Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
MORAL RESPONSIBILITY ROD"
SHOWS WIDE HUMAN VARIANCE
Measuring Principle Presented to Amer
lean Association for Advancement of
Science After Elaborate Tests.

termined by the Ten Commandments,
in which swearing has an earlier place
than killing"
A device capable of measuring five
sextillionthS of an ampere Of electricity,
based on a new tube recently perfected
in the laboratories of the General Elec-
trio Co., was described today by Prof.
L. A Du Bridge of washington Univer-
sity, st. Louis. Through the use OF this
TUBE the current is amplifed so that 1t
produces a reading on a galvanometer
BY means of this tube, he said, II
becomes possible to detect currents
smaller than ever have been measured
before. running as low as those con-
siStinR of 80 electrons second, the
current through a 100Awatt incandes-
cent lamp running to about 1e,OOO,OoO,-
600 000, o00, 900 electrons second.
Hitherto, he pointed out, the scien-
fist interested In measuring very small
currents often had to spend months
mastering the idiosyncrasies Of very
delicate electrometers. The new device
Is simple to handle.
A Photographic fiashlight operat-
Ing either from a storage battery or
from q wall plug, which produces illumi-
nation equal to that OF 200 500-watt
incandescent lamps in clear bulbs In
flash that last approximately Tour
huncredths of a second was described
by w. E. Forsythe and NJ. A. Easiey OF
the General Electric Co. The lamp.
they said, starts about two-hunoreotnS
of second after it is turned on ana
the fash reaches its maximum IN APP
nroxirnatelv sixteen-t housandth5 OF a
second. So much more effective than
ANYTHING now in existence, the lamp Is
believed to offer revolutionary posSlplh-
ties In instantaneous photography
Green and Red Relations.
Some relationship between the green
color of leaves and the red color OF
blood. probably dating back 10 Ihe
ancient days when the plant ana anilia.
Kingdoms separated, was postulateo pV
prof Oran Rober of Immaculate Col
Toe pa Victims of pernicious anemia,
he nointed out. are fed liver. This en-
ters some chemical combination either
to build up the henoglobin, or red cells
Of the blood. or to prevent their destruc-
ton Vegetation owes its greenness 10
chlorophyll, and when it is confined In
the dark leaves soon turn white. But
this process, he found, is checked when
a nutrient solution of liver Is turnlsneo
The picture of strange medieval
mystic who, making his living by LOT.
tune telling, laid the foundations OF
modern astronomy, was presented 70
the history OF science section by Prof..
E. H. johnson OF Kenyon College. ms
man was Johann Kepler, the direct
predecessor of Newton.
Kepler undoubtedly believed, ProI.
Kenyon said, that the earth was living
animal mot like a dog, ready at every
nod. but more like bull or elephant,
slow to become angry and so much
more furious when incenSed. II any one
who has climbed the peaks OF the high
est mountains throws stone down their
very deep clefts sound is hearo from
them. or IL he throws 1t into one OF the
mountain lakes, which beyond ooupC
are bottomless, a storm will Immediately
arise, Just as when you thrust straw
into the ear or nose Of tickllsh animal
it shakes its head and runs shudoerlng
away.
what so like breathing, especially
like that of those fish who draw water
into their mouths and spout 1t out again
through their gills, as the tide. II any
one uphold that the earth regulates its
breathing according to the motion OF
the sun and moon, as animals nave
daily and nightly alterations OF sleep
ing and waking, I shall not think MS
philosophy unworthy of being listened
to, especially If any flexible parts should
be discovered in the depths of the earth
to supply the functions Of gills and
lungs"
Prof. johnson maintained that Kepler
undoubtedly believed in the astrological
predictions by which he supported his
family and depended on them to pub
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