Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-01
HAS ARTIFICIAL UNIVERSE
Prof. Camilion Doddridge of
Palestine, N. G., Constructs
a Wonderful Machine,

Prof Camilion Doddlidge. an as
tronomer of Palestine. North Carolina,
owns an artificial universe. which he
constructed himself
DR.. Doddridge's planetary system is
wonderful thing and savants from
all parts of the country have visited
him and examined 1t.
III making 1t he constructed strong
box of plate glass and steel. like a
great hellow wheel 20 feet in dame
ter and six feet across its axis and
standing upright.
Through the center of the wheel he
put shaft attached TO n series OF
engines and boilers and on the end
of the shaft in the center Of the
wheel, he placed n large number of
strong magnets. forming complete
circle around the shaft five feet in
diameter and one foot thick and GOV
cred on the perimeter with all the
soft steel filings that the magnets
would hold in place.
Then he removed the air from the
inside OF the great circular hox, leav-
ing perfect vacuum. the steel and
plate glass walls easily sustaining the
pressure of the outrc air, although its
force is something enormous over so
large surface. especially the sides,
30 feet across, and which are fortl-
fed by steel cables on each side, at
tached to solid posts.
Above the wheel immense magnets
are placed in position in Il hall circle
around the circular box. being strong
est OF the top and declining in
strength the farther they reach down
the sides and being intended to coun-
teract the force OF the attraction OF
gravitation and to tend to almost rob
objects inside the box of all weight.
When this preliminary work was
completed. the shaft through the box
was set in motion. and this motion
very gradually increased. After Il
cd in that flake or layer of the
the outside of the inner wheel of mag
nets and the centrifugal force flung
it into the open space, where 1t imme
diately drew itself together into a
bail which revolved around the cen
= az SHdlt III tAdClls iut bdIle ildll-
ner as the planets revolve around the
sun. being held suspense by the
counteracting effects of the large mag.
nets above and the attraction of gray.
itation from below, and being contin.
ually forced out from the centrifugal
force which. acting on ii from the
magnetic fo.ce at the center as
though it were fastened to The center
by cord kept it out away from the
center almost exactly six feet
The speed OF the shaft being still
increased, another flake or layer OF
the filings was thrown off and i'm.
mediately drew together into bail
revolving about the shaft as before,
and this was kept up till five mad
been thrown off, but ty this time the
speed of the shaft was such that the
first ball was driven out against the
| outer side of the box and destroyed
thus leaving only four balls, or plan.
| cts" revolving about their artificial
sun but these have now been re
volving with absolute regularity foi
some time. the inermost one at a
distance of one foot from the central
wheel and the outer one little over
five feet. They also revolve on thei,
own axes as they fly abos. the cen
ter and. with the exception that there
is no planet with belt. and that none
of them have attendant moons, they
reproduce all the conditions shown by
the earth and the other planets of tie
| solar system