The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-02-26
PROFESSOR fab ON 1898.
Bis Announcement of the Critical Dass
For the Coming Year.

Bis Announcement of the Critical Da9B
For the Coming Year.
Professor Rudolf Falb of Liepzic. the
discoverer of the critical days." in
giving their number, order and dates
for the coming year in the columns Of
The Deutsche Kaiser Kalender for 1896,
states that observations begun in 1868
convinced him that the influence of the
attraction of the moon and sun upon the
waters of the sea had similar effect
upon the ocean of the earth's atmos-
phere as we'll as upon the liquid and
volatile masses contained in the interior
of our globe. He discovered that great
atmospheric disturbances, shocks of
earthquake and explosions in mSSes
were surprisingly often coincident with
the days upon which the most extensive
tides and other oceanic connections
were caused by the infuence of either
moon or sun, or both. These periods
Professor Falb distinguishes by the
name of Critical days." because they
mark on the one side periodical ''turn
Ing points in the equilibrium of the
masses above mentioned, and on the
other side afford the measure and means
for computing the degree and effect Of
lunar and solar forces upon our planet.
The individual consultations affect
Ing each for itself an increase of these
forces are: First the perigee-that is.
the time when moon and earth are near.
est to one another; second, the moons
equatorial position; third, the perihe-
lion, when our globe is nearest the sun;
fourth, the suns equatorial position;
fifth, the syzygies, or new moon and
full moon; sixth, the lunar or solar
eclipses.
The coming year will be especially
notable for the fact of its three most
critical days being accompanied by
eclipses. In mentioning TIE dates in
their different orders and grades of in
diyidual effectiveness Professor Falb
takes care to state that the results of the
strongest attractions often precede their
Critical days, }" as theoretically COM
puted, by one or two days, while those
Of lesser import may be from two to
three days later than periodically fixed.
The latter may also be the case at the
time of critical days of the first order
whenever long continuing and extern
sive atmospheric pressure or eastern
winds prevailed previous to these dates.
The following are the "critioal days"
for 1896:
Of the first order, Sept. IS, March Il,
Aug 90, Feb. 9, Oct 18, April 8, July
% and Jan. II.
Of the second order, May 9, Nov. Is,
March 26, April 25, Dec. 81, Oct. ID.
Feb "a, June %, Sept. and Nov. q
Of the third order, May "a, Dec. 2,
Dec. 16. June Z, Aug. 8. Jan. % and
July g.-Raltimore Sun
An Illinois Girl In Washington.
1 sat next an Illinois girl in the house
gallery and marked the manner of her
speech, which was strange to Wash
ington ear She did not slight single
CT The broad English "a" eastern
people affect was unknown to her. She
asked me what time congress "took
up'' and when it "let out -" She spoke
of brook in her home and called it q
branch. She said it seemed SO funny
to get six car tickets for ''2 bits" and
she told me she had not attended the
opening of congress because she "oould
not get to CO." but that she meant tc
hear just as many great speeches as she
could "get to hear. Then she excused
herself and went away, as she said she
had "some trading to do for ma. -
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