The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
SCIENCE.


som. one has .sid that the fspvtians were
the only nation that ever had surici'ni ~
ti~nc~ To dome-iicpte the cnt 4 very ~
idea OF human ~patienc" IL given ~ the nc
count Of = CORRESPONDENT 81 Forrest aHd N'rcaH'
vho has. h. say. tanned = common cat 70
r-tri-yr. Patience. zcntleness. entir" absence
Of force were hi makiins Whenever game had
been killed the cat was Jed 90 II and tine gam"
was given 10 hin N.st the cat sought the
game on hi 90 count Nert, he vastAdsht
"a stay Close to- his master, NJ hrst perch~d
on ht- shoulder. "" was then taught not 20
fear the sound ~ the gun. beginning Win
little csrblne. then proce~ding 20 the fowiins-
pisce when the sun Ws- fred a common
ball was pitched forward by the master. and
the connection bst w"en tho report Of the piece
and retrieving was established Then q dead
=, srs, thrown from ,hS hand. and after-srd
dropp@d from 'he branch Of a distant Tree
The education ~ this particular cat :. nov
pomstime,. and in general conducts himself
like n hunting dog
The siolosi.t. dsny u. nhs n'An nc, ,ooii
their doctrine the learned animal might be,
ZONE the prosenitor OF a Ions line OF Useful
monument TO human patience and A. a proof
that even the cat may be educated
rHr oy ~ sric OPINION
NJ Tsrde. not long since. published = sus-
Eestive and important volume on the Psy-
cholosy OF Crowds He hss now issued .
new volume mot yet translated from the
French. N n belle we'd. under the title L'opih-
ion ., 10 roule The public IL something
different from the crowd In = theatre or
In the street the public and the crowd are
the sam. thing But printing and other
modern devices have created 4 public which
has an opinion Independently OF 'propinaulty
opinion u action at a distance The hook n
question studies the public how u u born and
developed. what ls relations are with those who
direc, it, opinions. it, relation to the neNs-
paper press. to crowds, 10 church and to
state. IT. manners Of action. ~ powers for
good and evil All thee matter. AZ" ~
subiec' for a strictly scientific treatment,
which. In fact, they receive The first printed
book with a great public vas the Bible, the
nTay ! Io1a line bsfors book. were widely
read In the seventeenth century there vAsonly
altterAry public IN the eighteenth a phno.ophio
public arose journalism cam" IN with the
Revolution Public opinion IN older times
was formed only nv conversation with the
advent Of the pres. a new factor "a ln,n"i
and the public reacts on the Journal n the
l.,, .%nsIys,a a RuepEcc eSs ~. pres !. Ss,
In shis book In an acute. original and sus-
gestive fashion
GENERAL rHEoR, ~ NAcHisxs
In tho Cow pies Rsudu. 81 the Paris Acad-
envy ~ Science. VI Koeniss ha- printed q
skstch ~ a general theory Of mechsni-m-
Every machine consists Of q number OF ma
terial bodies. resis,Ances, Joined together
rectprocally. upon which natural forces act
10 produce = desired effect. and the effect may
be ~ h.r a state Of rest or one Of motion The
resisting bodie. and their connections are
the mechanism. lts enet IL not known unth
We d'nps ,hs acting tSrSss .r as. s s%a"Id Ina
a. different forces play upon u Machines
arc subject 10 three effects static. when the
forces produce equilibrium kin"'ic. when the
result IL motion and. nnAily. associative,
when The connections or IN" nlhchin" are
changed The latter en"c' IL usually not con
.idered, hut n T. essential io take Il into AGO
count 4 machine could not be- built, In the
rrst place. unless Il wa capable OF dis-ocia'
tinn In some machine. locks. Tor Instance
the parts are ASSOCIATED every time The
apparatus operates II L. desirable % design
most MACHINES, however. 50 bat me DISC
oiative Effects do not CONS into play durins
their operation
oARIr VI rHk srsorRosCopio sIs.hr srAr
~. PI0.n
Recon, bulletins from tn. Lack Ohser vatory
civ. soIn. ~ the element. Of this orbit Al
follows
y-=period =sis day.
s-eocentricity oe
,ss $50 600 kiioms,rs.
N-v-locl,y Of centre Of ass OF the .ys
IN. ..me telescope With whioh the binsr,
character of the star was detected. spec
uosoopioally. J. not powerful enough q
show the Two cotnp"W"H'N 'I~'""N
ORBIT OF raE ~sPf,rNosCuric BINARY. car
ryL.
Oh.srvAuon. a. the Ltct Observatory
give Y IL. days go? Q stn I M.s.7. Bon
v -NOiT Tho star has not been seen q
double a. Mount Hamilton. conseauontl'
the angular separation Of ~ component- OIL
hardly hs more that ua seconds. ana h"nN
M. parallAi il no, lksly 'o b" shove OF
seconds
" s.rrLLITts or rR.Nr-
During ison snd 1871 the four satellite. y
Uranus were ob-cur~d ~ IN" LACK observh
tory. and the results compared win New
combs tables 81 the satellites deduc-d frou
observation. nv Nevooub and Holden a
Warrington In lsTa and 1875 tn" agree
U.nt OF both sets 81 oh~rf VHtior- u Yer
clos. The residuals Indicate. that the &c
cep,@l ipass OF Uranus should b" sish'I
increased
u.uSIruDEs or NOVA Arhio' ise2
The new star ~ 1892 faded from g. 60 nbon
4. ms yitude he' we-u F"h > and April o
tina, wear u We nsbulouS when seen asai
IN August Its stellar russnitudeS h"v
h..n 1899. aS 10 ~ from Sepirnh"r 20 on'
~ wear lsui. a. tSF4. y itaS ~ lNN n.
isa- ii. Isas. u o. ls1o. - l@s'. las ]
d. nrnha bly s'tll nebulous IN character