The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

nourcemenrs Of Sir william Crookes- He
made his initial scientific hit when he in
formed mankind OF the discovery Of
new element. thalllun. which he had
come across IN residue from a sulphuric
acid works A little later he announced
il a IS his belief that many OF the so-caIled
elements were capable OF being broken
down into other elemental substances;
and time has amply proved the correct
ness Of this then somewhat revolution
AIRY theory The rzdiOmeter. measuring
the intensity Of solar radiatiOns. is Sir
Williams invention So IS the celebrated
Crookes tube. for lighting. and so Is one
Of the approved prese1t-day methods Of
treating gold ore In short. his impOr-
ta1t contributions 10 the learning and
comfort OF the world have been TOO
numerous TO mention here
Though he Is not generally given the
credit OF being one Of its inventors
Just as Sir Oliver Lodges name is not
popularly connected with wireless teleg-
'rzphv-syiU 81 Is true that SIT William
was one Of the fathers Of electric light
ing His was the first house in London
10 be so lighted and his were the hands
that strung the wires and made the
lamps. TIE flaments in these lamps
were OF celuIose- treated IN a strong So
luton known only to the inventor. and
ten years after ne had begun using them
they were still giving light. every ore
Of them Sir William however. was
doomed 10 disappointment in connection
with this iamp-it was never put on the
market. various lawsuits among inven-
tors Of other electric lights discoursginE
him in his original intention Of marketing
the light His friends say that the one
regret Of Sir Williams life has been the
worlds inability TO behold in him one of
I tee in, lie zT7-r---
Busy in Scientific Research.
/ Knighted FIVE years before Sir Oliver
/ Lodge. Sir William has spent practically
( his entire life in scientific research As
I boy in knee pants he thus busted him
/ self. When he was. seventeen-at which
I age Sir Oliver Lodge first learned OF the
/ existence OF the world OF science-he cap
tured an important college scholarship in
| the Royal College OF Chemistry; and two
/ years before he reached his majority he
mapped out for himself the course Of
/ research that eventually led him to make
fmany Of his most important discoveries.
I He was, IN short. a boy wonder To-day
some Of his eminent fellow-workers are
t wondering why he has taken Up so se-1-
ously his investigation for a splrit-land.
3 To them Sir William has made this re-
Z ply To stop short in any research that
I bids fair 10 widen the gates of knowl-
! edge. 10 recon from fear OF difficulty or
t adverse criticism. is to bring reproach
upon science" This belief. says Sir Will
IAN, has given him strength TO enter
upon all the various research work with
which his name has been connected for
/ i've decades.
Because Of his international fame as a
I psychologist, Prof. William James is this
: country's most famous investigator for
a spiriI-land. though, doubtless. he IS
not giving as much time TO this species
I Of research as are some other well-known
{ Americans. for example. Prof James II
/ HysIop, OF Columbia University and sec
retary Of the American Society for Psy-
chical Research James frankly admits
that he has gone into the study OF sp!r-