Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-04-22
"THE NEW PHYSICS"

August: The Iner-Ocean and Evening Post Chicago, H.
The Tribune and The Sun New City; The Providence
Journal The Louisville Courier Journal; The Springfield
Republicans Rev Lyman Abbott (Tbc Outool); The Mon
eal Star and think, two Vermont papers From
these have received five brief all of them although
very short practically favorable to the work
From the Inter-Occan the leading literary paper the
West: "A scientifically revolutionary book This
panied with written saying Il ympathsc with your
position but it utterly hopeless the whole world against
you"
The Springfield Republican speaks having previously
reviewed Vol H. of Ellen the subject with the sug
gestion that it perhaps mistake suppose Newons
Corpuscular Theory of light
The third review is from the Chicago Evening Post
lows:
The New Physics Sound by Joseph Battel American Pub
fishing Co., Middlcbury VT.
The rather fluid which the scientists are found
today prevents, happily heaping of any
head because he prOpOunds theory all with
accepted belief So when Mr. Battel publishes book in
which he seeks the ideas the subject
sound there is nothing essentially shocking in the act
This does pretty well for person who evidently knows very
little anything about the subject 1t would appear be
favorable criticism rejecting against the scientists
the revolutionary book
The Providence Journal speaks we'll generally the book
without taking sides.
The Louisville Courier Journal which gave Vol l., of
ELLEN the hattering review think, given to
book in the number of words "A book with
genous construction of the vital truths Very cautiously
but evidently favoraby, says:
The New Physcs-Sound by Joseph Batel Published
by the American Publishing Co.. AIiddebury, VT.
1.-The purpose OF this volume is to proclaim the authors
theory of only portion of the subject indicated by title
This division is Sound The unduaory theory, according
the author all wrong, and its place he would substitute
theory that sound is corpuscuar, being composed of
NAL particles of electrical matter which produced by
or friction in the body struck Among general facts dcduccd
the discussion sound has nothing whatever to
do with apuscs with air excepting medium to pass
through avorc figure employed illustrate the authors
theory sound is that of the hopper and the grain The
of is brcrn the 4,o
or disturbance and completed by the body which made
which acts as mill to prepare particular kind sound
similar ingenious the author develops his ideas quoting
copiously from earlier volume Ellen Whispcring Of
an Old Pine There is an analogy between these ideas
oundpoducon and those of light pressure
Ar1cnius In their present form these IDEAS of Mr. Bacs
are OF some interest often for their ingenuity always
their convincing qualities.
With these samples after such long delay is
evident that the work has For reviewers of rcprccn-
tave papers of the country they speak at ALL pac
tcaly uphold this exceedingly revolutionary upon
modern physics And also from the tenor of the
brief reviews made that the delay the book comes
from perception of the of criticism together
with Discrimination to attack theories which
been for long time accepted by the and are taught
all schools and colleges where science taught in this
country and Europe.
In the mean time offer of $4,000 the first person
shall the unduaory theories the explana-
ton of the action of sound telephone be true hasn't
yet tempted single person apply for the money
although that sum has been repeatedly offered in this country
and Europe since the first offer Of the largest York
daily newspapers in 1901.
An article with convincing proof that both Sound Light
were copuscua and headed with this offer of $4,000
first who could prove the unuatory theories the
scientific explanation of the telephone to
be published in March number of the Register
marked copy of which, PHYSICS
OF sixty OF the leading Colleges Universities of the United
States Not single word in reply 1t thing to teach
study and get paid for quite another be able prove
it to be true But has right teach be true if
he cannot show that In this proving theories
true absolutely impossible which probably these Professors
have found out, they did know before.
GanO whose textbook Physics by the ablest ever
published a the beqnnnp of his book: