Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-04-02

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the works OF man. there IL a revival
OF earthquakeology. People are gen
orally interested In that which Is most
closely connected with the startling
current events. and II Is 80 with ref
erence 20 earthquakes. for the very re-
cent destructive shocks In San Fran
cisco, Valparaiso and Jamaica have
served TO quicken public interest In
what science In doing In the study OF
seismic disturbances.
Few people In this country. perhaps.
know that at Shide. Newport. Isle oil
Wight. an observing station exists for
recording fundamentally the sensible
earthquake shocks OF the globe. as
well as those earth iremors which con
gtitute what have heen called the un-
felt breathings Of our earth. Prof..
John Milne. y. r. s.. inventor OF the
Milne horizontal pendulum seismo-
graph. Is the director of this station.
Formerly. for upwards OF 20 years. he
occupied the chair Of mining and geo
Iogy In the Imperial college OF engi'
aeering. Toxic. Japan. and while In
that country conducted pioneer work
on its earthquake and volcanic phe-
nomens With him at Shide. ~ AS
sistant. r. Mr. shinobu Hirota. Main
~ through Professor Mines efforts
and enthusiasm. supplemented by the
loyal help OF a committee OF the Brit
ish association. 90 stations Of a SINH
lar character Ia HIS own have been
successfully inaugurated in various
parts OF the world. the observers OF
which cooperate In the general
work. sending To Shide from time TO
time registers of earthquake disturb
ances and other data for reduction. as
also seismograms.
In Great Britain. In addition 10
shide. the stations for earthquake ob.
seryations are: Edinburg Royal oh.
servatory). Bidston liverpool obsorv.
story. Kew Natural Physical labora.
tory. and Paisley lthe Coates obsery.
atory). At Shlde time is obtained
from the post Office AT Newport. which
receives a daily signal from Green.
wich An arrangement Is also In force
noting the time by means Of the sun.
For this purpose In the south wall OF
the observatory there Is a vertical slit
made Of two sheets Of iron. The image
OF this IL thrown by the sun on To a
north wall is feet distant. When this
image reaches line on the wall the
sun Is due SOU h.
Earthquake inquiry. as n branch OF
modern obseryational science-the
new seismology." as IL has been
styled--is n study OF comparatively re-
cent birth. Whereas In former times
disturbances due 10 sudden movements
of the earths substance formed the
the theme OF more or less highly col.
ored narratives and tales. much ser.
monising. By the way. being thrown
In. nowadays all that Is changed. the
casual having given place TO exact In
vestigation. In which the mathcmati.
clan. physicist and geologist each bear
part So rapid. indeed. have been
the growth and march OF knowledge
relating 20 the phenomena OF earth.
quakes. the propagation and velocities
OF those speeding esrth-waves or pull
Stations which are correlated with
them. and the times and places OF
origin Of the movements themselves.
that some leading seismologists agreed
not long since that the time was ripe
for the initiation and maintenance Of
international cooperation among work.
ers In all countries In this young
science.
In 1902 the German government ask.
ed whether his majesty's government
would be willing to engage In 4 con.
ference with the view 70 bringing
about an international inquiry into
earthquakes. Provisional and favora-
BILE consideration having been obtain.
I'd. a conference was actually held al
Strassbure In the following year. when
IS countries were represented. though
France. It shoula BE- mentioned. was
not among the number As an out.
come. II was decided that a central
association should be constituted.
with It's headquarters at strassburg.
The nrst meeting Of the permanent
commission OF this newly formed In.
tcrnational seismological association
was recently held at Rome. under the
presidency 81 Prof Luigi PalakEo. OF
the university OF that city. delegates
attending from Great Britain. France.
Germany. the United States. Russia.
Japan. Spain. the Netherlands. Rou.
mania. and other constituent states.
The representatives Of the British
government ~as Prof Arthur Schns.
ter. y. r. 4. of Victoria university.
Manchester. II was decided that the
fret general assembly of the whole
body forming the association should
be held at The Hague about the mid
die Of September neat A presideut