Evening star., 1949-06-08
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Many raArtA notably peasass wy have
secret&oas teEse - animals Saseh snAahs
thra "a survive nv ke~ggnE esuw agns eTvAs
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10 sher natural ssrEnAes. and te nsAa II he
happens Ia get Ia th~ ~ay nes Eh&a IA ths
nrst case Enown IA wesh q plant ro4Nsas
another plant
A lorAy into plant SocaaloEH the ca
Tech hotan4sts call their ssseFements
MAns otAeG compounds formed by plants
which have no kneNn aSe. hQl ~heh m0st
ee important Ii TIE plants o@n rcaauEns
are being studied by y gfcap headrd by
Pref A J MARgra~ 2zia3t AsaGng ahesx are
the poisonous &lklasd neSeAlias psoag4rea sN
several varieties si dessst eAsu II has the
curious property oi inducing ae3ahsgsns 81
oolor And music IN human sHhlests, hgt
there is no clue as 70 boa Il sSrves q
cactus.
There are earth tides as wvN ~ eeA tides
An extensive observation al llaeSc eahA
and surges Of tic surface ot ,lse soild earth
under the pull az moon and sun has just
been reported Ia the American 0rophyalcAl
Union here by III r. A Richards oi the
Quiz Research Il Development CO. The
observations were carried cut simultaneously
over week end by Gulf prospectus parties,
equipped with extremely delicate fecerdtnE
instruments. who happened 10 be scattered
over q considerable AREA a The world TIE
tarthest south stAtlon wAa IN Eastern Veae-
suelA. the farthest north In Denmark,
Barely Measurable.
The earth tides II was found were barely
measurable Their existence wRk determined
by minute variations Ia sraSits, the pull Of
which had TO be measured with ara accuracy
of one part In 5000 noo II wak demon
stTated quite clearly. however. that the Eur-
face Of a globe is not entirely raid and
that the magnitude O. the tides varied con-
siderahly from place TO place Generally,
however IL Was found that the shha and
surges decreased In magnitude from south
TO north. The tide IN Denmark Was only
about u third rs great as III Venezuela.
AS sheer speculation DF Eekhartt says.
"onc Ia tempted 10 suggest that the earth
yields TO tidal forces as would Rn Ice feld
which Ia composed Of hlocka of various
sises The whole neld responds 10 the
tides in q general way bat with appTrciable
departures Tor the various individual blocks
OF ice which are more figid with rr6pecs
TO tidal forces than the field rs a whole"