The Green Forest tribune., 1892-03-17

appear on this subject were writ
ten tor the purpose OF presenting,
III u hew asputt, aud from he"
point vi stta, no true causes OF
the pfUAGUttv.t Il "a toe iaWS rtlaj-
ing to the transm ssion Of sound.
and if possible to stimulate the
readers OF these articles to make in
vestlgatlo.s anu - .1b#
conclusion in regard to the phenom
ena OF sound.
Although we live in secluded
community, having no direct com
munlcatlon with the progressive
world, still we believe that we have
the same right to express our
thoughts and opinions upon this
subject as 81, y s#ag"ras when he
instituted the wave-theory over
twenty-five hnudred years ago.
When we get a thought, or an idea,
which accomplishes some good for
Us, we consider It our duty 10 give
it to the orld that ii may, should ii
:. t, auy ot "a. nre
essence of progress, help others
- y lease ,.'. -1"re \ kHew!
edge.
We should be careful and accept
&tG o~ 1l ~st i, =
aood for MAJ rr~. unless q, car
re dem. nsiran j., .t,s' is sei
pom Il founo 0nseh aas heen
- "pe'e.. life -
vestigations o'aliature law. There
is nothing to he &aiued BY clinging
to tue suppaH be III or turetalt-
ers, Therefore. tsgh her }taa accept
mere suppositI"aa we Thought it
As'tter to view sa15Fe fh her pur.
..a unmof stco b as this must
be the only way to arrive at phi!o-
sophical explanation If the Question
under consideration. We should new
rr accept a'.yhnay va hypothesis an-
less they give q reason, and we
must require .at 10 be of such ma
tnre that it will apply to all phases
of the subject No person should
be too porsistent, but yield when
sufficient proof is brought to bear
against any subject, although it may
be our hobby. The reason that
science is in It's infancy today is
due to the fact that one physicist
after another has accepted the pet
'hrme of somebody, because he was
looked upon as a great man. This
il not to be construed as casting
reflection upon any of those who
were considered as great scientists,
because we recognize the fact that
some person had to begin at the
bottom that Others might be able to
climb higher, but il seems to us that
there were too many who tried to
verify the asse.+- 'ons OF their prede-
cessors instead OF DIGGING down in
search of the golden truth and
bringing to light that which has
baen 80 long hidden.
The wave-tnecry, as we have
stated, was instituted by Ply thagoras
and stood for $500 years without
being called in question. This tho
ory claims that sound is transmitted
through all solids, liquids and gass-
os by air waves, and that such
waves ere composed of condonsa-
tions and raretactions. the condensa
tions producing heat and the rare
factions producing cold.
The corpuscular theory appeared
about fifteen years ago. 1t was
shown by this theory that wave
transmission Of sound could not be.
This theory is based upon the sap
position that sound is the crea In,
of substantial atomic emissions.
which are sent off With such force
that they can permcate ali sabstan-
Cos
There is, also, theory which
rec ngnizes % "gelatinous Ilminif&r-
Gus ether" AS the transmiior ct
sound. This view is set forth hv
Prof Tyndall the oldest and most
popular exponent Of toe WAY tneo
ry now living Tyndall came near-
er getting the correct isay to the
solution Of the problem Of sound,
than any other person " no ha- yet
published a work on that sab-
ject.
We believe that we can show
wherein the above theories are
wrong. After much study and de-
liberation we have reached a con-