The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

know, but what you don't kno W.
when end where was Archime-
des born?" she continued
IF you take that tone with me,
refuse to answer"
"Then 1 will answer for you.
He was born at Syracuse in the
year 2s7 B. @ and WIS the. grest
est mathematician of the century.
His demonstratiou that the area of
of segment of a parabola is two
thirds of the inclosing paraIlelo-
gram is the fret real example of
the quadrature of curvniliear
space In his treatise on spirals
he rises to yet higher investiga-
tions, which. however. are not very
easily understood, even by masters
of the subjects. He frst establish
ed the truth that body plunged
in fluid loses as much of its
weight as is equal to the weight of
an equal volume of the fluid. 1t
was by this law that he determin-
ed how much alloy the goldsmith
whom Herod had commissioned to
make crown of pure gold had fire.
quently mixed with the metal
The solution of the problem had
suggested itself to him as he was
entering the bath. and he is re-
ported to have been so overjoyed
as to hasten home without waiting
to dress, exclaiming: Ihave found
itl 1 have found i'll (Eureksl
Eurekal) Practical mechanism
seems to have been an equally new
science in the days of Archimedes,
for his boast that if he had a full
crum, or standpoint, he could
move the world betrays the enthu
siasm with which the extrsordi-
nary effects of his newly invented
machines inspired him. Among
the numerous ascribed to him is
that of the endless screw and the
cochles, or water screw, in which
the water is made, in manner, TO
ascend by its own gravity During
the siege of Syracuse by the Ro.
mans he exerted all his ingenui.
ty in the defense of the
city Polybius, Livy and Plu-
tarch speak with establishment of
the machines with which he op.
posed the attacks of the enemy"
Mr. Bowser sat benumed. He
had come out to slay and had been
slowed. He tried to ralley but
before he could do SO Mrs. Bowser
went on:
"You are. of course. familiar
with the history of Aristippus, and
if you went to a poker party any
body asked you about him you
could give him all sorts of point
ers. You may tell me what you
know about him"
"Woman-woman"-
Perhaps you are not feeling
well this evening, Mr., Bowser, and
if SO, 1 will say to you that / am
one of his pupils. He remained
with Socrates up to nearly the last
moments of the great teacher,
though he does not at any period
seem to have followed his doctrine
or practice
I'VE know that subsequently, he
was the object of strong dislike
both to Plato and to Anisthenes
the Stoic. He passed consider
able part of his life in Syracuse at
the court of Dionysius the Tyrant
where he acquired the reputation
of philosophio voluptuary. AS
to the date of his death, it is not
given in history but he is supposed
to have died at the age of sixty"
When Mrs. Bowser, finished Mr..
Bowser stood up and waved and
motioned and gestured and tried
to say something. but as it YVES
impossible he passed down the
hall. put on his overcoat and hat
and banged the door behind him.
BE had no sooner reached the gate
than he espied tramp, and with
yell that was heard quarter of
mile away he made dash for
the unfortunate and had run him
seven blocks when Mrs. Bowser
received the latest dispatch.
M. QuAD.
One Fare for the Round Trip to the