The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-08-05

these balls lodged because of the earth q
rotation alone. The matter IS really
more complicated than the foregoing
discussion implies. 1t has received
mathematical treatment from the great
Gauss. According to his results, the
deviation to the east for fall of 5000
feet at the Tamarack mine should be q
little under three feet"
Gauss Mistake.
But Mr.. Gauss failed to consider one
of the principal reasons that the balls
failed to strike the clay bed.
He was fooled as every school boy in
the world who studies physics is being
fooled, by the results of Galileo's ex-
periments and the rule always given to
find the velocity of falling bodies. The
fact that those balls did not strike any
where near the place that Mr.. Gauss
says they should proves that he has
made mistake in at least one of three
ways.
He either made a mistake in his
figures, mistake in his method or he
did not understand the law which gov
erns bodies falling in the air.
The law of falling bodies given in
the text books of our schools works all
right in vacuum but those balls did
not fall in vacuum, and it is we'll to
remember that very few bodies belong
ing to this earth do fall in a vacuum.
And right here we arrive at very
important point. 1t is point where
believe I have the honor of being able
to advance theory and lay down a
law of considerable Importance to the
scientific world and practical value to
a great many others. The wording
may be improved upon but here it is as
good as l can give it at present:
Taylor's Law for Bodies Falling
in Air.
When the pressure of the air under a
falling body equals the weight of that
body all acceleration is destroyed.
I don't think this law was ever given
before but it is so self-evident it can
almost be taken as an axiom.
Now this may be an important law
but in my estimation it isn't circum-
stance to the next one discovered.
The question arises. How fast must
a body fall before the pressure of the
air does equal that body's own weight?
Twill tell you directly, but before
doing so wish to present few argu-
ments in support of this one as. the
next law depends wholly upon the
truth of the first one.
An Example.
The professor in our school here in
Oakes told me that just short time
ago he gave his class in physics this
problem:
With what velocity would man
strike the earth if he should fall from
balloon mile high? Now, of course,
their answer was 5s1 feet per second!
1896 miles an hour!!
Now if you do not wish to stop and
think what this means / will tell you
what to do. The next time the wind
blows one hundred miles an hour you
step out into it and see what will hap
pen and then, if you are able, crawl
into the cyclone cellar and sit down on
the floor and wonder what would hap
pen to man if the wind should blow
straight up at the rate of 1896 miles per
hour. I know what you would think.
You would think it would take more
than $50 pounds, or whatever he
weighed, to pull him against such a
terrific gale as that.
When man drops from a balloon
and comes down in parachute just as
soon as the pressure of the air equals
the weight Of the man and parachute all
acceleration is destroyed and he main
tains steady speed all the rest of the
way. No matter from what height he
drops, with similar conditions of the
atmosphere and barring accidents he
will always strike the ground at the
same velocity. No matter what the
size, shape or composition Of body
they are all acted upon by this law.
Always remembering that the weights
of similar bodies are to each other as
the squares Of the areas exposed to the
columns of air that support them.
Natural Law.
I just wish to give one more illustra.
tion and then we will go on to the next
law.
Most all of US. at least those that