The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
HERE To GET
PULSE OF PELE
Professor Iaggar Returns to
Continue kilauea
Research.
lFrom Wadne.day B AdverlIler.l

(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)
"a great vertical shaft is open at
Kilauca. This leads into the earth q
interior and contains a fluid which rises
and falls and emits gases. There are
never disastrous explosions, and so the
locality is suitable for scientific work Z"
so says Prof james A. Jaggar Jr.,
in charge Of the Massachusetts In
stitute Of Technology's volcanic re.
search in Hawaii. He returned yester-
day on the steamship Manchuria and
plans to remain here until April. He
will confer with the Honolulu commit
tee on the best way to establish
permanent observatories for volcanic
research at Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
He will not leave for Hawaii until
Tuesday, although he is anxious to get
to the brink of the crater, where the
activity is greater than for years.
) Professor Jaggar yesterday met sew
eral members of the local volcanic re-
search committee including l.. A. Thurs
ton, the committees head. Within the
week he will consult with the commit
tee as a whole, which consists of Gov
, ernor Frear, President J. w, Gilmore
of the College of Hawaii, President
Kennedy of the Inter-Island steamship
company, Clarence Cooke president of
the Bank of Hawaii, A. f. Judd trus-
tee of the Bishop Museum, T. Give
Davies of the firm of t. H. Davies &
Co. and graduate of Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology class of '94, and
others.
At this meeting Professor Jaggar is
. expected to give his views on methods
of carrying on the work and the best
: manner of organizing. The plans are
largely dependent upon subscriptions
made locally.
Authority on volcanoes.
!. To Professor Jaggar is due the step
: taken by the Boston institution toward
= research at the crater of Kilauea. Pro.
). fessor Jaggar himself has made an in
: innate investigation of the eruptions
e of Mount Pelee, the quake at Messina
{ and that at San Francisco. He is Sec
ond only to Frank Perret as an inter
national authority on the geology of
volcanoes.
An endowment fund of $4,000 for
research in geophysics, and especially
for work which might ultimately lead
1 to the protection of life and property
/ from seismic violence became available
from the estate of Edward and Caroline
Whitney last year. With this and other
gifts from individuals Professor Jag
gar felt that the establishment of q
f station at the brink of the crater might
be undertaken, and he was instrumental
y in having Professor Perret and DR.. E
r s. Shepherd, the latter of the Carnegie
d Institute at Washington, come to Ha
A. waii last summer and establish tenn
!, porary observatory at Kilauea.
Getting Madam Pele's Pulse.
Professor Perret and Doctor Shep
10 herd sat in constant attendance upon
It the sputtering crater and watched ev
cry movement of the boiling lava. From
d there Professor Perret made daily and
.e nightly observations, took the tempera
Il ture of the lake, felt Madam Pele &
Y. pulse, measured the contortions of the
'e column of molten lava, and photo
d graphed it day and night. Professor
l. Perret found that his previous conclu
D. siOns that volcanic eruptions and earth
Z quakes follow natural laws had beer
Z; sustained.
r The aim of the continued observa
d tions at Kilauea is to establish more
IN firmly the belief that the time wheI
,r volcanoes will tend to erupt may bt
Ia closely foretold. The institute of tech
n. nology was one of the prime movers il
the study of the new science of "vol
At canie prediction and it was fitting
is that this school should have the homo
IN of establishing the first United State
a observatory for the purpose of its de
velopment.
Perret's Work Valuable.
Professor Perret Is accomplishment
during his summers stay at Kilauei
Re are said by geologists to be extremel.
IN valuable additions to the field of vol
to canic science. He has found the law
ne falls and rises in its pit in exact ac
ya cordance with the movement of tn
IS moon. The result of Professor Jag
gar IS first visit here a few years ag
has been to bring business and scien
tific men of Honolulu together to forn
an organization for the purpose of car
rying on these Investigations, and ais
resulted in the introduction of a bill
before the United States congress +
= create a national park to include tn
crater and much of the surrounding
country.
Mr.. Perret is continuing a circuit o
the world and on its completion wi
.es return TO Italy, where he Is again t
take mp his research work at th
NJ permanent station on Vesuvius, unde
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