Smyrna times., 1878-03-27
Lights Cause and Effects.
PRESIDENT HENRY MORTON AT THE STEVENS
INSTITUTE.


resident Henry Morton, of the Steven:
InSiltute, lectured last Tuesday evening on
Light, at the Institute in Hoboken. before
large audience.
We must consider" said the Professor
what we know of light is too ofto,, 49,
mere assumption of science. very ofte,, ,,or,,
improbable on its face The assnmntio1
with which we begin, for instance that ali
matter Is pervaded with sometime q
llsnter than air yet harder than steel, SO
"ei$hty that it is capable of exercisino a
pressure OF seventeen billions of tons tn
tne square inch, seems absurd; vet so com.
PIetely does 1t agree with facts and with av.
perlehce that If there is ANYTHING we he.
IleVe IL Is this fundamental doctrine that
SoHlethlng exists in space which is the
vehlcle OF light, light itself being simplv
the motion OF this vehicle. ANY object
producing light must be in state of
Hlofatlon like tuning-fork or n hell
sound IS produced in the same mannor
tne difference being that sound consists
ol succession of condensations and rare.
ncatlon, while in the production of Iicht
the particles OF either move transyerselv to
the direction in which the wave travels
hese vibrations may be comparativeIv
SLOW, or so rapid that they fail to affect the
eye The lecturer here introdnceJ -
colorlng substance, discovered bv bimseIF
which possesses the faculty of receiving tLo
most rapid vibrations and giving them ont
again as slower waves. The effect in tho
Gafkened q room was very peculiar. "Dif
ierent co!ors," the professor continued
are produced by the different vibrations
ot different substances. The white licbt is
a combination of all. That all coloTs arc
seen IN daylight and in strong gasIiobt
proves that all colors enter into the com.
PoSitlon OF this white light. If one color
only was in it, the effect would be that the
human eye would speedily loss all sense Of
color" Tho lecturer concluded bv Il.
IIumlnatlng the hall with a yellow flame
before which all other colors faded Tho
eiect was grotesQue and amusing.
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women is nearly finished, and it will proba. |
DIiy be opened in few weeks. II is on |
rourtn avenue, which is not fashionable |
ana directly opposite the horse railroad |
''aoies' which are not agreeable, if not |
particularly offensive. The views. how.
'Ver' rom the upper windows of the house
IRE very nne. 1t is massive iron structure
!"S oO- Sleeping rooms of different Gimen.
, S.!SHV large paflOfS, beside the
If ifecessary dnlng-rooms and offices. One
= Tue attractions IS an elegant library
oom, which contains three tbo,.arS
'olumes, and luxuriously furnished The
lotel is designed for the middle and bigbar
asses OF women who labor in any way
ales-women in store, book-keepers. cashiers,
Verseers, milliners, school teachers, writer's
nd others, and it will be open to women
mo are travelling without male escort
ne terms will range from six to ten dollars
er week, which will exclude very large
roportIon of the working.women of the
ly' with all its attractions, the question
asked whether a hotel exclusively for
omen, and which men are permitted TO
nter nitt,er only so far as the reception rooms,
nj succeed 1t is said, however, that from
To to three hundred of its rooms are
ngaged already.