Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1928, Page 23

‘THE: EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. 1 THURSDAY. OLD SEISMOGRAPH TRACED T0 CHINESE Copper 0b|ect Made in 136 B.C. Believed to Be Origin | of Modern Instrument. Br the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La.. November 22.— | To a simple copper object hammered out by a Chinese coppersmith in 136 B.C. has been traced the origin of * the | seismograph. that delicate scientific ap- paratus that records and charts earth- quakes. Rev. O. L. yola University here, research has disclosed such an instru- ment was in use more than 2,000 years age. This original seismograph. as wrought by the Chinese coppersmith, was de- smhed as practical as well as unique, \xmnlk‘n_\' of its design affording an !ntrr ting contrast to the complicated modern device. According to the Rey. Father Abell. it consisted of a pendilum suspended within a hollow copper sphere. The pendulum was free to move in eight directions, and on the outer surface of the globe, corresponding to these di- rections. appeared eight dragon heads. In the throat of each was a small ball which fell when an earth tremor caused the pendulum to swing. Located at ng points on the | sphere also were the upturned mouths | of frogs. and the ball, upon being dis- lodged from a dragon’s mouth, fell into one of these. Thus. if the ball was forced from the southeast side-of the instrument,_ and fell into the mouth of a frog on the northwest, it was deduced that the shock came from the south- | . proceeding in the direction taken ¥ _the ball The present seismograph was devel- oped about 40 years ago as the result of the efforts of five English scientists— Gray, Perry, Milne, Shaw and Knott The instrument at Loyola. known as the Weichert astatic seismograph, con- E essentially of a heavy inverted Abell, seismologist. at Lo- | says that recent pendulum. perfectly balanced. but in a state of unstable equilibrium so that it Tesponds to the slightest earth tremor. Instead of standing with the weight on the bottom. this pendulum has the weight on top and reacts to earth movements not by the motion of the pendulum 1tself. but by the relative mo- | tion of the pivot with respect to the ) Potatoes Advanced As Proper on Diet ; Of Would-be Sylph By the Associated Press. SPOKANE, November 22.—To stay sylphlike eat spuds! W. P. | | Romans, manager of the Pacific | | Northwest Potato Growers' A. ciatidn, told the delegates 3 | terday that a potato, or. rather, several a day, would make women grow slender and men Rrow stronger: likewise would keep the doctor away. “The old notion that potatoes should be tabooed by those seek- ing slenderness has been dissipat- ed by scientific discovery.” he said. “A leading food authority has de- clared that if the average Amer- can would eat four or five times as many potatoes as he now eats, the result would be a marked in- crease in physical fitness nnd freedom from crippling flnesses.” The false theory, he said, was causing huge losses to potato growers unable to dispose of sur- plus crops. mass balanced ahove it. The inertia of the great mass gives it stability, while the pivot, rigidly attached to the | frame of the machine, tends to over- take the motion of the earth. From the bob of the pendulum deli- | cate pens are projected on a smooth | writing surface on a revolving drum. | These pens trace the record of the | earth’s tremors, which are transmitted | 1o the apparatus up through the earth | by long pilings driven deep into the | ground beneath the university science | building. POPE ATTENDS FETE. | Makes Appearnnce at Consecration | of Monument: to Predecessor. ROME, November 22 (#).—Pope Pius XI made one of his rare appearances | on the basilica of St. Peter’s today, at- | tending the solemn consecration of the | monument to his predecessor, the late | Pope Benedict XV. The ceremony was attended by all the | cardinals resident in or visiting in Rome. the corps of diplomats ac- | credited to the Holy See, the Pontiff’s own court and the members of the Roman aristocracy. ~The dedication speech was delivered by Cardinal Mis- | trangelo, Archbishop of Florence, chair- man of the committee of cardinals that | undertook the erection- of the monu- | ment. ,,35 Joses MAE MURRAY’S GOODS SEIZED BY SHERIFF| Two Antomobllex. Bank Account and Home Furnishings Attached in Foreclosure Suit. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 22.—Mae Murray, whose stage has been more in | the courts of late than in motion pic- | tures, became involved in further liti- gation yesterday. Two automobiles of an expensive foreign make, her bank account and much of the furnishings of her home were in the hands of the | | sheriff. who served a writ of attachment | at_the behest of a'Los Angeles bank. 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