Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-12
Says Ramsay's Discovery Will
Rev0Iuti0nize Science.
ELEMENTS CAN BE CREATED
Man Will No Longer Be Slave to
Material World.
EFFECT UPON ELECTRICITY
Users of Telephone May See Each
Other in the Future, Washing
tonian Suggests.

Commenting upon the possibilities of
| Sir William Ramsay's discovery OF the
| birth OF the atom. William EeaTny
! Carr. Washington scientist. today de-
| clared that this remarkable disclosure
concerning the theory of matter may
| mark the birth of n now civilization. in
| which man no longer will be slave to
the material world but will be possessed
of powers now undreamed of.
IF the meager Geographic reports from
London as To the findings of the eminent
British scientist are true. it means, ac
cordinG to Mr.. Carr that the theory that
there is no such thing as matter. in the
sense in which the word is commonly
used. has been confirmed, and that
method has been found whereby it is
possible TO create new elements.
Conducts Experiments.
Mr.. Carr was seen in his laboratory at
1413 * street northwest where he has
been engaged in making experiments
similar to those conducted by Sir William
Ramsay. 1t is his belief that science
will be revolutioniZed by the discovery.
The possibilities OF its influence upon re-
hGion and philosophy. he declares, may
be considered incalcula BILE.
The remarkable development in the uses
this force. will be intinitcsimal as com
pared with the extent to which the power
to create elements will be seized upon by
man In the effort to produce a higher
order of life. in the opinion of Mr.. Carr.
Scientists all over the world he predicts.
Will turn TO this new field of opportunity,
which he considers practically limitless.
Telephone Improvement.
AS a suggestion of what the future
may bring forth I'm view of the Ramsay
disclosures, Mr.. Carr suggested that it
may be possible to create an element 80
sensitive to light and electricity that
persons using a telephone will be able
to see each other at the time they are
in conversation.
1t is not unreasonable to suppose, he
pointed out, that life may be greatly
prolonged through the creation Of new
elements that will be effective for this
purpose. In brief, his conclusions are
that the possibilities of the new discov-
cry are SO far reaching that it is i'm
possible to estimate just where the bene-
fits that they may be expected to confer
upon man will end.
Briefly expressed. the disclosures of Sir
William Ramsay do not constitute a dis
covery. but they are rather the confirma-
ton of a theory. according to Mr.. Carr.
which was advanced by Anaxogras, a
Greek philosopher, 800 years before
Christ. This theory was that no phc-
nomena could be accounted for unless it
was assumed that the universe was filled
with an all-pervading substance called
ether
Ether Theory Confirmed.
II has remained for Sir William Ram
say to show that matter merely is man
Hesitation of ether. In other words, Mr..
Carr points out, the discovery confirms
the theory that matter. rs the term is
generally understood. does not exist. but
that it represents the worthless OF ether.
The British scientist, therefore. created
q substance by giving 2 whirl to ether.
The exact method employed, according
to the press dispatches. was lombard
ment of hydrogen or oxygen with catho1e
rays. This plan is said TO be a simple
one, and VIII make Possible experiments
ON a large scale by scientists who are
not provided with deliberately equipped
laboratories.
The discovery. according 10 Mr.. Carr,
confirms the claim of Christian Scien-
lists that no such thing as matter exists.
1t proves he said. that everything in the
universe merely is a peculiar arrangement
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