The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-11
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Tor thought. HIS address was that OF
n sayant Int in lanpuage VIII CHI conld
~ ro5;,. o.noa H.. H. o,on4:aa
listener. He smoke of the time 70 come
when the geopbysicists will be ms able
O. aao,atst,. fo.ooo.. a. in 80
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tldai
waves and like phenomena as mete-
orolopists are able today To forecast
no oou;n - s.o.m r,oh ,not
edge may De brought ABOUT by giving
the same close study to the breathing
earth as has been given for centuries
m tbo stare and tho solar svstem
There Is relation Iotwoen ne.
tronomy and geophysics, he stated, call.
ing ATTENTION TO tne lact that tne earth'
IuaNe "nlch mas peeh lasest reported
that III ouinaIra' occurred OH June o,
aI the exact uate "heh the moon was
iuli anu the sun anu NOON eAer,ils
ume'r greatest iorce upon ,he eafth
Ihere Is hothihg Pecuilar ABOUT inns
otuuehts Oh the almanac VIII hote tnat
III ID at sucn perious as TINS that Phe'
noiheha Oh 'he earth surface occur
III cannot pe stateu thau they WIZ occur
at these Pelious, put IL 10 Always al
these porous that they 40
Advantages of Kilauea.
Tn Snookino az +bo od,.or+oaos of tz;,
laueo for study professor Jo9gar said
1sKiIouo, "a Nr,una - So, ,
urio,o noir of volcanoes bo;nn r,,re
lilo tho snrfoce of tbe noon +bor ony
other snots ON Garth that knbw ~
Tho lovas IN oocb 10 vor1, l;ou;d ond +bf
action in each pit is more constant
IMAM most volcanoes Ihey are re'a
2Neiy sale ana III Wouid De easy neal
thehl 10 estaDliSh an observatory, nav
ing most OF the advantages OF acces
slolllty ana clVlilzation'
A Promotion Asset
Fol1ou;ro +bo odaros, of proro..o,
Toa0ar ThrrStnn 9o;n+od omt az,
nnEei,, oann,oro;aI ad,,an rn ~ p" go Su.
mo for Kiioroo sMob ~ ohsorrot 49,,
The fact that Hawaii has a natnra
wonder such MS Kilauea is known, HI
said, to relatively few. The announce
ment. however. that an institution sucl
| as the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology considered the volcano of impor
tance enough to establish an observa
tory near it and send n trained corn
of scientists to live beside it woul
advertise it in n way impossible for tn
Promotion Committee, with the mean
at their disposal. From purely bus
ness point of view it would nav Ha
wall to subscribe the funds necessar
for the maintenance of the observator,
irrespective of the great scientific ben,
fit to accrue.
o,..
p
On motion OF w. A. Bowen, the char
man, Jas. #. Morgan, named commit
Tee OF three to canvass funds for tn
maintenance OF the proposed institt
ton, naming himself, L.. A. Thursto
and j. A. Kennedy.
A complete statement of the aim
OF the committee has been prepared fc
circulation among those thought to b
interested. TINS statement follows:
The Proposition.
"The Massachusetts Institute
Technology, one of the leading Sciel
1ihc institutions or the world, has d.
terihlned TO establish, somewhere, ST.
tioh TO keep continuous record G
earth movements, and to compile dat
ana 40 research work IN conneetlo
WIN such movements. The object
Such work is the discovery of law
governing ana causes producing eartl
quakes ana iaVa efuplons; with vie
10 ultimately peing able 10 predic
earthquakes ana volcanic outbreaks an
Inerepy MINIMIZE their destructlvenes
rurthermore' IN the light OF the result
Vi earth study, snch an engmeerin
school rs tne massachusetts lnstitut
Is wen equipped 10 investigate VIVA
forms OF construction OF houses
bridges aqueduets, stacks and wall
VIII pest resist these great natural az
e,uehts' a circular was issued l
March' IVY, outilnlhg the PROJECT, sigr
ed by arthur a. Noyes, Acting Pres
dent OF the Institute; George +. Swan
hayward Professor OF CIVIL Engineel
ing ana Ihomas A. Jaggar Jr., Profe'
sor or geology, the last two being tn
neads OF their respective department
IN the institute
Science of Geophysics.
"The purpose of the science of Gee
physics is to record with instrument
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