
venton is veri,able one. The writer in the
Traveller certainly rives luciI and Gamma
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N. IreNumihs thlS communication VIII possess
interest for a numerous class of our readers,
we conv il as follows.
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To the Editors oCihe TrareHer: An account
of the ingenious experiment of Mir. Foucault
for rendering the constant rotary motion of our
! is
roiur the rounds Of tie nawspapers. and has
found its way into yours, HAVING been taken
originally from the London Globe. Thi. ac.
count i, 50 incorrect a. well as unintellinibe
that it has been suggested 10 me By several ner.
sous, that correct description Of it wonld be
of service and interest to the pubic. Tine ma
terials NAV be found in late numbers of the
Comlier RenduS Of the French Academy.
Mr.. Fuucault has acquired very enviabIp
reputation by his many INGENIOUS mechanical
devices for the solution of physical prob ems
one of the most brilliant of winch was his re-
cen, sunrcstion of methods for deiirmininp the
velocity of lpht and radent heat near the earth,
surG,cc But the nresent eynerjment al,nl
will suffice to transmit, his name IN bate nostc,.
itv. Probably none more beautiful was ever
devised certainly few have ever attracted eouaI
attention from all classes of scientific mac and
! rom the nuhlic
Such an cyoeriment had Iona been desired
Il WAS A remark of La Place that alrhonuh inc
rotation of the Garth was demonstrated with I
certainty which science is capabIe of establish.
mo vot a djr,c nroof of the same wonId no in
taresiinc 10 matbcma,ici,ns and astronomers
And Calico wonM certainly have been muct
inoettpd To Mr.. Foucault for the sucres,,on.-
Tho d,tlirultv consisted in fndirr s1mo stan
d,rd ofref,raucc which should NOT itself mar
t,ke ol the E,rih's diurnaI ,nntinr rhis Air
Fouc,uIt has found IN the nlane or oscillation
of pendulum. so freely SUSPENDED as TO NOV,
I towards ALI minis of fine comnass with oon.
facility For the Fundamental law of sneriisr
once of ectior, NiU nrevent il from loavin,
q tho nlare in which il beoan to move unles
P some oy,or,al f,rce be annlied-no matter how
0 the earth NAV ,novo in The moan time
Ietus sunnosa a circle marked nut ON III
surface Of the earth. and consider the motio
8 in absolute sp,ce which is Unmarried 70 His ~
= the earrL,s d,urnal rotation If his circi
+ were at ,he equator us avis bcirg therefor
narna, dicnIar in that Of tha e,rtb il viii a
Course rry,Iye ahont the enrth's centre one
day, bat vet viii have no motion of ro,atio
: arnund its ovnavis
e On thc o,Ler hand surpose !, be preciselv .
y rho mor,h noIe II viii ihen have M ,no,i.,
= ~ Translation but will eyidentIy ro,aie ronn
D. ,.,xs Tram ~ IN T. cucn in to,on,, -c,
j. ham,, And ,f, roorin,, non,InIn,, ho S''s,,,,I
i "a nror = ~ .c% fIh, !, ,,, .n,,I '
d ',',I r,'l,c, frcel"m n eyory d'!oc,inn ,''' II