The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRG,' JULY 4, 1899.
Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3078, 4 July 1899, Page 4
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The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRG,' JULY 4, 1899.
The popular journals have, within the last, six or eight months, brought prominently before the public, by means of. profusely illustrated articles, the advance of scientific research. It is only about three years or less ago. that the 'Strand Magazine' gave worldwide currency to the fact that Marconi had discovered wireless telegraphy, More exact information on the subject soon showed that Marponi can scarcely : be called the discoverer, but to his I name no doubt wiil attach the bulk of the credit, so that it is surprising that we have not, by this time, been introduced to the word Marconism which would fairly stand beside galvanism, mesmerism, and the rest, and would certainly be an improvement onthe clumsy circumlocution " wireless telegraphy." We present this substitute to the scientific world with our compliments. However, our present business is not in the direction of worclcoiuiog, but rather to call attention to the extraordinary progress made by scientists in the adaptation of wireless, telegraphy and liquid air to practical purposes. Three years years ago, he who dared to speak o£ wireless telegraphy as more than an interesting laboratory experiment, and expected in the near future to see it applied for signalling purposes from ship to ship, or from shore to shore, would have been looked upon as a visionary. Yet we see to-day wireless telegraphy so far advanced from the experimental stage, that messages have been readily exchanged between Dover and Calais, across the intervening 20 miles of w,ater. After an experience such as this, why may we not with confidence accept the assurance of Nikola Tesla, when he tells us that by. means of the generation of electricity at a given spot, and the transmission thereof in quantities to the earth; a, disturbance is set up in a . recorder at a given station, and thus by Tesla's wireless telegraphy, and, ,by. Marconi's, the whole present system of .telegraphy becomes antiquated; and useless. Just as in com; mercial matters, it is desirable that all trade should be_ done without the intervention of middlemen, so it is desirable in making use of the forces q{ nature that intermediary forces; or substances be' eliminated. It has been the, dream. of scientists for ages to utilise tU e heat of. the sun directly^ By them the' employment of co;il, oil,, or otlibr fuels has been looked iipon as a clumsy makeshift, good snf>vigh;.,in its way, but. to be set aside immediately that more direct means jf the sun's, energy, the parent; .of '^all ;, ..the : energy on_ this
'Testa," the America n.scientist, already ref erred^o, is cbiiMßiit tHaVhe is within_ measufeaßl^ machine which will "harness the rays off the r.eunfv, : s l Q that by sun heat direct, iill the;pac;hinery, : ,in 7 jtl.ie : -world will' be j driven, our. ;hpus ; Qs'. will. be t heate^,, : and .lighted, and ;pur ., ,jPo c od, ,cookeil;i< t i ■•industrial reydu^ion indeedj. But leaving Tesja. in . the; midst' of ihiseniLliusiasra A ,us consider^ for J&j .moment the' question 'of liqiaiil air. Here we get well away .Irom theory", and expierim^nt'.l^.iiiqaid'uir is Jbeingj prq^uped'/to^day in", ftew , '^brkr! iiteru 1 I y "." joy ' 'the " bup ketf ul.' Ia ! fcHfs; ,ease,as in wireless telegraphy, .thpre is .nothing new.^W has beeii accomplished for a' 'centuEViH Bat as years ,have gone ' pas.tr the -numbe.r of ' sdhsfcahces' "'Svhicii^were;, looked upon as permanent /gases jh'as' gradually';^ been redace'd. b ° Amnibnia,. ; nitrous' o^ide 1 , 11 carbonic ; a".cid, chlpHne i; have' in'j turn' 1 J siiccubalie ! d s W ti& ' per'sisteiit e'ffoyts tV of scYßntisiy,' and I 'have been llqaifi'ed, and 'even xeauc.e.d.'jbdithesolid form". Air "consists of ' hydrogen i.-ijivv .-nv.x ■:■..? '•>!:; jrV-i-i-iiJ.'s: -:;o rti<r>r,P ■■ and oxyge.n, and this mixture has, Keen at. i.V'i^iWfv ,--o :.io»n Cot- "Hi v.'o;qi !,;,•■■ reduced .as .were,, the .others. , Une, .queation as to whom the credit, is due is 1 -' [ ' ! 'iW'' !^ ] J'' >V J'^ .nolt aib'" | -V.[ now a difficult one-tb answer. Processes r£t<-.:;!frj.ir>;'li'.!U-.-/ itr jD'JJ't ;.';-?li" '"Mi. l , .have, been carried on aad'addedto :and : improved by one i scientist; after another,-so that td ask who discovered lid uuT air is about" as sensible as to ask who discovered the, reaper-and-bmder. Tri pier's liquid air machine, is an evolution from, those of several leading* scientists who preceded hi m . . : Yet its is with the name of Tripler, the , Arrieri• ■ ■•: ■• ;: (■-;■;; •"/ .■ . • :-; •-.:;•. tii-'/r : can scientist, that the production d£■-•■■; ■. ! i ;-; r. ■i ,■■.';:-■■■ r -U: !•'■ i liquid air, on a large scale and at allow cost, will be associated in the futkire. Hampson in England;, and Xnndd in Germany have ir been, and are . stillj . grappling with the problem . of . m4nu- facturii^g liquid, air on a commercial scale, but Tripler 'may jbe. said to have '" arrived." It would Be, out of plade^inu an article such .as this to, ehter elaborately into the method by which Tripler produces liquid air, nor could we*" make ourselves fully understood. without diagrams. We will content ourselves by summarising as follows : Atmos- :(Atmospheric air , Is subjected, in a. series of cylinders to ah ever ..increafeihg pressure, ranging from 65 pounds to the square inch to 2'5001b to the square inch. The air does nol; paiss ' direc'fr' from cylinder to cylinder, but passes' through a 'cooler 'after leaving 4ach< cylinder. Eventually,' 'under :the enormous pressure last mentioned, and cooled down to the temperature of ordinary air, it passes into a tube within a tube. Here it l is allowed to escape from the inner tube into the outer, 'where it expands and rapidly cools far' below the' zero of a common' thermometer. This (Continued cooling of the air in' the oijter -, tube chills the compressed air in 'the inner tube down to 312 degrees below, the zero of Fahrenheit, once considered the greatest cold possible, and at this' temperature it liquifies and runs but at a tap where, as we stated above, it 'can be collected by the bucketful. It is. not our intention to repeat the many beautiful effects that can be carried out in the lecture-room with liquid iair- These can be read of in back numbers of , Pearson's,' the ' ? Century,' or jthe • Strand ' Magazines, to all of Avliich we are indebted -for some of the information given above. Aud while acknowledging our indebtedness to these magazines it may not be out of place to draw attention to the extraordinary statement made in the ' Strand ' that Mr Triper can, once he has pro-, duced liquid air, use three gallons ofs the same to produce a further ilO gallons. This statement is so oppejsed
to well-known scientific principles that , we take leave to doubt it. It is . rather too good to be true. We yill : conclude by assuring our readers that it is our opinion that the .century will < not long be closed when liquid air will be as common in this country as the i kinematograph, and far more useful. There is a great future - : for liquid lair as a motive power. The employment; l' of coal, or any other, fuel' to produce ( steam as a motive power is b|oth wasteful and cumbrous. There is Ino doubt in our minds that before [an- - other decade has passed away steam . engines will be as much an> analchr. ; ronism, as the hand-loom, or the j stage coach. Our ships, our fac- 1 tories, and our carriages will ■be i driven by liquid ; sir. Motor cars r and motor cycles will be propelled in the 'same way. 'A.' : paiiful of liqjuid 1 c air will do ' the work 1 of ' a ton 'of ;Qoal v ipr gallons of 'dii, arid : do' iS^nore, 1 safelyV more 'cheaply^ /; and^^M)re t cleanly. ■ ■' '■ ■;•■■■■'■■• - : .-'- ■< .'■- fi ,^- VA '- t
We are indebted to' ttie Diily Times 'for; a ifull xeport of th© c&se, . Dunn v. No'son, which w»s;hejvrd in Dijneiliu ast week, aud vyhich will be, found oq pag^ 2i Mr J. E. Bvowii kindly sapplies the folvwi H register of the raiufall for June : Milton, 090 in ; Lawrence, 1.75 in-.. In Mil: ton for the first; 29 .Jays of the. month only 0.40 in. fell, the remtviniog 0.5Q falUug oo the'3oUmftj i '• - ; ■ < ■..:■■-•-..•■ • . -■ . ' . ...■.;.■•'.
Tokomairrrjp^^'giainifjW^aT 7 discovered | by Tuckettrd-_explpriiig audj survey, party . j The Br'uee Cdiifiiy CounciL meets today. . ' "*~ I ••The'Tokd.vHr^h School is at^reknt' ( cjpsed f orV, a" fort night Vf or tjb'e, usual', iaid■jwinter ftpJida.jss.r,. ; » fo: :;: r.: v-.i. .. .■:■.--'.'■ ; V "-Mr J Jas. "E. J Bi-'owir inf oi'ms us" |hat { tip "to" December 1898; upwards of |800 , i persons hltvj bein?butiecß..ah the JEairfnx ' l &elrys l I^"'^] ' The'lracWl'oiMf'ihow, to be lielcl ■■' ' 1 next Saturday,- promises to be a big success ;Already;ovcij 2oQ:enf ries ha,^e;b«?eii. received , ■whicli!iß ; larger ;: tiiaii' ; las't/'y;*evii s 'CQtalSedtiUes/ The; funQral ;; of: Ahe, late Airs Thomas ' ; Rcid ,tpok j.p^ace, 0> .... Saud»?.Y,. the, cortege beingl.anli . epeceptjoiially;" ,I-».r^e ; : ouei(;; The" serVice : att <<lhe i - ; grit^e iwas-^coudnbted by| Mr, .....-., ] * -'The f f6otbalP rn'atch* : which" was- to : have >; been on ; .atur(|ay, . ;did ti6b cotpeldffi -owing- tOvithe'. bad stale of' 'the' w'eathVr.' !j H6'i''everi' weat/her'perniittjng,^ the Mil^tou;boyjj,and» th,e.;'. Pirate's " wil^ try' conc'.tuious next Saturday. . j — -The-f olio wing are^the vital statistics J<ir th|s tlilteilt fojVtrhe uipuiln' of Jx >c kindly supplied by The local regis 1 rar. 13irt.hs 8, -#a^r T iS'/eT' r o,tl>eathy^y''^iie^ta for b]e f guartpß ondijag J,uue are as :fallo-wa : Bivutia 23, marriages 5. death?. 9. I .t'.O'.z ax ;tfj9/f ; -i .' ' . r .. ( . Last evening~4he Salveition Afiny ks Avell« aWira'eUy; w'hea' Erj^gn 5 L fticbti welll 'uieitibg/ r ih ; M iltai. Sevdiral) -songd "Were^lfcntfejrUlf during' the evening, 'jind: jkh' Ef.,, ; Mpoi house supplied several enjoyable jtems on the g aphoplione. Ensign l)^xon. r prpcetd*.tp ? !Linwopd, 'near jChristf^uich, apd^his^.^lacrt here^wil'll be filled '•b j y jr ;a;,,.lad:y/ —^Qaptain Laueyf, £ofi f dPaligerstpn / ..Spu.t ii. , ; ,-.;,,;,, | Arbout'Syeai' ago- the ladies of TiDkorhairiro wer<i°6h" thfe 7 ' gwi' ui'ue' in expectation of a ' : Governor's'' rßall ; ; at Aiilton. Unfortunately, owiug^'to' Affairs of State, Loid ißanfuriy wa* iiuable to"? visit -Milton o ; u occasion; 'and the 'hopes of bur ladies were-'birn'only^to' 'be'blighted. To show., them wliat joys' They mssecl, we iisert a 'very clever .'and: sarcastic: description ;o r f thereceutiGo;vernor d B>ll.in Aucklaud. | . ,„: __Atlthe Mqsgiel Show 'Mr J. Taiylor' secure J 5 Srs& and 2 special prizes for Gold and}: r^iiy6i^encij;ied ifp^lsj ialso Ist prize for his Plymouth R ck' Cockerel, iMr Mdy't s was successful" on 'three bee isiobs in tlie ir DorkihJ ' Class, with one secjnd; and tvvt> thir^l«, while Mr J.-Pj.ui'm VV^an.to-.te . i hen which secured lsc prize, was cLwmcjd atl catalogue pricij and. ohauged haudj.; fXhis speaks well, for the class of fowls bred by our, local fauciers. . i ■•' -< ; On'Saturday the local High : School -footballers -journeyed to Danediu to ; try conclusions with, the High Street School. For some unexplained rexsou, no one turned up at Dunedin Station fo meet them, so they trudge. l away up to the football ground", when they met with a like recep..tipn.. The match had therefore to be abandoned and the boys were escorted rou.sd the sights of Duuedin- by Mr Pat lane. -The treatment they received .at the hands o£ the "High Street boys is^ not- likely to ba forgotten at. the local High! School for a long tim?, '. Several important sales of town property in Miltou have lately beed effected. Mr W. Gre^g, has sold his hbuse and shop, together with quarter-acre of land haviug a frontage of 33 feet to Union street* for £500, the purchaser being Miss M. M'liiren. We are also informed that Mr Jno. Parlane has disposed of the vacant' piece of ground, betweeahis shop and Pastes bicycle depot to Mr Riach, 1 - the ; froutage being 30 feet, for £150. A five-rupmed house in Johnson street together with three- | qmrterd ; of an acre, has been disposed off by Mr F. M'Leod to Mfo G. Cjombe for £250. Two quarter-acre sections in " Jura street ; have beeirsolcl by Mr Witßter^to Mr Al B. ' Haggittfortiiesuribf;£7o. V . i There is one; politleal question; of ' the greitest iinporLanoe to the taxpayers which noue of the politicals of the colony .seenljaiixious to touch, with v a bi^pqle, jand ; that is the questioW trf clMribaHle ; aid. ; Yet everyone acknowledges 7 Uhat the prekent system is rotlen, and' tliat)^nißay people; are obba ning charitable aid who are better off thaumaiy of the taxpayers' who bear this more-than-WhiteManVrJßu^den.' 'For ', in-stance,, in Bruca the Gjuaty, Couucil and the Boroughs of -Mil Don . aril- Kaitahgata festWe'en them paid la^st year to the Ohari-..--table Aid! Board, Dunedin, a total sum of a shade over £43 per mouth. . Besides this they al o piid Hospital rates totalling between theni about £24- pefi mouth. Or in -other words, Br,uce County pays, £67 a month uader the present Hospital aud Charitable Aid System-r£Bo4- a year ! , It is pleasing >to learn that the Railway Department has wisely decided to bring iv a baggage check system', at . the beginning of next month. The i system, or want of it; with respect to baggage which has been in -vogue for so many years has caused railway passengers ' a maximum amount, of .annoyance, aad- a minimum iamount of, safety for ,lheir luggage;' •On i" the ;- arrival •of the • i express from" ' the .south <iir Dunedin one ni^lit "about thiej week's' ; ago, we.cpartioipated iv a^scrimraage for oat luggage., ' ThYp v ortcr : wit&' a Untera dimly burning, cast Ihef shadows of .-.obscurity, over the' scene, ! WhiK dozens of pa -Berigers pushed ,'arid',elboWed^each other; lri'ffie semi-darknesa, jaudt endeayored ba^^dfscpyeV .the- wHepe ; )abbuts . oi ;-' tij.elr: ■■ luggage; : i After many failures,' 1 and' fhe ; 'l6sß' ! of 'inudh- time 'and 'tepipfer,' ; they 1 jgr^lu.a'i|y . .dfsdo v«reii ; -Vlrat" .thoy^wante.d'.-... : No.officwlmarJ < e.any"attompt ■Ko'Srf'e whether the luj?g^g« b:lf»ng j .d i.o those who "tookitaway. 'In '<&'% ttiere W..&llo ci.ec'k)' arid the. passengers could have, taken away aoy luggage I hsy like.d whether it belonged to them or not. Confusioa worse • co»-
Two charges of cruelty to horseY will be" hoard against^ 1 &•> waggoner, who drives litt'veen' Lawrence and Dunedin, at the nc< silting of the S.,M. Court io^Milton. The . He 3 '<-il cruelty took place; at Manuka Creek on Su- day, 11th' ulfc. vJ Mi- Jus. Gibb resumed hfe.-iliities at Ihc Mi lon Railway Station yesterday. Mi t R Isaac 3, who ha~s beea^iraf charge xluritig-his absence, goes to* WaHfiola to -relite Mi" Morton, who is 'aboutj to go Avruy fur a liohday. '-, % • JVIibS . J iiiaa Xaylor, vho seryed 'her a ; -proi ticesbip as ! pupil* teacher' at the Milton High School: and was also for some tima at the . JCJTormal Tiaining Ins'ituuoo, has, we are pleased to lean), bean Appointed > teacher ■ o£rtl>£ Eweburn School, an" the Mdmototd?di3fcrict. . .Attention is directed tjo till- adverisenxenbin another colunm'notrfylngj that a trial of : the" Colonial ''Combined Gram, Turnip and Manure Di ill will.be hetd'.oji^Thursday, at Mr Norrie^s fa.rni,^^h^^driU is ±vevy^ fiighly-spokea" of,'^"^d^'j^ptef^ would >d.Q^weli to-atteitid the trial! || s. 'Court d& not4it yester"day in Milton "as there was no business. v^vtvs|tord S.M., wUl|Tip^ pifesKle at fciie Monday lyth^inift.^donsoquent^'dn ""a, 'number of big^" cases which, are^ expected to occupy his time in tlie^son^emjpart of his district. .Next Sunday the Key. Mr Fergus, of 'Tasm'auia; air' -fcndpkilton EresbyJeriau^jGhurcb, and^tbe following Sabbath' the pulpit will be' occupied by the f; Rtsy. 7 Mri Blair, ; of; , Qn£enBtrjwn>{;jOnMonday evening, 24ih iost., the selection committee,, appointed; in 1 connection- rwith the filling of the vacant pastorship, hold a meeiing. Subsequently, at a congregational meeting .the same evening, tha names of -seveial ministers wlH'probabljHbeßubinitted by the selection committee. /ri:-nv. /./iy.'j:}" The shooting season closed on Friday last, bub the weather was so bad that sportsmen had little- hope-" of obtaining anything. , ± %A> / cguplej 0 ibfYGSpSrisnien were,,. , put, ,., a1l . day ,, ,oa Thursday but the/ report aa unheard-of 'scarcity of rabbits and/in, fact game of any kind ; they failed to secure even a single shot. "'''- Ooiiiplamts have " "rea&necl ; ' vs from several unfortunates' (proQibitlionists) who, ' wliile retu'rHing^no'm^ 3 o'if a 'dark'everrfLg, and hugg'ib'g'tlie' feiiclp ro prevent/ a? sudden contact wjtoh. telegraph r .gpsts, &c, have had the f misfortune. £ .to, . AloDg "tJnioif" 'street, : several properties are enclosed - with barbed-wire;'^ of a most barbarous description^ and iaone instance at least, the wire, through. ( the of the fence, is making itself felt*' lialf- way across the foo' path. A new overcoat spoiled ia rather annoying, bub, a .new ball dress destroyed is well, ask the lady. . ....
