The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-09-01

SIC points OF Which we know full well.
There are no mysteries TO solve or hid
den principles 10 ferret out. All there
u TO do Is 10 be patient. and science
viii do the rest. People who have
never heard Of Mr.. Crookes, and In
consequence are not Just sure how
much Of what he says 10 believe. may
have more faith In bis remarks n they
VIII consider the knowledge that he Is
the same man who Invented the fam
Gus Crookes tube. without which the
ray would never have been discovered.
II Ia evident TO any one that a person
who had brains sufficient 20 make this
contribution to science IL at least
worthy Of respectful attention. Prof.
Crookes says that now. thanks 10 Prof
holssau. diamonds can be manufac.
tured IN the laboratory Such gems
are Infinitely microscopic. q Is true but
with crystalline form and appearance.
color hardness. and action on light the
same as the natural gem. The first
necessity ia 10 select pure iron and 20
pack Il In carbon crucible with pure
charcoal from sugar Half o pound OF
this iron o. put into the body OF an
electric furnace and a powerful are.
absorbing about one hundred horse
power Is formed close above II between
carbon poles. The iron rapidly melts
and saturates itself with carbon. After
q few minutes heating 10 a high tenn
perature the current is stopped and the
dazzling. hery cruclhle IA plunged into
cold water until Il cools below a red
heat Iron increases In volume from
the moment Of passing from the LIQUID
state 20 the solid state. The expansion
Of the inner liquid on solidlfying pro-
duces an enormous pressure. under
stress Of which the dissolved carbon
separates out In transparent. dense
crystalline form. This IL the diamond
To obtain the diamond from the me-
tallic ingot or mass % metal requires a
long and tedious process. and the spe-
cimens thus obtained are. a. Prof
Crookes says. only microscopic. The
largest artificial diamond yet made il
less than one mlllime,er across. Many
circumstances point 10 the conclusion
that the diamond Of the chemls, and
the diamond OF the mine are strangely
akin In origin. Il IL clearly apparent
Prof. Crookes says that the diamont
genesis or origin must have taker
place At great depths and under higl
pressure Therefore. thousands OF fee
down In the earth there from time I,
time takes place on gigantic scale thl
same process described AZ occurring Il
the laboratory OF the chemist. In thl
latter the results are minute In an
former they are greater In proportion
to the sire Of the experiment
Il n clearly apparent says Prof
Crookea. that We have really dlscovere,
one OF the processes OF nature OF whicl
the world has heretofore been IN lgnor
ance. Our manufactured diamonds ar
minute. but they are none the less gen
uine. and the only thing that remalnl
for us 10 DO "a 10 follow up and develol
the facts which are already 20 our pos
session. and by doing this we are houn,
sooner or later TO reach the goal rep
resented by the diamond Of fair size
When that day comes the manufac
ture Of diamonds viii become an indus
try. but a small one. for Il il plain tha
the process OF making need never b
very expensive. certainly not sufficient
~ 90 TO warrant the asking for dla
monds OF more than a tenth OF IN
prices at which they are At presen
quoted. In the diamond fields the dla
monds are often found IN the mu
round about great holes that lead int
the earth unknown distances Thes
holes are called diamond pipes. for ou
OF them. scientists have declared. an
with very good evidence In support q
their assertions. the diamonds hav
come some time. II Il believed tina
after these openings were made In N
earth they were filled from below an
the diamonds. formed al some epoch 10
remote TO imagine. were thrown ou
with the mud volcanic eruption. togesh
or with an kinds Of debris. vrushe
from the sides Of adjacent rocks Pro
Crookes axes ave years as the teri
necessary for experiments before Il ca
be hoped 10 manufacture diamonds Z
comparatively large size That Il wi
be done. however. he says there Il n
doubt. and when that day comes Il wi
be the one on which the death kno
Of the diamond fields Is sounded.