The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-25
TYNDALL's LECTURES ON SCI.
RNCE.
Who Goes 10 Hear Him..HoW He
LOoks-.Rhat He Does and Says.


these occASionS You pass through Al
Wsiung throug larger than ever, for every
body has told his neighhof how charming
ATE these occasions You go up. If you
6ejong 70 the Newspaper fraternity, 70 6
front seat IN the synagogue, next 10 the
magic railing inside which are the invit.
ed gneSA Yo1 see among them differ.
ent Harvard professors and their wives;
Josiah Q aincy, the Onhipresent; certain
d d 5, Ior whom science hath charms:
the COncUrd sage, Nj 0!cott, and \ pretty
gil OF two. Presently enters = solid,
stAlSGrt, TesOlute, q1isi, kin1ly looking
man, whom one and s1glhe: recognize,
and then TIE house bufs6 into frenzy Of
applause Il is AgA7tE, and the audience
seem 70 say 10 him, Don't tbInk We are
going back on you We don't love Rome
that Is 70 say, Tyndall-more You
are the pnde Of our American hearts.
HUrrGh r The 9aie;, resOlg;e, steady.
going man, does not look rOuud, though
they cheer never 50 loQdiy. Then the
assistants Of Prof Tynd8u-tEo siudentE
whom he brought over with him-appesr
on the scene, and begin 70 arrange the
apparatus Half the space back Of the
pIscoGm is occupied By blackboard, Of
slate, Is TyndAll calls il, and the other
halt BY great white screen, on which
the experiments are 10 be shown
a sort Of bridge ruRs oui over
the audience 70 small platform, where
% stands mysterious instrument which
suggests the torture chambers o. photo
grsphy-a wonderful sort Of scientific
magic lantern, which l. 70 project on the
scrten al sorts Of mirtcIeA Across this
bridge, 10 the small platform Aforesaid,
and back TO the stage. Assistant No, /
meADdefs, With solemn face and Sttent air,
making ready for the performance. Now
another gues! comes 10, and AgAssiE rises
TO speak 70 him and move his SeaL This
"a the signal tor renewed NpIIsuse-mnch
Of IL Now the loug.en1uring SwiS
turns round, a. last, AS who would spare
them further expense Of caDes and shoe
leather. and boTE-o1e Little, grateful,
scientific bow, with . su1iIe it Is good 10
see round the kind, strong mouth, and q
real twinkle appreciation in the pleas
ant eyes A fsE more passages OF As
sisEsot No. ScroSs the bridge-a little
graCfed contemplation 90 the part Of As
sistGnt No 2. OF the diagrams on the
black board, which ! think he hId him.
SET drawn, since he lowered near them
all the evening, with IN Air Of pleased
prop1ietorShip.
At last the conqueriDg TyndAll comes.
Fo1 see man Of somewhat more than
medium hight, 1.-THE, Quick motiored
muscular, bat slighi rAlher than stout:
Ttih 8 face Of somewhat clerical type:
brown hair brushed across 3 broad buI
not high forehead; keen, bright pleasant
eyes over which he has g trick OF now
Aoc then dropping the lids completely,
iU sentence or two; straight, rather
!ArEe rose clean shaver lips, no: curved
Al all, bat large and flexible; Z chin
slightly retreating but by 20 means weak.
This tAce Is surrounded BY think fringe
Of grsyish bard most agreeable fEee
1t i, bet not handsome Some one
said 0! women, They don't make
EN- ptous and pretty both" 50 I
suppose scientific and handsome
Wo1ld Be TOO much. The lecturer
EAcs evening dress, white craTSt and Il.
they have good tsiiors il London. Be
commences 70 speak with what slncst
Scans Ike Abupiness, because he gos
rlghs on from the place where be leif OF
in the preceding lecture He folds his
1rr-;, tGVog!te gesture, snd szys: The
soap bubble excited il tie mind Of New.
too al manner Of refecuons. Why shoaId
il Be col0red: Why thor!d the coIors
Tsry: Why, in order 70 posses color.
must 1t be blown o1t thio:" With arms
stu! folded, he PsIss b:eathlesi sscocd
ana this NeEtVai4n con1rdrum. Ididn';
know the wherefore, so unde- ny breath
sAit Whg?7 IN italics, Ike Miss JAIME
SuEithnefe. and waited The lectcrer
remarked that he wanted Us 10 yet INFO
the brain Of Newton 70 use an expires
siou OF Enerson's; from whom, BY the
Esy, he quotes quite frequently. So, with
dne and clear analysis, he followed The
thought Of Newton, which resulted in the
famous Sevton's rings Then this won.
der maker, superb scientific corjurer tbs;
he Is, displayed TO us the image Of these
famous rings upon the screeD, the lights
II tae house having been IGTred low. We
saw them in white light, With wonderful
iris hues, brilliant and bewi,ching and
elusive, as the CLINT Of prisnAtic FIRE in Al
opal Then IN red light when the rings
consisted alternately Of light and DARK
uess= then in blue light The solution Of
these rings was a difficulty which Newton
did not conquer. He constructed an IN.
genioGs scheme 70 account iOr them, bu;
It lacked the prophetic visions of tue
yhenEy.
Yocngs theory Of undul4tio7 Supplied
this lack Il hSd its roots in the world Of
experience. II was suggested by the
waves Oi the sea and Of the All. In illus
trattoa OF this theory, Prof. Tynd.ll
introduced experiments o. wonderful
beauty. He explained waves By means
Of the diagrams on the blackboard, re-
nafking that he enVied the Lowell
Institute that slate, for be had none so
good at home He claimed ths. he
saves OF light possessed the tame char:c.
tsrtS;ies as those OF water; 80 that The well
kn0Un became the easy explanation OF
the almost unknown. He performed some
exceedingly pretty experiment with mag.
nets; anging iron filings on & piece Of
2iGss underneath which was magnet,
and throwing the image upon the screen
Then, on jaIriDg the plate the iron filines
we're seen TO arrange themselves IN
beautiful magnetic curves around the
poles OF the m4guet They moved with
Aiiow rhythmical grace, as If TO the law
OF some unheard music; and one hardly
wondered to hear that FaTadSy might Be-
said 10 have spent his life in the con,em.
Pis'ion Of these ef.cIA You had got BIZ
This time some idea o: polarity, and Of
the definite structure produced by its
action On particles. BY this mole
CUE on mOlecule the form Of 4 cTys-
tai Is bull; up; A solution OF sal.im.