The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08

gested by the sub ect. and no DOUBT
IN due time the scientists Of the world
will give us laymen their own H.>.s
|rrCn them. and settle the same "a
dffnitcly as modern advanced science
can do.
Il imagine hat Dr.. Charcot, the
French explorer. aid Lieutenant
Shackleton. and Capital Scott. of tNe
ROYAL English Navy, Will encounter
rretty much the same obstacles in the
tnarctic circle in their attempts 10
find and locate the Souh Pole of the
Faiths axis, amid The ice and SHOWS
md sunshine of the Antarctic Circle
IF the Globe. To my own mind It is
POSSIBLY by the ins+rrmentalty Of the
magnetic needle to follow It and reach
the Magnetic Pole ~ exploration. BIT
to find the North Pole of the axis Of
the Earth, it would not be possible. as
believe. to know with certainty you
Rad reached it. if YOU did reach it,
except by astronomical observations.
If they were possible. or by knowing
and measuring the length Of the radius
of the polar circle, which. according
"a McDuffe. can be calculated to 3
mathematical certainty: and with tha
COMPASS reversed atual-y Measure it
as in a and survey irom the ascer-
4aired MAGNETIC Pole. and away from
it. the distance along the radius OF
TIE circle from the circumference.
f~cro tho Magnetic Poll to the center
Of the North Pole circle. And whore
the radius of the polar circle ends,
measuring from the North Magnetic
| PoIe, would be found tie center Of the
circle, and consequently the Moth
Pole of the axis of the Earth. AID
the same applies. Vt course, TO the
South Magnetic Pole and the South
Pole Of the Earth's axis.
- "a --~ll - 4-.s
lille McDuffie wrote in his article
that the radius Of the circle which the
Magnetic Pole describes around tho
No tn Pole of the Earth's axis might
be calculated from the data he bad
,-+- mathematical precision. he did
not give us the length of this raairF.
IL s many miles. but in degrees for
he was concerned at the time O0ly
With the reasons why the Magnetic
| Needle varies from natural causes as
certained by his mathematical calCula
tons. from c1e"rly escertained and ad~
rifted scientific data set forth in his
article; and, he was only by such
thoroughly admitted scientific fats.
attempting by mathematical ~caicul4~
ticn to prove tie particular propose
tion-Why the need1c varies from time
10 time at the very same place on the
earth; and. also. how to FIX with
mathematical certainty what the va
riations have. or will amount to for
any particular place or time of rn"'5-
cn'ng IS the Earth ~revo'ves annually
around TIE sun. and the Magnetic
POLES ~revolve in She years around the
poles of the Earth
Il do not myself profess to be q
scientist of any Fi-d. either terrestrial
geographical. geological. or astrono-
m1cal. as my friends and acuraiot-
ances we'll know. / am only an hum
bic lawyer and follower of the So
cared Science Of the Law which
alone has been my daily study,
thought and observations; and. after
mere than forty-three years of CON
start practice Of the law as my pro-
fession, ] w learned that practi-
caIy the so-cai'ed Science Of the
Law Is the Science OF GuesSing'-
guessing what the Supreme Curtis,
both State and National. will probably
say the law is, when applied to a
given state of facts"