The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-04

Since brute Drawn first yielded to
thinking BRAIN longer ago than our cal
endars could tell. each succeeding twelve
month has stood witness to mans prog
rcss in his conquest OF the elements. Pom
deriDS by his hearth, working In his lab
oratories testing here and experimenting
there. slowly but surely he has perfected
his control OF things material till today
mir above il. of the seven seas and the
depths beneath them. And in this
STEADY march OF time 1910 has played
a large part, pushing yet further on the
works which 1903 had carried far and
Initiating movements Of it's own des-
tined In n near future to give IL high rank
IN the history Of human achievement.
a happening at Cambridge, Mass,
when the year Was but iivc days old,
may well stand index OF the whole trend
of the times William James Sidis, II
ten -yoa old freshman at Harvard. np-
peared on tina, date before audience
OF tho most distinguished mathematical
professors in the eastern part OF the
country. and lecturcd upon the so-called
eypoundcd the theory which he unaidcd
had built up, answering questions freely.
and at tho close Of his talk the consensus
OF opinion was that here was not merely
ono OF the most remarkable boy prodlgics
OF whom there is record hut probably
g born mathematician OF so rare n sort
that the very. science OF geometry might
yet be reyolutionlzcd by his figuring
In January.
ZEN days later (and. ii may be, at the
other end OF the Samul. far as In
tellectuality OF a high brow sort Is
conccrned) George Howe. n Connecticut
farmer living near Manchester set his
brains 10 work 10 find out how his stock
might be rcd and watcred without mean
ing his turning out in the dim gray OF
an carly winters morning. The result
less notable. An ordinary alarm clock.
set for $50, operates gong in the
stable. al the same limo unwinding a
cord. which. attached to n doube-iever-
Rgc light wire. releases weight: this
IN turn slides several quarts OF oats into
each trough and removes the covers Of
Tho water pals. \ loading Of grain and
water and winding of a SI,9S clock is
all that is required.
In the same initial month OF Tho twelve
experts at work in some Parisian labo
Jatories perfected a synthetic sapphire.
similar 10 tho synthetic ruby OF 1908,
which. under physical and chemical tests,
meets all the requirements rs to hard
ness, specific gravity and color OF It's
natural prototype.
or greater popular interest and value
is device for preventing railroad coll
1sons patented by Leon Mullen of Tron-
ton. \. j. AT about the same time. III
consists. in brief. of a system OF relays.
magnets and batteries, connected through
The forward wheels of an engine with
the rails. to charge an electric circuit
two miles both ahead and behind NOV
]lB tI1ll' ilIeIt IS lHuS CStdDiISuCu "Hdi
amounts TO moving block system, so
that II a train be approached by an
other. from front rear. the whistles of
the two locomotives will shrek out a
warning. the iustan. the circuit Is
crossed. at the same time automatically
setting the engine brakes. The inventor
proposes now To extend his scheme so as
TO cover trolley travel as well as steam,
BY Road and Rail-
Mr.. Edison has been devoting not a lit
tie of his well-employed time tc the troll
lev question. with the result that he has