New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-06
Fun WITH RADluM
r,,ruol Dinner Of the Technology
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....e,-h,,setts Institute % Technology is \
..s,ye scientific school. ThoEe - her sons
-, p,e in tGis city AID who he'd thelr annual
- LAST evening IN ihe University 1luo mere
- ,-.re eacer 20 make H. equally up To date. For
-. .-sor special honor was done 20 the latest Of
'.a' ,-.,,, discoveries radium. Several Of is
81 -r-iicatio-s were Described and some Of the
- we're closely identified with the study or
e-.-+t,sl use ~ thar strange element
-. Neaz,e OF the class Of %, acted as toast
- The chief guest n The evening was the
-ts.,t of the Institute. DR.. Henry J. FTltcheit
y 80 D, address in wfich he showed that he
= -. as well as KNOWLEDGE Of applied science
- ets that the institute had recently hau Jus re-
-ces so increased that it would he a'le 70 TANK
t.-.sster as q research UNIVERSITY Much Aaa oeen
so,e already by their men In research WORK, ana
4, boped that in the future some ~ them "'"io Oe
..,o "a advance into fields entirely new
-zy,,-rzs GERMAN SCHOOLS BETTER
60, pritcbe+t. however. compared American
..s~,osl schools. 10 their disadvantage win Ger
.ho,1e For instance. al Charlottenberg
- g q Facility vastly more numerous ,a'h ire
s.,,,tes OF American Institutions. aiic 'l,It arg
- thousand or Eve thousand ftuoents- i-e pi'
-. eco receive the tuition fees themselves
ts - tho institutio.. Al the beginning of
- trore are certain casting lectures which
- f-ce anG students may attend the lectures "L
~ professor they choose. As n result oI mar
--+er, one OF ire professors al 1hallv1lei4oeis
900 a wear. which IS rather better. said DIT
pritchett. than most A'ae'io'''
caive." a.
r,- william, J. Morton. who has employed huro-
,r. cautions for remedial purposes. spoke next
~. 7is ~: describe liquid sunshine himself but
-. +bot S-,liect 40 another man. His own re-
- were exceedingly amusing and justified
80 ra,vta.ioa which De has an after dinner
speaker.
nv Af.ot J. Savage had been announced to
80. AZ address on science and Religion OWNS
"a tbo lateuess o. the hour BE inoulEed only I'D a
g.vg remarks one Of his pioasantEies recognized
,he propriety Of having the minister 1910" me
doctor.
EXHIBITS OF RADICM PROPERTIES.
lester D Gardner. to whom Is due the credit OF
arransing the evenings programme, gave demon
s+,.tiop of the properties OF radium. The first OF
his exhibits was \ uny tube containing twenty -'E'
,oir,erams Of bromide Of IadlUm. having an IN
1ef's7Tv 10000 times that ~ uranium a tl.-t-l,
he said would cost Sl5e1 Al iHai iate tle iliCS
ID a pound would be &sUpeu II u colla os Eot1-4l
togethef With the small quantity IN ms ll't-4u'
AIr Gardner caused diamonds ana oie A--lL,.i
known Hillamite % 4uoresee- he also NAM =
fsrt,,red '-icuiG sunshine ~ adoing 10 "a easS OF
water a Little Of ihe Crug. esculin. Mh-Ch -
auofescent properties. anc exposing II 70 Ile
Darg had been provided with glasses ',ilt-il--I'7
inns duld, and healths acre eTlnh lieies-.l- -.1
explained by Mr.. Gardner was q device lnNs.lleo
Professor Pegran. OF toiunlua Oi.-N e'7-es -,
half seriously called a perpetual motion machine
This appsratus already been Described N ne
Tribune. il devised 20 Illustrate the physlcSl
Much arnusenert was derived from the EXHIBIT,
of objects coated HltE fduiCfA PANT gre ~
then setg a shsg1ei 5 Sel IN Cia--rr eapli-ed
that 20 The old-fashi0ned luminous paint NIlen
sends phosphorescent glow IN the oark some oi.
had added little 80 the wonderful substance
which has made the name OF Curie immortal