Evening star., 1919-10-08
ON-MAGNET|CSH|P.
STARTS TOMORROW
win Lesye b. c. on First Leg
Of 6,5ocsMlIe TRIP With
Scientists. &.

The Carnegie, famous non-ma agnetfc
ship of the Carnegie Institution, will
slip away quietly from her wharf at
7th and Water streets tomorrow morn
ing on the first leg of her 6,500-mile
trip through the waters Of the globe.
This trip, which will be the sixth
the Carnegie has made during her ten
years in service, will take two years,
and the scientists aboard her will
area of the world and complete their
magnetic surveys begun decade ago.
Capt. Ault in Charge.
Capt. James P. Ault, skipper of the
Carnegie since 1914. will be in charge
Of the vessel. Besides the crew of
seventeen men, the following scien-
lists will be aboard: H. F. Johnston,
magnetician, second in command; DR..
Russell Pemberton, ships doctor and
observation officer. and H. r. Cru
mann, A. Thomson and r. r. Mills, OBJ
servers. DR.. Pemberton is a graduate
Of Princeton University of the class
of 1889. Mr.. Mills is a District Of
Columbia man. All the scientists are
men of renown in their special work.
The Carnegie, which has covered
200,000 miles of the waters of the
globe. will on this sixth survey sail
from Washington, D. c., to Dakat,
West Africa; Buenos Aires. st. Helena,
Aden, Arabia; Perth, Australia; New
Zealand, Society Islands, Tanning Is
lands, Honolulu. Samoa, Panama and
the District of Columbia.
Object of Long Trip.
Continuation of previous ocean
surveys to obtain the declination of
the compass and complete the oceanic
charts in use daily by navigators Of
the world will be the large work of
the voyage. Scientific investigations
of other nature will be carried on
together with this prime work. Spe-
ciaI instruments which were con-
structed especially for the non-mag-
netic ship will be used. The vessels
route will intersect with previous
paths Of the last ten years and enable
the observers to check up on past OBJ
servations. Determination of the
magnetic laws Of the globe will be a
feature OF the work in completing
the magnetic charts.
Only Ship of Its Kind.
The Carnegie is the only ship of it's
kind in the world, there being abso-
lutely no iron or steel on it or in it to
affect the fcompasses and other deli
coat instruments aboard. When it
was proposed many scientists said
such a vessel could not be built.
It's entire construction Is of wood,
bronze and copper. The vessel depends
upon. sail power mostly, although 1t
has an auxiliary engine to help it in
running out of storms. The only iron
in the vessel Is about 1000 pounds in
the engine construction, as compared
with 10000 pounds of metal in toto.
Even the riggings of the Carnegie
are old-fashioned hemp. The vessel is
l55 feet long, with thirty-three foot
beam. The Carnegie is brigantine
rugged, not SO often seen upon the seas
as Of old time. She has been through
some of the worst storms ever encoun-
tered at sea, her captain declares, and
he and the crew are proud Of her per-
formances.
Went Around South Pole.
During 1915 and 1916 the non-mas-
netic ship went around the south pole,
from New Zealand to New Zealand. in
less than four months. using her sails
nearly entirely.
The Carnegie is declared to be the
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