The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-10
PROF. K0RN PROVES
HIS CRAV|TAT|ON
THEORY
iNvENTs WONDERFUL MACHINE
TO DEMONSTRATE TRUTH OF
HIS CALCULATIONS = SciEN-
lists INTERESTED.


many is talking Ca the remarkable eX'
periments OF Prof. Arthur Korn in the
mysterious domain OF gravitation. Oh
the score, OF physician reasons given
Tor gravitation not one has passed be-
yond the domain OF theory. II has
fallen 10 Prof. korn 10 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 10 the unset
entific eye small bodies attracting one
another in the same way. and under
! the same laws as regards distances
and speed az 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 q
small body, without impulsion by any
known force being attracted by an
other small particle; and TO the aver
age man IL 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 grayitation.
! Surrounded by Ether.
Prof. korn started with the assump
tion 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 b. ether
which science assumes is inelas tic
and incompressibie.
! The theory is not entirely new; but
without proof II has no more value
! than the electrical theory OF gravta
i ton. the ether current theory. and sc
/ on. and Prof. korn set about TO prove
ill.,
( Modern science has ascertained that
all matter is in state of eternal vi
/ bratlun. The vibration, according &c
the profes 5or. Is analgus I the vi
Dration OF violin string. The third
string OF a violin, FOR instance, right
/ ~ tuned, emits an \, In addition
/ however 10 the grCuud tone \. there
are the so-called over-tOnes IN the re
lation OF to >, . to 4. and so on.
Oh such a compiex character. as
sumed korn, are the vibrations OF al
PARTICLES of matter, and it Is these
vibrations which lead respectively not
only TO the attractive force of eravi
tation hat also 10 the repulsive force
which in the case of the heavenly
bodies. Is observed al the same time
- Tie, machine constructed by the
professor to produce artificial gravi
tation" Is extremely simple. A meal
lie globe, fitted with a window for oh
servation of what is going on inside
IL, is united by tubes with cylinder
one end of which is closed only b. d
membrane. To this membrane is at
tached an electro-mOtor. which. by
pushing and pulling the membrane al
iternate ~. makes rapid pulsations. The
metal globe contains two airflled in
dia rubber balls of different sizes
( The large one is fixed firmly to the
I inside wall Of the globe. The smaller
is free to move whittier il 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 10 contract, and each
time the membrane returns To its or
iginal position the relaxed pressure OF
the water refuses the two balls to ex
pand. The motor is set working sc
quickly that these pulsations become
inconceivably rapid vibrations. and the
contraction and expansion OF the balls
is invisible TO the eye. As water IL
practically incmpressible, Prof korr
thus obtains the conditions he needs
he has two elastic bodies vibrating
in an inela site medium.
Result is the Phenomenon.
Then the phenomenon looked fol
occurs When the vibrations attain a
certain speed the smaller ball, i'm
PEELED by mysterious force, begins
slowly To- move through the water &c
the larger ball. and gradually in
/ creases its speed, exactly as the ap
pie observed By Newton increased its
speed as IL fell nearer and nearer tC
the ground.
So far this was merely a puzzlini
phenomenon. But that IL 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 exactl,
in accordance with Newton's law, OF
in inverse ratio To the square OF The
distance between them.
II became therefore possible. 10 con
meet an exact working model OF tn,
solar system in water, in which tn,
planets should all move In their ap
parent paths without any visible sup
port. or externally applied power.