The sun., 1897-02-28
sorzs ON so1sxox AsD 1sD Usrnr.

| was recently combated very ably by Prof. Doibear
in q lecture tefore the boston Scientific Society.
He based his position a comparison OF the quail
ties OF matter with those Of eth-r seventeen par.
| ticulars this comparison was made. his purpose
| being to show that matter has dennito structure.
the parts of which different. that there 10
tain calcuiabe quantity OF Il in the universe. that
10 10 heterogeneous. that one particle attracts an
other, that u IL subject friction. has inertia, is
chemically seiective heatable. elastic. and trans.
former OF energy. in all OF these particulars IL DIFF
fers from tho ether. which is structuroless. uniim
| tied IN quantity and homogeneous, all parts being
ike all other partsnor ia it attractive. or else t
would have gathered In denser masses near the sun
| and other large bodies. nor has II any inertia or
thvmicai reiations does aoAorb heat. and Is not
q transformer OF energy. Finally. Prof. Dolbear
points out ether receives wave vibrations aud de.
iivers them without loss their destination. and
| again. matter appeals to the senses which ether
| docs noi
| Tue increasing introduction of gas power on Eu.
ropcan street railways shown In the fact that cars
are now run oy this means between Hirschberg.
| warmbrunn. and Hei eimsdorf. over eight miles; q
line Is to be run to connect Rudeshnm with Bi.b-
rich wiesba len. cassei. and Hsyencc. twenty seven
miles; lines are In contemplation for the suburban
service OF Hanover. also at Coimsr; and experi-
mcnts wrre long since made ut Macstrlcht. Char.
lottenberg. Mannheim. st. Petersburg. Copenhagen,
and arc to be made In various other Continental
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