The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-06-14
SCIENCE HAS PLAYED
UNUSUAL PAR IN WAR!

EaT1s.-Faul Patnleve, a member 81
the French institute, eminent insmafhe-
matics. deputy o the Latin quarter
and until recently minister OF public
instruction and Inventions. declares
that Thomas Edison was ratherssevere
I'm his Judgment when he expressed in
q recent interview his surprise tina
sciencelha played 50 small a part in
the war;
The most important scientific ap-
plications made since the war began
are still military secrets.' said NJ. Pain
teye to8the Associated Press. .sWhen it
Is all over and details OF new irven-s
lions and new developments of old ones
discovered and put into practice, USED
ut the front, maybe revealed, 4 think
Mr.. Edison will revise his opinion, and
that the world generally will admit
tina science has done its part.
mention only isolated cases, the
processes of wireless communication
and for the registering of sounds at
distances. that is by the ordinary wire
less currents and by ground induction.
have been marvelously perfected
through h requirements Of the war.
All the armies are rivalling each other
IN sEilful methods for tapping the ene-
myss lines of telephone communication
from a considerable distance: not tap
ping as it is generally understood, but
by the use of a marvellous instrument
that enables the sentinel in his adj
Nanced listening post out beyond the
front line of trenches to hear the enemy
communications by telephone going
over wires that are several hundred
| yards away"
No more than an allusion to these
things may be made" said NJ. Painleve,
| who, as minister of munitions. or
ganized a veritable mobilization OF sci;
entists and scientific laboratories in
france. The technical section of his
\ m N ivy 10 h<r 4-JE ~~-s -
/ bring to practical use the interesting
propositions that were found worth
| considering. He himself presided over
q special commission of men of science.
charged with the examination Of all
i new i've sstiaifs and Processes
for use IN the national defense, and
must consequently be regarded las in
a better position h any other ma in
France to know what science has done
for the war.
I would mention also he said. "a
system that we perfected and put into
use for locating the enenly's batteries
by sound. The principle was known
before the war, but it was regarded as
impracticable. 1t has, since the war.
been brought to the highest state of
! perfection and efficiency and for
months has been i'll use over the entire
front. 1t has proven SO effective thai
our adyersaries, who captured a motor
a with one of the outfits, have
equipped themselves with similar APP
planes u lacking the delicacy and
the precision of our instruments. 1t
was France that had the entire initia-
tive of this brilliant application.
Inventions for following the enemy
sapping and mining operations by
sound that were. in all armies, very
crude and insufficient before the war,
have made the most remarkable prog
ress and will reflect honor upon French
science later on.
Aviation in every respect has been
remarkably perfected by the efforts OF
science and technicians since the war
began. Today a pilot goes up in all
kinds of weather without fear of be-
ing upset by sudden squalls, SO well
have been perfected the measures for
the stability of flying machines. Great
progress also has been made in the i'm
provement of motors. particularly in
the reduction Of their weight in proper
ton to the effective power, so that they
speed up to $50 miles an hour. Final
~, in spite of the difficulties, wireless
~telegraphy has been marvelously
adapted to ~aviation.''