Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-25
Prof. Yfce interviewed.

when asked about his discoveries in |
science. when aud how be began his |
theory. be replied that to tell of these
things in detail would be to relate a
long story. He had first been influenced
IA begin his researches in the line in
which be had since bad such success,
about the year 1864, after the pu6iica-
ton ,f Groves lectures on the phys,-
cal forces. which he read and which
set him 10 Thrilling 10 the vein which
he has since pursued. 1t appeared to
him at that time that the author had
not probed his subject to the bottom,
and he had discovered since that he
had made many glariDg errors. For
instance, Mr.. Grove had spoken OF
mofioa az power, which was great
mistake. But if there were In exist
ence such forces as TIE author OF these
lectures enumerated, they must have
their influence. He began to study
raiufalls. sun-spots, cyclones, etc. lie
found that these latter we're known to
0 occur in cycles, and he set to work to
. find out the lengths of these cycles.
: To aid him in this search, he sent to
81 Europe and collected all the works
treating upon the subject that he could
> End. He discovered, however, thai
n they disagreed so much that they were
of little value. They placed the Length
generally at between ten and twelve
wears. But by taking the mean he ar
6. rived very nearly at Jupiter's year,
This was discovery which he hat
slightly expected TO make, and amount
ed to a great deal in the end. He foun,
!, though that this term did not cover al
" the phenomenal occurrences to his sat
= isfaction. and he was led to suppos
there must be other cycles. 60 d
kent up his inquiries, and discovere
n. at length a cycle for each of the plan
d. cts, all of which had their influence o
ne our weather phenomena, which wei
nj exhibited upon their passage OF certal
given points. The planet which CAV
ms most trouble was one about whlc
the Professor had learned least. Th
was planet whose periodieity he ma
placed, with some difficulty, at twent.
three days. This was Vulcan.
When asked if the different plane
nrodnced different kinds of phenom
ma. he replied in the negative. Va
can was only felt more perceptlbl
He here explained more at length tina
could be given in newspaper attic
like this.
TIE COMING WINTER.
Prof. Tice was then asked after O
weather for the future. he said, a
cording to his calculation, we we
r, promised storm on next Saturdi
which would be the time of Vulcai
next passage. The last time this h
happened had been on the 9th ms
when the Deutschland had be
wrecked.
The winter. he thinks, will be mu
c more yiolentin the Eastern than IN
Western hemisphere About the tel
of January he predicts great stor
when we may look out for dlreful q
asters. AT that time Mercury and v
can and Venus will all pass one pc
near the same time, and he expe
their influence on our elements to
of the most dreadful character.
thinks it will likely be most sew
along the gull stream and around
English coast. The weather may
expected to be very severe for alb
four DAYS. Without intending to TIN
}; a damper on any ones holiday ant
nations. We may say that he pred
sEow or rain for Christmas Loi
rifle Ledger, Dec 17th.