The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-11-16
GLOBES IN NATURE
Why Raindrops and the Planets
and Suns Are Bound.

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he FORCES OF ATTRACTION.
Ea Crowd Gathers In a Circle Around
an Object Of Interest, So Molecular
and Gravitational Impulses In Mat
Aar Act Toward a Center.
Ealing rain forms into spherical
drops for the same reason that the
earth has become a globe-namely,
8ecallse that IS the shape in which the
ontexna1 forces of attraction attain a
Balance. In the case of u very large
and massive body like the earth it is
tie attraction OF gravitation chat con
s110as the form, but in that Of a small
abody like a raindrop it is the molecular
attraction Of the inf1nitesimal particles.
The autensity Of molecular attraction.
which Is the force that holds the COM
Donents of bodies together, is far great
~ than that Of the attraction Of gravi-
afafton. but it is exercised over a com
1arat7Eely Insignificant distance. In
oaeA case, however; the resultant ofau
iate attractions between the individual
OaEttaaes'is a force directed toward the
9seoterp nf, mass.
nRtbysthe principle of inertia time Is
AAwe9s nequired for any force or COM
Aaf1nnsf farees tosset matter in mo-
1eaa. Aheaarger the volume of matter
eeneeMned the longer will be the time
aeededsfoElth the internal forces to group
AnstheeIaIticies symmetrically around
AAeiEGysm1nDa centerso of mass.
lit ts.upoh this principle that the old
cushioned shot towers are operated.
Molten lead is dropped from a great
elevation after passing through a sieve
ITO facilitate its separation into small
aasse and during their downward
sG8hf these masses are rounded into
aEfeae spheres by the mutual attraction
fhear molecules. which group them.
saves around a. common center.
With very large bodies not broken up
1Aep small portions the gr~avitational
roe plays the principal part in shap.
- Ahem,.. because gravitation is efec.
0llesat greatsdistances and throughout
M eg9e:amasses, white cohesion, or molecu.
aoraftzaction, Is extremely limited with
A!gardte the space over which 1t acts.
Each molecule attracts a little group
2 9sether molecules close around it. and
a91ese n turn attract their immediate
e1ea4hbors.s Within the space. occunfed
~ raindrop the molecular attraction
le:the master forceeand quickly shapes
~ mass into a sphere.
And just as a spoonful Of wafer
ehtown from high tower will descendS
mAthesk form Of one or more round drops
ewlngsfpsthe resultant pull of ali ifssa
oeaeca1eDt toward common center an
me ezdtfefOeean if it were flung ont
ogPens space would become a eigan.
Y shah'ssf water rounded into that
hape by the gravitational attraction
ting throughout its whole mass.
f4e tlsf'by no accident that all the
hne11E;ate spherical: They have
- that shape as inevitably as a
soess1tsne rolls down a steep hin
asr1Eas are not perfect spheres.
~aaQse they have been subjected to
Fsatsade disturbing forces, such as the,
'e~eAf16ugala effects of their rotation on
faAAsdr axes and the determinations pro.
uaced by the attraction Of other planets
and OF the sun. Even the heads Of
comets are spheroidal. although they
are believed to consist Of swarms of
es.an bodies like peteors.
Thts tendency OF masses, whose com.
Ipenent parts or particles are free to
move among one another, to assume q
sksebsaar outline, il curiously illustrated
'eveA b crowds or swarms Of sentient
seefna Thus q swarm Of bees when
8,eafheEs close becomes spherical or
Oheroddal, since that form Is best
e1ifed 10 inclose the greatest number
- mdly1dm1s.
- human crowd certainly would take
i spherical form II its members were
aaee 20 choose their positions as freely
n and down as in horizontal space.
sDetRg confined to one level, they ar
range Themselves In q circle, which IL
~ sectiOn of q sphere.-Garrett P.
0aevl1 In New York Journal.
Political Chances,
I - when q man runs for ONCE he
- II put himself In the hands of his
mianIdsL~
Kess my dear"
woman ran would she have to
elsaEself 81 the hands Of her wo-
05.ltkiends7r S
ssuppsse 90"
No.. I do not imagine many NO.
0h WIN run. Think Of taking such
an1cn!lLouisville Courier Journal.