Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-29
PROF. II. INMAN.

In the wichita DAILY EAGLE the
above named gentleman publishes an
article two an a half columns in length
and of so much importance that the
EAGLE gives it the first place on the
editorial page.
The article is well written and
would be copied into this paper were
il not SO long. The only objectiOna-
BILE feature we see in the article is that
Mr.. Inman is quite personal with one
Mr.. Foster, and tries to tear down
Fosters theories about the weather i'll
order to establish Inman's.
The Wichita EAGLE is one of the
best papers in Kansas, but its editor
knows very little, does not pretend TO
know much, about meteorology- Out
side of that subject the EAGLE stands
among our best exchanges, and it en-
dorses Prof. Inman in the following
sentence: "Major Imam is not only
scholar, but an acknowledged expert
and q natural philosopher, whose
opinions touching some of the natural
sciences have been qnoted and pnb-
lished in magazines and other publica-
tons as high authority"
Coming thus highly endorsed Prof.
Inman is worthy of our notice and We
are glad to know that he has theory.
Most of what we have learned i'll lie
has been known by Others and we
never fail to learn something from our
fellow men, even from children.
In his long address Prof. lnman de-
clares that "Tornadoes will continue
to increase in number and violence rs
the years roll on"
We take issue with him and declare
that few years will bring US to the
end of this great tornado period.
He then says that we can know
nothing of the storms until they are
within sight of the signal stations
Again we take issue with him.
In order to disprOve our theories he
makes, in substance, the following
statements which We endorse, and
which, in the future, as we have often
done in the past, we will use to prove
that meteorology must be based on
the influence that suns, planets and
moons have on each other.
He then gives the date of great
storm years and sun-spot maxima as
occurring at about the same time; that
to solar origin is due the changes in
all things earthly, including tornadees.
hurricanes, electric tension, etc. 1ha.
this earth and all other heavenly bodies
are magnets. AZ times the sun be-
comes FESTIVE, fretful, and the effect
is plainly felt on the earth. The 'clc
graph responds TO a magnetic Storm
on the sun and ut the same lime the
whole aerial part of the earth is az
fectcd. That the element of force in
q tornado, electricity, can be gen
Grated in a lady's thimble. Ii is no
longer disputed that the origin of tor
nadoes 10 the sun. Earthquakes
caused by force from the sun.
All these statements are made by
Prof. Inman, and more. He says that
all activity in our atmosphere and
earth ia caused by the sun force, aud
BY this elaborate argument seems
to think he has demolished our theory.
We endorse all these statements as
having been established long before
Prof. 1nman had penncd thought on
the subject. They are old facts, live
meteorOlogists, OF the present day,
having passed on beyond them long
ago, are now engaged in finding what
causes the energy of the sun to vary.
many of us believing that this varis-
biiity of the suns energy is from
natural and known causes based upon
q principle that never changes.
We will occasionally publish articles
on this subject in the Times and hope
that la readers and those of the
EAGLE will be interested in any dis
enasion that may result. Meantime
Ne hope that Professor Inmsn win
read up, refresh his memory, and let
us have his best thoughts, telling Us
on what his theory is based.-Leav-
enworth Times