The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-01-07
Science in America.

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( II the New York Quarterly we find an ab'c
article on this suhiccl Il bears the mrr,ss ol
the 'eaichjng mind Of DR.. r. A. Could. the dis.
imgGl-hcd Astronomer of. Cambridge. From il
We take the following paragraphs:
ltis the theorcloai astronomer 10 whom tie
mariner owes the :tpiIi'y aid security Of he
voyage. The Telegraph message on, spced
the very light, III" little friction match. whose
worth Ike tia Of time ,s only appreciated when
such appreciation Is unayaliny. Tie steam en-.
glne; the dcgu"rreotypc; Il is to such influences
as these afford exerIcd in every art, forming the
clvi za,lon Of the age, anil giving to the men uI
th" nineteenth century thrice The arrount of tho
inttnit7 Of LIFE their fathers enjoyed. that We
are intp'ed tothe highest science The uracu
cal man. has borne bic part in the work and
borne it well; honor to him.
Bot where i. the midilrman when The impo..
ter stops iIs work. II is 10 BE- the Lil,hcst 60;
enrc, the deepest thought the pioicund.., inyes
legation That these results are dur --aDl vc nrq
to prone 10 forget thnse 10 whom our blessings
arc owing. in our laudatie desire to pay strict
regatd and proper honor to those from whose
hands We have ourselves received Bot il is No
part OF our purpose toYrge such Arguments no
tho, true and convincing they NAV ha. Truth is
20 be sought hccaus It ia truth and all the mater
nal blessings that follow the success full search
should he deemed the rewards, rather ihtn con
stitute the aim ofinyestigation.
! It's true that even up to the present ilv. our
sfng"'c Tor the maintenance o! ntcilt ctual indp.
prhHenre has not been wholly successful. While
VI" h''"'h'!-'7 our ph!-'c'Ans, our mi,lemati
e'"".' ana 'he deVo'ees OF All HE other branch
c ,' science nave bccn iaborns with patriotic
Z"7l '"t 'he e'eVanon of Their several depart
hleh' n' science m America. and with m cmula
Won "' 'he mother country which they deem by
no means unsuccessful thev nre continually dis
whom thew may appeal The mcrrst cha,la,or m
ar-9noc n fore;gr roi,rro ,o ,.'ro or,,,,.,, ,r,
,o ochioyer,srIs uli,L 20, ,,,;a ,,l ,,:'
f,o,, ,Lo soior,;,,, ar III; o,r "F',
difcn,t r,o,.nrto ,h,o;n r,,rl,.as w
,anJod IN ,,.I W W "P
And IN, ,,,,iI ,,o,.,,,,:'n ,.;m "".'',.
manor n,,r, IT,, y. .aa,li,. S ''MS
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corG,Io,on .c ,t,, ,,,ar; '"' we
illrs,riors ,,a,,,o,,a,i,;,,,. ,i l,n. "'''
imr,ort,l c,l,,,I,,;o,,.ns D. we .'.'.''n'' u'
in ,ho ,s,oa,, ~ W., ~ " 49, ". NJ "'ug"'
c,ccr.or,,, a.t.,,,.a ,,,f ~" o' "e
donco c,her ,hon Lie or'n "m, ,','n 70 ,rt'
f,,, or, r,r,:t;.n WV, "'' woe
II is rcriars too sonu to eynec, ,Lo, tbo ,,,,l.
will Discriminate between notn,;.tv and ,,i
ncnre, bht it ia time that it had lcarrol to 90,
iide in that Of our own cnun.,yncp who, ,bcir
colleagues in the nursuit or ErovIeI. o- s,;,,oa
hive de.i,na.ed ne entitled IN cont ,lo,oo
Newspaper rotorietv Is to art to usurn Tho h.,
ors and receive the tribute Of scientific o.n;ror..
The one NAV be obtu;ned at low r,,co L,,
the other
,r
A.i. ilr H'VUS 'tle' hiogho III efton h!crccnur
-,
i"c "n,","'h'is "' rh"l'hn nave not ye' in'
y ".Hn 'wle'Ig'" Wv "r.'''s"' rerce refer
,"oe 70 'he piano. N'p'nGr. n Is not n scssarv
prev,iln "'
The American method of ,l,.orvo,;,, :. ,o,s
has os vet beon ;n,roJncoL ;,to b,,, o,. r,,.o
pcon observatory So much tho yyorso FIR sc;
ence it is truc. and vet il ia hard f,r ,bo.o vLo
g,o,y in their corntrvs proom;ocnce "a ror,o.
il. TrIcrrarrlc determination of lon,i,nd. al
though in constant use in our coast sn,vov s;nca
1916. have not bee, made in Europe until thc
prcsent .,n,ncr and oven t,rn v;,,, , no,, ,o
coydir, te,orr,rb arncrotrs u;;,,, Lac. fla
result omen =, least to all tho ,rr,s of o,i;,or,
Astronomical observation by the old p,an of on
GRAFTON.
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