The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
SCIENCE.
A STUDY or EMINENT MEN


| recently made n statistical study Of the emf
nent men of ali time and from his paper In
| the Popular Science Honhiy n few reeuts
| are here set down. His selection vas made
| from ak large biographical dictionaries
printed In four countries. The longest no.
| tees In these works referred to some 5000
NJ en- Some 1 zoo OF these names appeared
I in at least three OF the dictionaries and the
| 900 eminent mon considered we're those to
| whose biographies the greatest space was
| devoted The Hist OF these men land women
/ Is printed in full in the paper referred to.
| According to II the nifty mos. eminent men
| are lin this order,: !. Napoleon; 2. Shake
| speare; 3. Mohsmmed: =. yoltaire: S. Fran
1 els Bacon: g. Aristotle; 7. Goethe; 8, Cesar;
| 0, Luther; 10. Plato: II. Napoleon III; a.
| Burke; Is. Homer; "a. Newton; is. Cicero:
| 10. Milton: II. Alexander the Great; is, Pitt;
10, Washington; 20. Augustus; 81, wellington
%. Raphael: %, Descartes: "a. Columbus: Is.
seio; 20. Socrates; 80. Byron; 81. tromvc
| 81. Guatsma Buddha; rs. Kant; %. Leibnitz;
su. aSe1 s: . PsnG s. Ecs Su'fn Msny
Il. Nero IS, franklin: y, GaiIlec i, John.
50. Marcus Aurellus. ssI; Ohio: ss2, Ser Ser
, .orius; ess. Macphersol os., Claudian;, oe5,
pomitiann; 'ee BnSeSsd; vsS5: Charles na 90 Of
S bsBBiSi; VS. f'ur'el w. hD'an''n ana '0'
Al a glance tho list shows that the makers
relatively. to modern men than to the an
| clorts. more TO ctidentals than to Orentsls.
Istence passed peacefully Napoleon III.
according TO, this y i, Is distinctly more emf
William Penn is more eminent than Buddha
| Louis. Philipr.e than Dante. Waiter Scott
than M.h Ore has sS Sny , 70 point int
| method Of sele, ton IL very faulty. Taking
II as It Is, It appears that among the thousand
s1s Of them shsI are aI Msry oc+n
,as GsGTsss Sand N &G,,cTne sog Nine
! Marie Antoinntte. Queen Christina, Nine d.
, Genlis who Is of the same rank as Euclid9.
sdsnI Hnn Of b s1Sq Mr. ads'h % no.
sarpho. Isabella Of CASTLE, George ti,',
and then Cleopatra &I I Ih, it' ssn
tain air. on ~" the Don named Mrs jnckson-
calico MiI Ki ,nI.r, 0'T Tycho and the rc.t 4
statistical stut II great men follows TIE So
le"t ton of thest names. and tho real interest
OF the paper Is In this study, to which readers
are referred
THEORY or Ole ASIc ERrPTIoSs
VI Rosscl has recently submitted possible
explanation Of volcanic eruptions 20 which
he was d by experiments with the cleo trio
furnace. which has opened new fold for
the explanation Of chemical Combinations.
in which minerals heretofore unknown
have been artincially formed For instance,
q quartz crystal in the furnace at the rela-
| lively low temperature produce by 10 volta
and 500 amperes 4, completely volatihh'd.
and II is easy TO volatiiize chalk. nagnefit,
sontssins cISSea TheSe also cam Dc re-
, duced When silica IL heated in the furnace
with album en- or when chalk. coal IRON; ~
bodies are produced and the OXYGEN ia freed
In the gaseous state. These stable com.
pHSPer ssh but t' are all @ By
When we con:ider the formation Of tho
S %intrais produces were the conf a,ioH - -
elewcHt, as, for example, Sc: Aio.C''
fh..s form Tie :s ssss T'pi .yn
water appears on the earth. As soon, ~
they. come in contact with water the on rs
ns csG.-h. !@ sa:soc rs' ss..'S% s -
The combustion Of the sases produce
70 -sOS7CCs hsO. 81 He 30 =siC'
at'o o. tS reso,ns NAV b. applied to the OK
he earth cools progressively. and In sooiios,
Iate the interior, Chemical reariipn. Of
re RI. TO sa:se rIS n air and lie
metallic o,i'es Such reactions NAV be the
cause, q earthquakes and Of yol c;I erap,
az the .urf ts0 mi Hed n the ar and II com
6ns,ion II nf lnd. all TGh he are S asc0 en-
act to say that the earth H. composed of
four-hfths oxygen and one nth OF other
not agree with the specific weight Of the
earth.
THE TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS
The London Mathemati col Association has
considered tho subject OF the teaching OF
elementary mathematics and It's report on
the question contains the following con-
illusions with regard TO elementary ~ geometry
geometry should not be formal. but eNp'rl,
mental, With the use OF instruments and
"a That public schools corresponding roughly
10 our hirh schoolsl should in the'r entrance
Examinations Sc, far PfoPorySn o, gus ms
tha obtaining Of numerical rsulis FROM
numerical data by measurements from &C
Of oons,r"csi o should be regarded as quito
dstinct from tho course or theorrms The
two courses VII probably be studied side
A. 70 arithmetic and algebra u was held
that there IA q CONS iderable danger thai the
.1 ed.Ss0 Sn ve e.nd.ncy to sapoe ac'
II View y this danger. Il 5 T eoo%ms,ssds,d
| Frequently used in both topics TN that great
| stress should he laid on Fundamental I'r'nc pcs
,Cl TINT. fnr n DTNf ne. 'nF fhift NHth
n pupl uses should be genrrhlzations from
he own eIp~ris nee i'd that. whenever practl-
c.b'e geometry should Ne employed 20 inuS-
trate arithmetic and n zebra, and IN part,cular
that graphs should he used ext'ns vsly !"l
that many ~ tho harder rules and h"av,"f
typss of examples should b@ postponed Tia"
committees that dealt with those questions
Vas Of the unanimous opinion that dec maj
systsn, Of Weighs, measur't and cninere
should b- adopted in the interests OF edu-
raH GRIN oY LsrIsSss
N ye 20 south from virginia 10 the Gun
We meet two totally different kinds of nnemis.
which can be distinguished by the soils on
which they occur. the parasites which cause
them. the symp oms which resnl, AID The
treatment which y necessary On" ~ tbs.
| anSmas follows the clay ssils and tI1
maIaTia, which. as 10 well known. = cats"
by q minute parasite thai hvss IN the hoof
and oan 10 cured by Q prop-r Use oi
aunins Tho Other ansm'a - q a .esss ~
sandy regions and 10 caused by paras ne
bnoL worm Witch lives ~ the intss'in' =
not Affected by aulnine but can be kNlsd h'
ihs use ~ thy mol The nss dsooNsry. IA"
10 Df s,il.s means q revolution ~ the ura'
m.ni ~ fully half oi the . ~ Ieopls ionnd o
M. sand ATsas III the southern hiai,s thn
spooT shltssF Amons them The hookNoTn'
dl.sas~ can easily 10 prss"nl.d and read y
cured and 80 nay oohhdsDily lool f"fsAri
10 a asfldsd imIsoNeln'n ln lb~ condition
~ o lars. population Va ouf southern s'aisb
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