The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06

ment General Packard introduced the Met
ropolltan police bill. treated elsewhere. Aft
er II was read the Linck resolution was
adopted and the first step was thus taken
toward cutting off the usual appropriation
az tne END OF the session. The East bill
was then engroSSed without objection.
The Linck bill giving the attorney general
an additional travelling deputy and stenog-
rapher was handed down on second read
ing ana ordered engroSsed.
record bill containing the discovery Of
DR.. Goodwin. of Posey county. for comput-
ing the area OF a circle, was handed down
upon second reading Mr. Nicholson ex-
planned that DR.. Goodwin had a copyright
on his discovery and had offered this bill
In order that il might be free to the schools
OF Indiana The bill taken up and
passed under suspension of the rules. This
Is the strangest bill that has ever passed
an Indiana Assembly. 1t reads as follows:
Ihat II has been found that a circular
area Is TO the square on a line equal 10 the
quadrant OF the circumference the area
of an equilateral rectangle is to the square
on one side. The diameter employed as the
linear unit according TO the present rule in
computing the circles area is entirely
wrong. as IL represents the circles area one
and one-hfth times the area of a square
whose perimeter is equal to the circumfer-
ence OF the circle. This is because one
NTH of the diameter fails to be represented
four times in the circles circumference
For example. If we multiply the permeter
OF square by one-fourth of any line one
NTH greater than one side, can in like
manner make the squares area to appear
one-fifth greater than the fact, as is done
by taking the diameter for the linear unit
instead OF the quadrant of the circles cir
conference.
1T is impossible to compute the area of
circle on the diameter as the linear unit
without trespassing upon the area outside
OF the circle to the extent of including one
fifth more area than is contained within
the circles circumference. because the
square on the diameter produces the side of
square which equals nine when the arc
or ninety degrees equals eight By taking
the quadrant of the circles circumference
fnr 10 fnrIE tl1e I1fr~a
ments OF both quadrature and rectifcation
of the circles circumference. Furthermore.
it has revealed the ratio of the chord and
arc OF ninety degrees, which is as seven to
eight. and also the ratio of the diagonal
and one side of square which is as ten TO
seven. disclosing the fourth important fact,
that the ratio of the diameter and circum-
ference is as five-fourths to four; and be-
cause of these facts and the further fact
that the rule in present use fails TO work
both ways automatically. ii should be dis
carded as wholly wanting and misleading in
its practical applications
I'm further proof of the value of the au-
thor'S proposed contribution to education.
and offered as a gift to the State of In
diana. is the fact of his solutions OF the
trisection of the angle. duplication of the
cube and the quadrature of the circle hav-
ing been already accepted as contributions
to science by the American Mathematical
Monthly, the leading exponent of mathe-
NAUTICAL thought in this country
And be 1t remembered that these noted
problems had been long since given IN by
SClenlllc DO0leS as unSOlNdDle mysteries
and above mans ability to comprehend
Mr. Geisel's bill to abolish the office of
county assessor in counties of less than
q 900 was up on second reading and an
amendment making il 1900 was adopted.
Mr. Hedgecock moved TO strike out the
enacting clause and this brought out dis
cussioh upon the merits of the bill. The
State tax commissioners are very much
opposed TO the measure in any form. beiev-
ing that it would break down part of the
tax machinery of the State. Speeches were
made by half a dozen members showing
how much property had been put on the
duplicates by county assessors and the mo-
ton to kill was adopted with practical
unanimity Since the veto by the Governor
of the Grant Superior and the Howard
Upton court bills the leading al )rneys of
these two counties have got together
and agreed to the suggestion of the Gov
ernor for q Superior Court for Grant and
Howard counties Mr.. Shideler accordingly
introduced in the House yesterday a bill
establishing this Superior Court and grant
ing TO Tipton county two more weeks of
time in the Howard-Tipton circuit. He
asked that 1t be passed under suspension of
the rules and his request was complied
with the bill being pasesd without opposi-
ton.