Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-22
SCIENTIFIC.

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TT. S;-s of q. c,oh. I,s s,,. hos
heen da,s,n;nod 70 w;,hin varv fan,
,n;Ia. IN ha,anors 80 -. go, 80
s;mnIs msnnar r. tha e., r,acs
a,,ar,, soc,ion th. 81 - hnnnaat a.
,,rox;a,aI,, b., ,,;raIn a,J .a,Sa,
t;c;ans d;,r;aa an .;.ias 80 acn da,.sn,
Uanna ;f NO oan ,nassmros ~ aoorrataI,,
,ha 4 Sen nar, of this rra., c;rcIa ana
If when ne e. have ao, tha, neasnrs nn,
int n,;,as NC noni,inIr !, h,- aeo NO
rat tho c,mfaranaa of Tho Garth
,ha. Is to Gov tho whole S;s,snce ronni
il Then bv dividing this result bv
some,h;na I;trle over Ia I1Ie ,bs
ratio 0, the circhmierehce Oh the circie
W .'s uiano'el VIC nnu ou. 10" i"i ~
from one sue oi the earth to lhe
otnei.
Ihis gives US tne uia,ne.er vi lhe
eaI.h. as d Iesuit Vi ions ssiies vi
ooserNatIohs, IL mas oeeh Iounu Una.
ueSree measures re-, as near as PossIoIe oh
.ne sseiase o'1s nh;iI ~ oan ue
slaIeu III ihene, oa. ~ - neal ehous.
sive az cn, nrs' s'a.eihen. VI iesui' 1 .na'
Is ABOUT o'1s hii,es anu o, II you 'ahe
lne .louVio W niut'iPiy I'1s niiie, seo oeo
sVerase iehslu vi oHe oesree, w ooo
ueSrees, the nuhioer vi uesree 'hat .nere e
are al iou!lu .he eaI.n' YOU VIII iihu
,uat ,:, .ne noo eircunhieIenoe Is sonie.nihs :
llhe E',ooo iiiLies, anu .heleioie .na' .ne
ooan Vi ',uI vi ~ SoHo'"is I'M ne
ouoo niiie Maih wen Tue wolus On
.ne hu'u, .nI e@i .n -
ns'.enou a. .no poies, 80 .hat .iie iens.n
VI ."o uesoe varies iioih .he poio "
w .ue equa.oi anu hehIo .iie uial'e.ei III
Tue eq quatoiia iai piaiie Is III eAcsss vi the
uia'ho.ei iioih Poie " Po.e' Ahese IVY
uidlne'eiS; eAPlesseu III 1ee'. are DIS ioi-
~ .oc 20 du"'oi'"i' i''f''"00' Po'ai ,
fi''o0''i''
Solar Jiobto,d Heo, wr;,er in ono
of tho toraiap rayiaws snaotino or ,ho
nature and Source of ,ha inn,s Ii.,h, and
heat remarks. Thar so br;Ilianf a dis
nl.y as is lenr mn hv rho con,hns,;on or
dssfruction pf sno,a,h;nr, an,a,rs -, ba
genar.lly II no, mniS.rsaiI,, m.;no
fained. b1t as tn what the mateer Is or
nav hs an1 bor snnrI,aS no rSrohahIa
deterh'hation mas YET oeeh arrived at.
urther, .he intensity oi tue sonar llgnt
anu neat Is easily proved, ana that IL
resiues cnlehy, IL not ehtireiy, at the
surhace-.he iatter also. on ciose IN
spectioh, peihg iouhu 10 DE IN sta-e OF
excessive agitation, anu experiencing
periouicai disturbances anu alterations
oi most striklhg CHARACTER. Wheh, 100.
pefiouical changes are seen, oi secular
character, the latter may DC necessarily
ihlerreu' out, although no regular law
mas yet oeeh made out ior the sun, the
prooaoiiity oi lneir SLOW variations
through lohg perious Oh tiine Is great,
ana is increased when we turn our at
tentloh 10 those other suns, the stars,
ana nhd some OF them increasing ana
olhers decreasing, or going through
regular perious OF various Iengtns, ana
many degrees OF gradatlon III bright
ness. Inc same may also De inferred
from the geological discoveries of there
having peen formerly glacial ages In the
"orlu, anu again torriu ohes,-there
oelng no other known cause equai 10
producing Ihe enects observed. Suoh' In
"oru' Is the great prooiem "hich yet
awaits solutioh-
The n,discoyo-,o of,h. 1;,ra,ao,;o,
of the so-caIIed narn.nant go i onIr
a nracticaI .npI;cation oS nr;nc;ria,
Iopg Lnou, Rartha,n, snd 1928 nSrp,s
LONG ayo indicatad rho copd;,;ons nn1ar
Wnich this prooaoiy couiu DE accom-
plsheo, ana dumas even calculated
1no 49,. oIns anu V.uei oliai aeIeI Iisties vi
iquiu Oxygen. moreover, that these
saeee were susoeplioie vi llqueiactioh
nas ai"ays peeh coroiiafy oi the
lhoueIh tiier hio-uy Iahic theoryi anu 10
assert 70 the contrary mas Always Deen
auIhltteu as the expression OF paradox.
suoetaiitiaIy the saule Is true oi lhe
hyiIS mach,ne. Inc cohditions OF
,,l' lnechanicai hight are All Wen settled.
ne nist requirement. Is the condensa-
tloh oi the maximum OF power into the
minimum Vi space, anu lhe anatomy OF
tne correlatioh Oh gravity win the other
natural FORCES VIII De dlscoveredls Is pro-
oaDiy only question OF time. Fara-
day announced MS BELIEF OF the posi-
oilIty, ana cleared the way Tor the
aPpilcation OF the principles which
..,i uitiihateiy may ieau 10 lts detection.
Ihere are abundant opportunities for
INVENTION ana discovery which involve
sihpiy the application OF the
elementary principles OF physical
science, Whlch should form part OF
every one IS education.
..I.:-
lioui tie ioot oi mount Etha In a south
soutneasteriy direction, near the village
oi IaIermo, there Is, prehistoric
uoloritic iaVa containing oilvlne, which
soi.aho' ohu "iiien mas oeeh examiner
the lava shows an augitic
princiDaI mass with a uuantirv of