The farmer and mechanic., 1910-02-08

North Magnetic Pole of the magnetic
axis, as McDuttie also claims. is not
coincident with, and at the same place
on the esrth as - the II
the Earths axis: If, therefore. the
Magnetic Neeuie was thc on-y su.ue
which DIR. Cook or Commander Peary
follow ea, they may ha>- r-a he'd lae
North Magnetic Pole With its aid. but
then, ii McDuftie is right in MS ,Id..As
they would stIll be long way Off
from the North Pole of the axis Of
the Earth. And if the North Mag
netic Pole in its $50 years uurney
around the North Pole, which Nc
Dutfie has calculated from given data.
in making it's revolution around tha
Pole, describes a circle around the
North Pole of the Earth, the question
then arises, how can the actual dis
lance from the North Magnetic Pole
TO the North Pole of the Earth be as
ce rtained, except by McDutfie's meth
Cd OF finding the lengtn OF the rau4uS
OF the circle which the North MAJ
netlc Pole describes, around the North
Pole of the Earth, and Ly his method
Of calculation finding its center, which
ould be, geographically speaking,
the precise North Pole of the Eartn's
axis? And neither DR.. Cook nor
| { commander Peary nor anybody else,
! except myself knew anything about
McDuttie's discovery at the time.
i y hen an explorer can stand at that
| EartIc ular spot in the very center OF
the circle which the North Magnetic
! Pole in it's revolution describes
| around the North Pole of the earth
and not until then. according 10 Nc
/ Duties discovery. he will have reach
| ed the North Pole of the Earth Com
| mander Peary says in the first INSTALL
ment Of his article published in the
| January. 1910. number of Hampton's
| Magazine, now just out, that:
| aDp York iS = b0lt -e iap~coO
| North. Il had on board
| ship when / arrived there al the
equipment and assistance which
/ the civilized world could yield
Cape York or Melville
Fay, IS the dividing line between
the civilized world on onn sid
and the Arctic world with it's
equipment Of Eskimos. dogs,
walrus. seal fur clothing and an
original experience.''
Ahead of me lay-n1v
dream, my destiny, the goal of
the irresistible impulsion which
| had driven ne for twenty-throe
years to hurt myself, time after
| time. AGAINST the frioid (North
! no degree) Of the Great North"
Did Commander Peary stop where
the Magnetic Needle registered no va
ration. or at 80 degrees Nor. Ii q as
| he himself says
IF so, according 10 Mcnuefe's dis
coFf'y III Mc)ulHe IS right in his
Clair, Ccmn7ander Poary did nor
reach the North Pole Of the axis of the
| FFrth il ho 6epcnded entirely on the
Magnetic Needle alOre; but he must
have reached only th> N'gn otic pole
" hich, ACCORDING to NJ Duffie. is on
I G circumference, and not at the GEN.
ter of the circle whi h the NJ gno+ic
Iole describes AROUND the North Pole
CT the Earth. Or in 9th r ords. is
the North Magnetic zoe tn very
same as the North Pole Of the axis nf
the Ear+h If not then. what is the
lergth of the radius of the circle
around the North Pole of the Earth
which the Magnetic Pole describes
around it as the Earth reVolves yearly
around the sun, and the NJ 3gn a+i2
Pole revolves in is continuous circle
| IN 856 years around tn North Pole?
Did Commander Pea or Doctor
| Cook either reach the very center Of
that polar circle? For there. ord
ing to McDuffo, i t'e North Pole
of 80 axis Of the Earth
Did Commander Peary take or
was he able to take. Economical OBJ
servatiors in the m contio'lp1s
Arctic daytime while he was placing.
IS he seys he 6id tn I. S. flag at
the top of the North Pole an was.
Of course taking might pho-o-
orapr Of the flag il. hat position?
Could he do this in the daytime with
such instruments and appliances as
he carried with him to the North Pole
rnder conditions there existing a the
time? When he stood at the North
Folp. corla he see the North Sta with
hi- natural eyes or With his in W.
n~ents immedia tely above him. point
ing directly to the North Pole or,
could Re. or did he with such as
Economical instruments as \" hi
vi m at the tive. +oke ana keep
crch recor7 IS Of his observations Of
he destinations Of the SIN AID sta~s.
en- that an expert astronomer could
il his Cfffce at home and
verify his obserN ations by ? tronoroi
col data and ma+he EN- 7tical calcula-
tions? These are some of the res
tons which to the Law u'n6 are Sug