Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-06
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London Telegraph.
By the announcement which Mr.,
Norman f,ockycr has jrst ma'lc Ia the
| Paris Academy oi Sciences, 10 the oiiect
that he lulioyes ha has succoeded In
realizing Famday's famous prophecy
with REGARD to reducing tho sncallrd
rhemlral elements 10 air, llerTospuct OF
another grand discovery ~ added 10 the
series at extraordinary facts which have
marked tho scionlillc annals al the pres
ont year. Mr. Dumas, the Venerable
aud accomplished French chomisl, was
tho medium through whom Mr. l,ockyer
conveyed thCsu startling tIdIngs. Tho
GO odd cluuvuls ui which, according to-
the school books now ~ usc, Ill trtlus-
trial matter IL composed, az IN reality
1t h said, not elementary. but compound
bodies, Science has hvcu duCuiNing II
sell with mere rrutuau combinations at
unuarch- substance. Instead OF 40 81 20
clomouts, tho number may IN oven rSs
than the traditional four earth, air, lire,
aud water which huld 80 long sway,
lrum the Arislotclian period until lac
DAYS al Robert Boyle. In making lh"
communication a. the Paris Academy,
VI. Dumas added that the conclusion
reached hy Mr. l0vkyur WAS the result
ul three wears assIIuous research, Con
sciuuE Of ia extraordinary character aud
ui the entirely new aspect which Tho
discovery will give to chemical science,
Mr., l.uckycr states that hc viii sond
photographs and other details, which
The Academy will rightly look lur with
suspended belief. In the mrauwhilo,
our DISTINGUISHED adrdW has ~ hcslia
ttuu IN publicly disclosing the specific
character al his discovery, which has
hcrn accomplished lay the uSu ri that
most potent and magical at modern IN.
strumunis II analysis, the spcctr"sCOpU.
Nj. l"rkycr hclIrNrs that IN spite I'll
the multii"rm aspects at the world ~
which We live, there Ia hIt one form Ui
maitur which u truly elementary, Tho
primal element u presented I" W ~ the
form at hydrogen. II ~ not little 10
markahlu that the nature al hydrogen
should have boon u question Ia which
tho lcallug French chemists have ~.
Gently been dryutinu their cuCrglCs, II
IN now well known, thanks To- NJ. Picket
aud his l'rrurh colleagues that hydrogen,
~ ltH gaseous form, can hV, Hui NaS
been, reduced To- n liquid condition.. Mr.
i,urhNrr himself haS arrived, lay muans
"l lhr gpuct'"sc"pc, at tho r"nrluHlnn
that hyLrug,u can 10 luugvr hu regarded
~ n nlmrvl ulrurul Further, hu he
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There ww dance near l'urirrH LAX"
~ rILc county, "u Friday evening ilh,
that wag attended hy nuumhrr ui the
best youth. uui muldrng al thv uvIgh.
hrthuud rhcy began unnrlu, ~ tho
,yuuiuy and continued II until morning
Tho rrl,iru ~ spnrnvly inhabited nud
lhr mrIus ul communication lcw. thcuv.
lore ihuso Whu attend WI,h ruihyruG,
uruucutIy ru ou foot tot mIlrs tu Ice
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CuN. Miss lIrruk, aud Mlsa Icuulr Lane
live uu lho northwest hauk ui luIlcr's
lake, aud lu vet T." the dnnrc ruwcd over
~ u rmalI boat Alter the breaking up
CA SATURDAY morning, they started ~
,,tun homo ~ the same manner, Miss
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lake. thry durnycrcd an object moving
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thry aurpugrd wa. u dog. hut which W.
ru urariu, thr, nsrcrI,,ncd tn boa hts
hurk II rIrrIrd round nud round ia
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