Evening star., 1924-12-31
have simply evaporated, become part
of that atmosphere themselves.
Go As Miles I'm Second.

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| Go As Miles I'm Second.
These little celestial visitors, parts
| of which sometimes succeed in reach
| ing the earth before they are en-
tirely consumed by the friction that
results from their own topsy-turvy
| speed, are highly important to man
Kind. DR.. Sparrow said. because they
teach US the density of our atmos-
/ phere. These meteors, the speak er
added, travel at a speed of from 10
| miles to As miles a second.
The Coast and Geodedic Survey has
all but eliminated the necessity for
the old, expensive method of deter
mining the longitude of observation
stations by means of the telegraph
wire, Clarence H. Swick. geodedic
| mathematician, declared in paper
today. Since June. 1922. the survey
has been using the radio and the
stars to accomplish the same results
with equal accuracy and less expense.
THE observer on this work." DR..
Sparrow said, has used a new radio
receiving device, by means of which
the radio time signals sent out each
day by the Naval Observatory, through
the Annapolis radio station, are re-
corded accurately on the revolving
drum of a chronograph. BY making
star observations for time at the
field station. and comparing this with
the observatory time, the difference
in time between the two places Is OBJ
tanned and the corresponding differ
ence of longitude becomes known"
Says Chimpanzees Think.
Chimpanzees not only appear to
think, but do think, DR.. Robert NJ
n In "a
of Yale University declared in a paper
read before the psychological section.
He based his conclusions on studies
made OF two young chimpanzees,
which he said knew how to study a
problem presented to them in a way
essentially like that of man and quite
unlike that of any other animal.
THE great apes are intellectually
closer to men than we have hither-
to imagined" DR.. Yerkes stated. The
evidence for their solution Of prob
lens ideationally' is now abundant
and convincing"
DIR. Yerkes said one of the char
acteristics Of the solving of problems
by chimpanzees was that the solu-
ton seemed often to connie suddenly
to them after a period of quiet refiec-
tion. In reply to question, he said
IL was possible that chimpanzees
at least to use some sort of symbols.
IF they get that far there is no
telling how far they will CO." he
declared.
Tells of Sea Research.
The aims of the proposed ocean
ographic research by the Navy were
summarized by DR.. Austin H. Clark
Of the Smithsonian Institution in a
! general address They include the
discovery of new fishing banks and
| an increase in food resources: better
understanding of climatic conditions,
| which will aid in weather forecasting
| and in marine and aerial navigation
| fuller knowledge Of ocean currents
| and of the drift of icebergs; knowl-
edge of ocean depths and contours,
| which will aid navigation, fishing and
the laying of telegraph cables, and
knowledge of the composition Of sea
water. which Will lead to greater ac-
curacy in the use of, the sonic depth
! finder.
| Research in Federal Personnel
Work was discussed by L. J. O'Rourke
! of the United States Civil Service
Commission, who advocated more
practical tests, not merely those which
looked practical. He reported new
method of correction of papers which