The farmer and mechanic., 1910-02-08
IFSO THEN PEARY FAILED
To REACH TRUE POLE


ham, Publishes to World Great ID 81
covery of David G. Mt Dunie, of
Fayetteville, Who Is De< Jared to-
Have Solved a Problem of the Ages
by His Calculations. 1t Being Shown
That if Commander Peary Depended
on the Magnetic Needle Alone That
He Failed to Reach the North Pole
of the L arth. But Must Have Reach
cd the Magnetic Pole on the Cir
cumicrente of the Earth. Far Dis
tant from the North Pole.
a Great Discovery, that gives the
discoN Nerer the right to be ranked with
the greatest of scientists of the worlds
history. is set, out in a book -ust is
sued the author of the book being
Major William A. Guthrie, Of Dur
ham, the book Icing copyrighted by
the author, newspaper publicat tons Of
the matter in the book, in whole or
in part being made by his permis-
sion.
This book sets forth the Great Dis
cove!y in 1889 by the late David G.
McDuffie, of Fayetteville. who died
in 1891 as being the scientific causes
fer the Varia ions OF the Magnetc
Needle. and that this is the first pub
lication made for the reasons set forth
by the author, Maj. Guthrie. the friend
of McDuffie. formerly of Fayetteville.
TOW Of Durham, tha book being an
In Memoriam" and a tribute to the
surveyor and scientist
IN the hooF Ma. Guthrie sets out
the McDuffie family history and gives
the explanation made by McDuffe as
to the natural causes Of the va"ia-
tions Of the Magnetic Needle. mat
ter fixed by no other sclentst- me
author holds that if McDuffie is right.
Yhen that if DR.. Cook Comm n / er
Pearv had only the Magnetic Needle
as guide, that they may have
reached the North MAGNETIC Pole by
its aid but with McDuffie right, they
would still be a long way off from the
North Pole of the axis OF the earth
The entire book, of thirty-siX pages
in lie. is full of interest to both sci
enlist and laynan, and there is here
given full extracts from il, so that
there may be St en- the McDuffe claim
and the deductions made by MAJ
Guthrie as to matters concerning the
Magnetic Pole and the true North
Pole of the axis Of the earth.
Dedicating to David @. McDuftie the
beck and paying tribute to him, Maj
Guthrie says that McDuftle was ms
old familiar friend, a surveyor OF Fay
etteVille, that together tney spent
much time in the woods of the Uppe
Cape Fear in hunting for landnar KS
To determine boundaries in dispute,
that IN his opinion McDuffie was tho
greatest mathematical genius, the
most learned surveyor and the besf
and most expert woodsman in finding
1an 7marks' he ever met, that he says
1his though he. the author. studied
pure and mixed mathematics in ms
sophomore and junior years at the
University of North Carolina unde
learned and distinguished professors,
DR.. James Philips and his son, DR.,
Charles Philips. and that his standing
was not the lowest.
In his close acquaintance he tells
of hearing McDutfie discussing the
subject Of the Magnetic Needle in q
scientific way and that later at his
request more than twenty years ago
he wrote out his very decided views
concerning 1t, believing he had made
Great Discovery, Maj. Guthrie say
ing "Wheth~r he ~i~ht -
claim or not, l myself, am unable to
say but as he is dead and .
must soon follow him to the grave
also, ] have deemed it proper t. p,lr,-
Iish to the wo~'d h"+
as res sons for the faith he had in him
for his claim. He always tt.
that by his method of calculation the
variations of the Magnetic Needle
could be accurately and with mathe-
matiCal precision calculated in ad-
vance for any given time and place
and it would be specially useful for
marine navigation in the calculation
ana ruhli"ation of accurate charts TO
mariners"
David Gee McDuffie was a Scotch