Smyrna times., 1901-07-03

In a recent speech Gov. Odell, OF
New York, said that there never was a
better time for young men than the
present, but different opinion was ex
pressed by President Patton, of
Princeton College, who thinks this
bad time for young man to start in
business. 1t would seem that the
great development of science in every
direction would open up new and i'm
portant fields for the young. A recent |
writer makes the following notation of
important discoveries.
The past twenty-five years have wit
messed vast development of the sub
iect of electricity as a department of
pure physics. The novelties in the ap- |
plication of electricity to practical
uses are not the only ones in this
branch of the science but entirely new
facts and possibilities are emerging
into view with every revolving year.
Physical investigation furnishes the |
foundation and the stimulus for the
1uNGubOls 11C 10 III oOOAAOA pS hhO OAN
of his resources for fundamental prin
cipIes to utilize than the discovery of |
some marvellous and unexpected phe
nomenon fires him with new zeal and |
opens new possibilities. Witness the
discovery of X-rays by Roentgen and |
of electromagnetic waves by Hertz, |
the latter opening the way for "wire
less telegraphy." And these are only !
samples of what physical science wins
-.-dos tnav- .i,lNisee--and adds to knowlege.
excer+ Try blazes the way and tireless
invention presses forward to possess
the land. The genius for great discov-
cry is a rare one. A whole century
rarely contains a dozen names worthy
to- be inscribed on the imperishable
tablets of mems minds. Discoveries
are not accidents; they are the out
groupings of divine inspiration. Dis
coveries are born, not educated
Whether the discoverer be exalt ed
above the inventor or not he certainly
precedes him. He discloses the alb
stract principle, fact or law. The in
ventor embodies it in concrete form for
service.
Discoveries and inventions of the
greatest utility DO not spring from the
brain of the ignorant. There is
scarcely an invention of worldwide in
terest to humanity that has not seen
-. 1o~-nAo1 20 aJrr
cation. Since the time when undue
respect for the learning of the pas
ceased to dominate the present, insti-
tutions of learning have become tht
sources of the most significant ad
vances in ideas. Just at the opening
OF the last century Volta, in italian
university, presented to the world the
Voltaic cell, and Davy, in the Roya
Institution in London, produced tn
first electric light. A little later Ger
sted, in the University of Copenhagen
uncovered the relation between mag
netism and the electric current, an
so became the pioneer in electro mag
netism. Then came Faraday, in th
Royal Institution, with his mighty il
sight and his revelation of electro
magnetic induction. Henry an
Morse, both of them American educs
tors, made the electric telegraph b.
fore the middle of the century, an
Helmholtz in Germany exposed
view the law of conservation of energ
which now dominates all science, pul
and applied. Then Lord Kelvin,
Glasgow University taught masters
finance and promoters of information
commerce how to use submarine C
bles and invented the instruments fl
them.
Bunsen and Kirchhoff discover
the laws of spectroscophy, and set 6
tronomers to investigate the compos
ton of the stars; Hoffman, in the b
lin chemical laboratory, evolved nj
colors out of coal tar and revolutio
lied the science of dyeing; Hertz d
covered the electric wave for futu
Marconis to utilize; Fararis, in Turi
invented the rotating magnetic fl
for induction motors; Roentgen {
piled photography to a new and m
velous art, the value of which is l
yet fully appreciated; and, last
Pupin, in Columbia University co
bined higher mathematics and ply
cal intuition in the discovery Of
nnatbo1 of overooroin0 the diaasfrc