The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-11-05
THE AToMlC T..EohY.

Tux following cx,r ct fr ~ Wurtx'.
1.-The Mamie Ter .rs,> -, Gear am!
succiACt an account rs We ARE ne lun:Mtc,i
with vt The vortex theory vi ai.,,,>, which
in now u ming a.l,etcnts:
In these. later ,i,ssx theory has arisen
which seems TO give mat h' ,mntissl demon.
str.ton, and even tn exl'cr mental illus
tr ton. Of the ia.li> isihility. or rather of
the cul:ar and g ernal individuality OF
atoms. refer ~ The vortex atoms Of Sir
william Tnomstn.
''Chemis,s cs,n form IN idea NJ this vor.
tsx motion Ivy recalling 10 mind the rings
which rise III still mir VIII never bubble Vi
phosph"rettel hydrogen bnrst~ upon tue
surface of water. and the rings which err
tain smokers are able to make ar ia liar
70 all. An aI,,aratu> has been conxtr
,y which they may ls. produced ut will
1t il . wO.xlen box, o . .ile .. which il
furnished with n circus r ol'e'sin and The
"ther formtal Of y ghtl, stretched Il tn.
In the int riOr Of the box fu.nc Of y. ]
ammoniac are pr0tlU. oil. which are driven
out BY u sharp hlsw OH the elastic side \
ring of smoke in Il en- ~ en- tn isANe from
(he opening and t. move freely throu h
the room. In tAis ring NIL il motion: un.l.
independently Of the moi ion 81 tran. latiOii.
the smoke pul ticlrs r, II over encl, other
and execute . rotaturv III. uom ~ every
section Of the ring. These mot: ors Ike
place from the inte i0r toward the exterior
Ut the ring. in the dirccti, n uf the mo, ion
OF translation. =, that the entire mass Uf
air. or he smoke which forms the ring,
revolveA cont nually ru0nd circular axis.
which forms. as i. were, the uclens Of tho
ring There is this remarkable fa I in this
are situated u; on owe ui the curves whic,
eau be a.r .wn in ,ch sNc, ion OF the ring nle
in.lissnluhlv tied down tn their ii. caiar
paths and con never quit them: sn I. at
the III IL mass of he vortex r,g will he
.lways formed 1T The same par icl.s This
t,earc,n was lr0v+:,i by II in,ln liz IN 1>:iS.
This emins nj phi sici.t has a,laiyzt.l y
rick n, tions which wo,'d rx It in IL l.eI.
fcct fluid free fro ali fr e ion. i'll. h ~
proved that II sut::, Il Metl INN. wort N rls
bounded t,y u system Of vortex lines arc
formed OF an i'.variable qnastitv Of the
,,ne li,ui.l molecules so t at the rings
can Rove. anl even change III ir form,
without the eun,icctitm Of their can>t,tnent
parts er bc ng b.o.stn Tacy will con-
time to revclve. and nothing will he able
10 separate them. divide them. or .l-,tioy
them. Those exi> ing in III. liquid " IL x.
ist thu re forever. ind new q. es c,., only he
excited in it by cleat,ve act
The smoke rings Ut which we have
,,,oken above would give u p rte. ! relre.
they W re formed and moved III per eel
fluid They are not no; bat snch IA can
e formed can serve for thu tle,non>tr ton
of some prol critics of ,mat,er in vor.ex
motion They are endowed with elias. ,city
~ Il can change their form. The c:rc'e is
their position Of equilibrium; ind VIII n
their form IL altered they o>cllate round
this position ard finally re,ssu lie the or.
cnlnr form But. IL We try TO cut them.
they recede before the knife. or bend
round it without allowing themselves to be
injured. They give. the. efore. material
representation Of something which ". nd
be indivisible And when two rings meet
each other, they behave like two solid
elastic lt1iies. If.er the impact. they
vibrata snergetically. It ia . singular fact
that whsn two riggs are moving in The same
direction ND that their c.ntres are situated
upon the same liue aud their planes per-
psndicular to this line. the hinder ring
contracts continually whilst its velocity in.
rrenaes: the VI & in advance. ON the con.
AIRY. exlaimia AMI ita velocity its,rea, es,
Untl the other has passed it ~h n tho
"VssO INV va S<NV1lSh0WV$s ~ tu0l tttG Tugs
a.ternat-ly pass th,onyl, each other. but,
through all these chanres Of form and
r.ioctv each preserves its own dividuel.
itv, aud these two circular masses Of smoke
N"ve ,hr ug, the .is az ii tn. we've so,ne-
thing perfectly d Nins't and il.dek en,ient.
These curious *. v:iul-ll.s were made in
Cn.,ian'.
= Helmholtz therefore. hns discovered
the fundamental properties IT matt. in
v0r!ex motion o. Il Sir William II omsun
lns ated: This ~ rfe"t nulium and tn sc
cMtex rings. which move tl,r ugh it repre-.
s.nt the universe A tiuhl ii IL all space.
anil what We call matter are portions Of
tas tlnM W ich are animated with wort X
inott.n. There are u Vulnerable lel,. ons of
very small fractions or portions but .c!.
III these portions j. perfectly limited. dis
tinct from the entire mass ard distinct
from ali ct! ers. not My in lis own sub.
stu'ce. but n IL mas and It's mod, of
III t;oa --qna! ties vi 81, vi preserve for
ever. These o lions arc atoms IL thc
perfect n,e. .iu.n whici, g MANS hem IL |.
u ne OF Them can cli:.n,.e OF dis lrpear,
nnnn OF them can be form. Il snons anpo,lsly.
tterya here ( ms If the same kind ARE
:'nns' ,tuied after tine same iasi ion and are
el'i"wrd with the Sine pro, critics. 1t is
sell know. in fact that the atoms o!
t"dn.en vib'a,e esa lily in tire anne pc
'"ls whether we heat TT III il. Il G,iss.cr'.
Aa e observe them in TIE sun OF in tie
IA st i : AMI Leb..l;p"