The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-10
PROF. KORN PROVES
HIS GRAv|TAT|0N
THEORY
lNvENTS WONDERFUL MACHINE
TO DEMONSTRATE TRUTH OF
HIS CALCULATIONS - scIEN-
lists INTERESTED.

| BERLIN, Feb all scientific Ger
many is talking OF the remarkable ex
periments OF Prof Arthur Korn in the
mysterious domain OF gravitation. Oi
the score Of physician reasons given
for gravitation not one has passed be
yond the domain OF theory. Ii has
fallen 10 Prof. Korn To PROFOUND yet
one more theory. and. for the first
time on record. TO prove experiment
ally that his theory is right
| Prof. korn has constructed a ma
chine which shows even TO the unset
entific eye small bodies attracting one
another In the same way, and under
The same laws as regards distances
and speed as Newtons apple was at.
tracted by the earth. and as all the
heavenly bodies are attracted by one
another
Probably till these experiments
were made no human eye had seen a
! small body, without impulsion by any
known force, being attracted by an.
other small particle; and to the aver
age man II seems incredible that a
tiny globe should attract another tiny
globe. Yet that is exactly what Prof.
korn has accomplished In his attempt
TO prove his theory OF gravitation.
Surrounded by Ether.
Prof. Korn started with the assump-
ton that gravitation is merely the re-
suit of the vibration is merely nun
suit Of the vibration OF elastic bodies
in an inelastic medium. This is a
theory based on the fact that the
earth. sun and stars. all being elastic
matter, are surrounded by ether,
which science assumes is inelastic
and incompressible.
The theory Is not entirely new; but
without proof IL has no more value
than the electrical theory OF gravita-
ton, the ether current theory, and so
on, and Prof. Korn set about to prove
II.
Modern science has ascertained that
all matter is in a state OF eternal VI
bration. The vibration. according TO
the professor. is analgus the vi
bration OF violin string The third
string OF violin, for instance, right
ly tuned. emits an A. In addition.
however to the ground tone A, there
are the so-called over-tones in the re-
lation OF l TO ., 2 TO 4, and 80 on
OF such a complex character. as
sumed Korn, are the vibrations OF all
particles OF matter. and it is these
vibrations which lead respectively not
only 10 the attractive force of gravi-
tation. but also 10 the repulsive force
which. in the case of the heavenly
bodies, is observed at the same time.
The machine constructed by the
professor to produce artificial gravi-
tation" is extremely simple. meal
lie globe, fitted with a window for OBJ
servation OF what is going on inside
il, is united by tubes with a cylinder
one end of which is closed only by a
membrane. To this membrane is at
tached an electro-motor, which. by
pushing and pulling the membrane al
ternately. makes rapid pusations. The
metal globe contains two air-flled in
dia rubber balls OF different sizes
The large one is fixed firmly to the
inside wall OF the globe. The smaller
is free to move whittier II likes.
The whole apparatus is then filed
with water, and the motor set to work.
Each time the membrane Is pressed
in, the increased waterpressure causes
the rubber balls to contract, and each
time the membrane returns TO its or
iginal position the relaxed pressure of
pand The motor Is set working so
quickly that these pulsations become
inconceivably rapid vibrations. and the
contraction and expansion OF the balls
is invisible To the eye. As water Is
practically incmpressible, Prof. Korn
thus obtains the conditions he needs
he has two elastic bodies vibrating
in an inelastic medium.
Result is the Phenomenon.
Then the phenomenon looked for
occurs. When the vibrations attain
certain speed the smaller ball, i'm
PEELED by Il mysterious force, begins
slowly TO move through the water TO
the larger ball. and gradually in
creases its speed. exactly as the APP
pie observed by Newton increased its
speed as IL fell nearer and nearer To
the ground.
So far this was merely a puzzling
phenomenon. But that II was gravita-
ton, and no other force, which drew
the balls together was soon proved.
Measurements showed that the big
ger ball attracted the smaller exactly
In accordance with Newton's law. or
In inverse ratio TO the square OF the
distance between them
IL became therefore possible 10 con.
meet an exact working model OF the
solar system in water. in which the
planets should all move in their ap.
parent paths without any visible sun
port. or externally applied power.
q.