The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-27

physics. In en-
cheering and in fact. in all the as
sociated and correlated branches oil
science the American has been Il
dominant factor in the worlds pro
gress The year 1910 Will not go
down in history as period or many
startling discoveries or the advance
ment OF any sensational and icouo-
elastic theories concerning the laws
OF the natural world but there has
ben steady. "A healthy and a util.'
tartan growth along almost all scien
life lines.
The branch OF science which has
attracted the most spectacular inter
est during the last twelve months Is
locomoton, and in the subdivisions
OF this subject aeronautics bears on
the palm The advancement in ny
;ng has been along lines which were
begun In previous years, and while
many records have been broken. both
in height and distance. there have
been no radical changes in the oi-
planes and monoplanes. OF the 1908
and 1909 models Al the numerous
meets which have been held in this
country and in Europe, there have
Dttn stuSdtlOIldl ~
Alps. conquered by Napoleon only AZ
ter weeks OF weary effort, were cross
ed by a young Brazilian in his aero
! plane in an hour or two. On our own
| territory, Ralph tombstone, rode gale
in biplane and captured an altitude
/ record after soaring 9,7l4 feet above
/ the earth. In the flights at Boston
the efficiency of the airship in times
of war was demonstrated in the bomb
dropping contests, in which battle
ships marked out on the ground
were made a target Tor the man
birds. The further adaptability or
the aero to the uses OF war was
/ shcwn at Norfolk when Ely made the
worlds first flight from the deck Of
battleship and landed safely some
miles distant. thus demonstrating the
possibility OF scout airships for the
navy.
1 In rail locomotion great progress
has been made in the gyroscope ca
OF the Brennan pattern. Brennan,
who is an English experimenter, sue
cessfully demonstrated his car carry
/ ing from twenty TO forty passengers
at a speed OF twenty miles, on mono
rail around sharp curves. He also
showed the practicability OF his con
/ trivance as a freight vehicle, posses
sing the advantage of being adjust
able at almost any angle while at
rest, this being effected by manipu-
lation OF the gyroscope. Advance
ment in the perfecting OF the sus-
pended railways of Germany is also
TO be noted, as well as very mater
ial progress in the storage battery
street car. In this latter field
Thomas A Edison carried on success
ful experiments with his storage bat
terry car not only in East Orange,
New Jersey, but also in New York
City on a line handling large
amount OF traffic. His battery car
was found 10 be economical in op-
GRAFTON and admirably adapted TO ur-
ban passenger service
In marine navigation one OF tho
nest interesting experiments OF the
yeal was begun by the Hamburg
American line, which ordered the
construction OF two 9.000-ton freight
steamers. to be equipped with what
are known as Diesel engines, operat.
ed by the internal combustion OF
petroleum These ships will have no
the engines will be materially less
than that occupied by the ordinary
steam engines IL is predicted that
30 per cent OF the energy OF the fuel
will be utilized as compared with IL
per cent in the present type OF steam
crs. and the cost OF the fuel will be
10 per cent less.
In the realm Of medicine and sur
gerry two diseases have attracted an
unusual amount OF attention-infan-
tile paralysis and pellagra. Both are
maladies which have afflicted man
kind for many years. but serious
epidemics OF the former and the ap-
pearance OF numerous cases or the
latter. especially in the south, have
focused scientific thought upon them.
AS yet little definite progress has
been made, but such institutions as
the Rockefeller have taken up the
research work in earnest and opti-
mists believe that another twelve
months will show "a great advance IN
the war upon these affections. Eng
land has also become excited over the
raNages OF pellagra and has sent
special commission TO Italy to study
the disease in that land which has
beer cursed with il for many years.
There il has been attributed TO moldy
corn. but many scientists hold that
corn is not the source OF the germ.
Probably the finest compliment ever
maid to American science comes from
England in connection with our in
yestigation of this disease. The state
ment has been made in London that
1T is lucky that pellagra has been
discovered in the United States as
those fellows will not cease their eff
forts until they have worked IL out.
In the unceasing battle against the
eyer.increasing havoc wrought BY
cancer the experiments OF DR. Eugene
uodenpyl OF the Roosevelt hospital.
NeW YORK. are worthy of special
mention. Having learned OF a case
where a man had recovered FROM a
particularly malignant type Of can
cor. Dr. Hodcnpyi concluded there
was i'm this patients organism some
thing which was antagonistic TO and
couId overcome the cancer tissues or
Germ lie secured from this patient
he serum WHICH he desired and
treated mice which had been inoculat-
ed with cancer. Soon a disintegra-
,ion OF the cancerous tumors was OBJ
served in the mice and in some cases
The sore passed away entirely. Hav.
- x,ada thia avnarimant Dr He'd