SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3158, 20 September 1892, Page 2

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

TO THK EDITOR. Sir, —Is there anv truth in the following extract from the Hwi Hori News, ('ai)tei'bury Great discoveries seldom come alone. Following closely on that flashy business ' Mundane communication ' with the planet Mars, Mr Oetztnan, of To Ari'ha, has made a great advance in his attempt to obtain sohterranean communication by sound." It \w'l be in the i-ecol lection of many of your leaders that the learned scientist chose Te Aroha to practically test his theories, on acciuut of its entira freedom from atmospheric disturbance, aerial currents and oceanic electricity. Mr CK-t/.iiKin reasoned on the gravity—the scientific gravity—of words, as noted by Captain Maryatt, who instances two men conversing in the Arctx regions until their frozen words, falling in pellets, found them up to their knees in their own eloquence. A clear proof that sound travels downwards. After many attempts by a process of his own, of which electricity was t.he main factor, Mr Oetzinan being certain tint n depth of four thousand miles has been opened up, or lather down, and no response obtained, tried plain Anglo-Saxon, on the lums that, it is nearly the universal language above ground, and why not below. He was right, and almost complete communication has been established. Not wishitif, to lie pestered by a host of enquiries after absent, relations and friends, he intends shortly to publish a full report in the Tellnriaiiciim Sidereal Journal (Botch and Co., Hanover). A few facts already disclosed are that volcanic action is the power used to work the tides, and that the old theory about the moon doing it is all moonshine; also, that above ground we live us much in hot water as the denizens below, and that the collected noise we make on the surface is utilised^"! 1 the meaningless to us volcanic roar; thus proving that empty sound lias a use, anil that whether the words are hot or cold they go to form it. Mr Oetzinan has further made arrangements ('tis hard to say with whom) for a series of volcanic displays to communicate with the planets. On the theory that " Music is the the spheres, for ever singing as they shine,'\tc, these displays will be in musical cadence, and commencing with Monnt Erebus, will extend in rotation to Icelandic volcanoes. This display, Mr Oetzman makes no doubt but that it will fetch the planets. The possibilities of the discovery are immense, and the publication of tho report by the. learned gentleman will be anxiously Yours truly, Ellerslie. W. S.