Mohave County miner., 1890-12-06
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ne mnYysIens Experiment kd'sor ~
Hss undsr way In jersey

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lAt Ogden, N. j.. there % mass y
Iron ore 4 mile long standing perpen
dics,lar and extending into the bowen,
d tbe earth TO great but nnSnowl'
dsptbs. said to contain several nun
drad million tons of magnetic inap'
frial. As the violent storms anu up'
"a shes ID the s,Ip produce disti'ipaoces
n Inc earth,s .fi,sxnetisug wnicn ~
tecSrdsd on the .uiagneton'eters !. hn -.
Kew and uthsr. .observat0faes' y III ~
occurred 10 MI, Edison, saTs ing MI
sun. that the stfsuatlr of the SOLAR uis.
lurbspss A. exertbd on oufN plane.
eouid .be,. ine1sMsed enormously pH
nsllizinQ a yein af magnetic IRON one
ana rt.grjne around the body Of cr'
several miles Of wire. forming an -,
ductlye clrcdit. infg which powerlul
eiectrlc currents would bv thrown III
anv disturbance OF the ,eartfIs magI
nesis.n," by the use OF instrunenI''
every ehangs," be says, "couid 70 TN
corded, and BY the uss OF the telePnon
ali sounds produced on the sun wous'
bs heard on our planet" he y, At'
cordIngly, erecting telegraph poles op
each sdc OF the Ogden ore-hill anfl
parallel with it. on which be ~ COLLIDE
an insulated wire many times arounA'
the whole area where tbe e&rth's mag
netic lines leave the iron monntain
and extend into spEce. Tbe TWO enns
OF the long wire will be taken INTO NY
observation station and connected WIN
the receiving telephone.
From every point of view--poetic,
spiritual and scientific--thls promises
% be one Of the most thrilling experi-
meuts ever made. Its successful coil-
ductor--like Wordsworth's
.c,,y,ous child. who dwelt upon tract
OF Inland ground. applying " his ear :,
the conyolutiops Of fasmootbfippca snsii.
hearing 'scnorous cadences'' and hohi-
ing converse with the unseen universe
J,seIf--will be able TO listen 70 the awe
inspiring rush aud roar Of the suns
mountainous pillows of fire as they
splutter forth in inconceiyable fniy
from his cyclopean furnaces. What Q
sermon will be preached into the re-
ceiying Instrument! A voice from the
central orb OF our planetary system7-
type answering TO anti-type thunder
ibg forth the eternal power and god
head OF him whom the Christian pull
pit often too feebly for our dull ears,
proclaims 'the light OF this world"
From scientific point OF view TIE
value OF this experiment may be I'M.
mense. Every new fact brought cGr.
tainly TO light respecting the actlrsl
phenomena in "the regions beyond.
however insignificant II may seem At
first, becomes TO science In her onward
path Of research the keystone OF On
arch serving TO bridge some hitherto
impassable chasm. Almost every great
outburst of o solar cyclone Is followed
By a magnetic storm on our little
planet. and simultaneously tho ices Of
its polar circle glistsn in the light Of
the aurora borealis.
Familiar examples Of this are foarld
iu all astroaomical aud magnetic OBJ
seryatiohS The magnetic storm Of
Nov. IL. 1882 (succceding the appear
ance on the 18th Of a sun spot which,
measured at Alleghany observatory,
coveted 200. 600 bO0 square miles).
seriously Interrupted the telegraph
lines at New York. and cable MESSAGES
were delayed nearly an hour, while at
Chicago the switchboard was do7,,n
times On fire. s''As an experiment one
OF the Western Union wires betws,n
Washington and Baltimore was worried
with the earth current alone. There
Is every reason, therefore, to expect
that the strength OF 'all such disturb
ances wilkbe increased enormously in
Mr., .Edisonis inductiyc circuit Of the
Vgdep iron mountain; that by the nse
of his instrument the variations of in-
tensity can be recorded. and. as be
hopes, - sounds produced on the sim
will be. heard through the telephons.V Y