Sharples, S. P.

English

ZENODO

Rut thele still r e m d n s  to he found the actual mecliaiiisrll of thnncle~.-storms. conecrnillg ~~11icll  more or  less tl1eorctic:~l opil~icl~is ~- :~r ions  have hcell prii)linlictl. T h e  matter nill l ) ~ o h -  n'uij relllaiil i n  doubt until settled 1 1 ~ - tile same kilid of investigation that  denlonstrntccl tlle i~imarcl spiral path of cjclonic nintls. Synoptic ch:lrts for a s tonny afternoon, \\ith llotuly or  even half-llourly inter1 nls. mitl st:t-t i o w  only a mile or t n o  apart ,  ~voultl pro1)al)ly settle the question t)eyoncl clispntc ; anil tlre first local veather  sel.\icc tliat s l ~ c c e c ~ l sin p r ~ p u i l i ga set of such charts will gain a prize wort11 tvorkil~g for. LETTERS  2'0 7'HI;: EDITOX. The i l~canclescei l t  l ight  o n  s t e n ~ n e r s .  TIIRiiiist,arrcc citril ill S o .  I 0  of S 'c ie j~cc ,of c:wIy [Voz. V., No. 107. iiotclies rough arid a ~ i g ~ ~ l a r ,  those of the latter show oil 1,lieir surfaces tile effect.^ of disintc~gl.stion from !on:- exposure on the s:intl to :ittnospl~oric agencic?~, tlrcir notcl~cs, too, i~avirlg the sairie crnnibli~ig a~s l in~et i  character as tlie rest of t,he pcbl)le. il large iiulnher c~f tl~cnr (over twelve) xv1iic.l~ c:trne to nry notici? at oile place iiiclicatcs t1ir.i~ use as net-meizl~ts ratller tlinii as ' c11o11ping-sto11eS.) ITT. A. I'JIII.I.T~S. Evnliston, Tll. T h e  u s e  of sl ips ill scientif ic correspondence .  I have bee11 inierestcrl in Rtr. Jlalnl's and other ariic'les o ~ r  filing scieril.ilic. notes. Ally otic: wislii~ig to iilc snclr notes mill find that a vel,y corrvenierit ~netlioil of iloiiig s' is by Ilie use of the Slra~ilion file, n-liicli iiiay 11e fourlrl at ally large st;ttio~icry bt,ore. The 11i111cli for ll~ilrcliing t,he lioles l~hroilgll tl!e paper is t.be ~rliidt c i~~ i~ -c~ i i e l i t  1 11:i\~ seen, :I,S tlic I~oles are alirays tlie sairle ilistal~co ;l,i):trt; arid a t  t i i t ,  s a i ~ ~ edist;lnce frotn t11o i.tlge S. 1'. SJIAi:i,I,r.:n. The d e c a d e i ~ c e  ot' sc ience  a b o u t  Eos ton .  I n  a late issi~e (Yo. 101), Scipnce coni~nents ~iliorr the d<~caclcncc of iclei~cc, abont Iiosto11. I s  i t  11ot an  esljl:lliation of tliis tlecatlence t11;1t, rriorc ;~iitl Illore i ~ i  lato ycars tht: nieiit,al :~t ,~ilospl~(~ro of Bostoii has bc:- conic one of i~itel1t~ct11a.l t11:tii of i111.el-finish, l , ; r th~r  Icctn:~l earilrslrie?s? Of coiurc;, e:icli of ihese trails h,ts ils esceilenres, as enell 111ap be txaggciwtetf; 111it tlrc Intt,i:r of l11e t\\-o ci'rtaillly is far n1o1.e fztvo~,ablo eiectrii. liclitiiig of stcam11o:its lrjr the inca~~dcsec~~it .  sysler]~, ll~onzll earlier t.iraii t11;at give11 by Profe:sor 'I'~,o\vi-ji,idgi.,is riot the rarlipsl. I crosse;l tlii: At!:i~~tic in Jlsj-, Is,%?.in tlic sfcaiilcr Cit,y of I:icl~i~iontl,of l11e Iritn:ii~ liiic, wllicli n-;is bea~~t i fu l ly  l ~ gthe il~c;i~itle.ccrit systc1111. Itliflltrtl is my ilirl~i~i:ssiori Illat lliii lar11l)s n-err of 211 E~iglislr malic:. t h e  filr111 of the cxrliol~ filwn~ent bei~:g so~ne-what tiiffereill, fro111 that tlic11 iiscd hy 1~:ilisoli mrcl other Aniericans. C. 11. r2a~~:s. 11,is not improbable that the iuiijlen~cnt f iw~.ed in a recent articlc by Nibs Ijabbitt (iv. 529, fig.%) could have been used as a fnt'I-1i1.ealrer, when Pastenccl ill a voodcn and liide haritile: hut a more rviderlt use lor s i ~ h~iotched pebbles, namely, as net-meiglrrs, is scen i r ~  ali iui1u~tr.v of t l ~ cprest:lit dal- aniong the giil-iiet fishers, both Illdian and white, of the Gre:~t Lalies. ?rTet-xveiglits c~f this c11:lracier ar,e ~-,rotluced in 1:~rge quantities at  all points (in the la1;es wliei.cgill-~ieltiiig is in vogue, forinirig fri.quc?litly n part of i,lle ba1l:ist ill t,lie bottonis of the ' hlacltina.~\-'tisl~ing-boats, &it1 lyiiig conspicnoi~sly scattered ovcLr. the s a l~d  arid 11eacl1 in the rieig1ibol.hood of fishing-stntio~ls. A 1c.s priniitive appliance for sinlring the nets is comirig into use: so t,hat the notched discoitl:tl pebl~les, attacht:ci to tlie net  willi short pieces oS t,vine, are now re-to tile acli1.c g r o ~ v t l ~  of scicnc~e ill :I comlliur~ity, Jlol,i>ovrr. i 1 1 ~  eifcct of :LII intt~llecti~al:~t~nospi~csrc? bec~)~ries111os1,evitlc'nt ~ r l i i ~ l ~  it lias begrl~i to i~~fjllcwco tlie lives of ;voiil,g ~ni>ii I iii its ~llitlst, aiirl gl'o\v~iI ~ l o  l i t :  t i I I I I I I s  iiot tliis cfft~ct lo bo noi,icetl iii tlle ljrc'sent i'ahtz:' XI. C.  Koch's ' c o m m a  bacillus. '  111the reproduction i)f the d r~ \v ing  of the ' collirnn i~acilli~s,'niatli? to illnstratc rny 11al)?r ill ,Scie~zcefor Feb. fi: soiiic clefrcis nre noticeaitlc, to ~vliiclr it seclnr necc?s:try to c.;rlI atientinli, i r ~ n ~ ~ t i i i i . l ~  as tlle desiqu rras to r c l~ re t ' n t  as accil~.ately ;IS lii>s.il)le tlie nior- pliologg of tliis niilcli-~:~ll<ctl-of ' ~ I I ( ?n~icri~-ol.galiisl~i. elicls of sonle of t,)!e cornlrias i l l  tlre figure sec,ni to be cilt oiP stlnare, n.licrocls in rllc: sli~le ancl in t.he dr:~\rilig they :%re all rolrrideii. Silice ~vritiriq the pa- per ~'rferretl to, I have 11i.eli favored by 1)r. ICocli n i t h  a slide of tlic: 'c.on~iila bacillus,' in \r-hicl~ tlie lifilg spiral forliis nc.i3 S ; I ~n1i11e ri~t~iit.i~i~nh than i11 tlle s!itle sent to the 1\1.111g ~nedii,;~ln usijlcni, fro111 xli icl~ tlic tll,nmi~igwas ~natle. Sex-ixral of l.liesc spiral filalrier~ts are oftell seel! in :Lsingle ficlcl, aiiil illany of tliern are Ioiigt>r t11a11 that seen in the ce1ii.re of fig. 1. C:I:~. AX. S.r~r:sui:~:c,suwleoll Lr,:,S.il. Johns 1lopl:iils u?ii\-crsity, Galtiiilore, l+b. 11. garcleti as old-fushit~netl by the rirore tl~rifty fisllern~i~i~. The tlnnotchcd pebble net-weights: I?oui~tI vitli harli, of tlie Red-Laliers, arc interestirig as a s!iil more primitive forin; but more estr!i~deil obsc~rvatior~ in gilI.net appliallees liave shown AIiss 1i;rbhitt ~ ~ o u l d  that the notclictl for113 is of far niore usual occurrence than she leads us  to suppoie? alirl that it pas-esses tons of euaulples on the shores of the Great 1,alies. I have fonnd such in~plenients associated n-it11 the reliiains of Illdiitns (chert cl~ippii~g?,  recent 1~roI~tin pottery, etc. ) in the s:tl~ci-dmici at  Ex-anston. The modern net-11-eights are distiilguishable fro111 those of the chert deposits in only ooc, particular, that while tlie smfaces of tlis foriucr arc sinootl~, and thclir Carli ivorous hab i t s  of t h e  l l l t ~ s k r a t  SIjr obserr-ations of these arlililals were conductctl p~rinciljally nlong the bnnlis of tlic Al1cglr:tny Kivcr in 111o yici~iity of fYarrell, I'rr~ii., xvliere tliuho ellenlies of fresli-~vatcrbivalves sire vary numerous. Lo, 'File ~n i~s l<sa t  opelis llle shell by first seve~.illg tlie posterior adcluctor muscle. This cull readily be accoinplishetl, as the itllini;rl seltloti~ iinmetlintelg c~ln!)ties the bl~zt~~cl~ial  cl ml~er after capllire, but re- rl~aiils with tile valves slightly y::ping, wit11 tlie siphons opiin, until it receives yniie severe liaiitiling, up or^ .ivllich the water in the hrarlcliial chanlber is violently ejected. Tile valves vil l  also p:srtially open if the 

The use of slips in scientific correspondence

https://zenodo.org/record/2378273/files/article.pdf

The use of slips in scientific correspondence

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

ZENODO