Smyrna times., 1856-01-30

""hont refectlng one moment upon the princl-
pie OF their formation, we cannot tell--unIess.
like poor "Miller," by the turning Of the
wheel, he is forgetfu.
Now IN order to attest Mr.. C's theory in the
best light, we can at present suppose he had
prepared himself with IA cstern Of water heat-
ed to 2l2 degrees (or the boiling pointl. and
also an open spout one nile long, thence ejcya.
ted his EASTERN sufficiently high and attached
/ lhe spout, 50 that when an mcis;on is made nj
the bottom OF tie cistcrn with a half.jncl an,rr
Tie water should be allowed to flow at lie rate
OF tour feet to the second, Uhe thermometer
being 30 degrees below zero, and the effects of
solar heat avoided,) who would suppose for =
moment there would be no dnlinalfon OF tenn
P"raturc at the terrnuliIo,. oi is it,>-a..n!
AGAIN: Mr.. {. adds, 4" am o. opinion thai
II lead pipe was suspended as teloaraDb
twenty miles in length, and chqrged with head
ol water sufficient TO force the water through
1t at the rate Of ten tca; ii a second. tn. water
Issuing at the extremity Of the pipe would b. OF
IAc same temperature as when it entered. AL
though the Thermometer might be at zero at
The time Anovel though! to sav tEa Inst
ot It, But, We think, had our friend c. been
away from this comparatively southern recion
with Dr. Kane in the Northern Ocean. so as
10 become little better oSted I'd in the know
i'oge OF the intensity Of frost, and had such an
experimental proposal been made to him. IS
above-for, we are quite certain. he u.v.r
would have entertained the idea himself his
answer al once, would have been. that the 20.
suit depended altogether upon the SIZE Of Tho
pipes employed for the passage o the water.
the stage OF the thermometer at the time. and
the length of time the water remains in tho
spout. The velocity of the water, we think.
would be of small Importance. But. as to vo- /
Ioclty and distance in Mr.. C. : protected scbo,oo
Tor experiment, he limits the former at 10 feet
per second and the latter 90 mies-it follows |
Then. that 1t would require about 3 hours and
% minutes for the water to make throuuh
passage. Now, suppose the spout selected ,or
Tie experiment be halt-Inch in diameter and the
water at rest to be treczjnt at the rate Of a
quarter OF an inch pr hour in the air. NV
IMPRESSION is that, in that case, the spout being
lctrd nson by, and partaking of the same tenn
'eFalneht OF the common atmospaerc, would
gradually, but certainly, implrt it to the water
II It's tIght-that strangulalion would take
'Iace IN the tube from at first small p,rt,cles
u Ice, and the water come 10 u final stand be-
ore 1t could possibly reach the extremity of
ne pipe. The PARTICLES ofWaler in that case NOT
av'ng room as whera the water is of some
ep'h, N active motion, trou is roliiaa, and I'M
uIatng position. together with its tendency Of /
MIXING as soon as the PARTICLES rise to the sur t.
ice, and being acted upon by the colder at !
los.Paere, and thus, by continually chaaging. e
onstantIy tend to uniformity Of tcmpera-
Ire.
Judging, therefore, from the laws Of no,a- i,
on and restoration, constantly tending to a c
ate OF equilibrium of temperament upon al! n
after, as acted upon and governed by our com.
on atmosphere, | cannot believe that water
motion can be exempt any more than when
rest. il
Very respectfully, &C., Il