400 



NATURE 



[May i8, 191 i 



imaginary 

 tame way 



IViiicar^ 



in tin. i.l,.:i 



V. 1.1 I'l, 



1 rinii 

 fmind 



V, lith might vary and *o create in th« j in 

 ij;< m all tnc laws? 

 M>inttluiii,4 anaiofjous : 



li.ini' liioilL'llI furvviiii 



th-- l.iw- 



so. liny 



are only ap 



lor I 



f the will. All human activity i« devottfd to 



'•• H^ntally, on-' 



1 of 6ci#?nc<* 



his conoep- 



forms the 



hrniT saw- 



out of this limited enerf 

 renemblance to Mach'^ 

 i)f •'conoiny of iliouuli' 

 ! Jradatioii 



• procirsv- 



lUiti .-.t.iiiuii.s u( the funduntc-ntal uiU. 



i Iv; Knglish clement at the congress 



r sj>4>n>ibl' ' ' <lcvtn papers out < 



\inonj4 th' -i important was 1> 



iiv.-ly 



•11 on 



identity. 



.Ml! 

 I IV, 



lllh- 1.1 v>- 

 l.l W ^ 111 



r.in 'inii 

 liU'' in ' 



ill.' 111.11! 



ol iiiiuiu 



How' do ih. 



ulilil.iii;m |)r;i,. j., , ,. • 



tiol oiiK will) ind'n idu:il, 



■j'h.-v a^^'il \ a\w - .'. !i'- ■ 



\\-.-, lli.-n, .1-- 



111.' w.irld oi 



in-.t;iiii .-. t!i.' '< 



lilr. Ii>r .1 tiiii. ,\i. - .1-.' 



tli>' iniriiM-r lif.' ot such pn-iods imist 



down, th. iiidLiii :i'- of v;iUu' ;in(l •' 



siir\iv.. - ot L;rf;i: 



fr.>in !!i ii|i.ir>'nl ci 



i v. ori.l v: ,..' ; i- horn. 



i)-i\\:iKh !i. . xponent of " energ' 

 >\ ri .1 rurioii-. h\ |M.;hi--iv in his pnpor "1. 

 h.i-.- ])ln sii.|ii.' " <iii tin roiiin'ction hftwo^n 

 of lh.Tino(lvn.-miii-~ .uid th.' mi'ni.i! n!i. : 



. I.IW. .1^ o' 



..! lILllioll ol 11 



,.wi t.iilh in ih" iniiii 

 !- not, th.'ii. .1 -ol' 1. 

 lh;it it h ' 

 'i.-i'.' i- n..' 



ii[ir. ,1. n.-i\ . . 

 ■.-l.'hr.-il.-d -.Mio!'.. 

 of \ahi..' " .•iiui 

 cannot 1>. ,ic(ou 

 i. \ :ir.' oft.'n in .'' 

 hill cvi-n with. . ' ' 

 ■-,1 !h,w.i;.I ;!;.• ■ 



tn.' I'r.-ncii 

 Mil til.' 111. • ■ 



irl' 



Ir. 



r'..., 



:1 I; 



reqiiir.', in .kUI 



is. I'll . ■ \ , I ! I ; ' 1 ! 



phv,;., 

 of .-n.i 

 lh.- pin 

 applic.it ii 



lof inttniM 



. ont,'!-.',- ■ 



in the j. 



lioped th 

 ••ting<s th 



■'•/ s/-. l/,'(7/ ! / / ///■: \ 17 \()\.\\. I'll) >H AL 



-III 



Phenoi 



cii-^ioi 



inj^aii'-si'. " 1>\ Ml'-- 

 1 \ oluiiiinoii- p ii). 



.;. ii.'r;il c(Mi- 

 '■ ■ cla?.>ilicai :. ■ 



and nioi'.' l;. :;■ :.il 

 application in th.- 

 w nih' al the sair 

 n, the use of iii'V.' 

 niathcniatic and :i _, 

 ■ I \ of ni.'ithcmatic- ■ 

 iiin.-d in this !ii;h'. 

 ioT th.. first tiiii.- in ;h 

 ■,d f(ir th.at r.\-ison, whii 

 !..... i^.neral sciences of ;; 



li>L::ic, it should j)l.i\' an auxiliary part in 



I'l '\ Hid socioloi^\\ The laws of the low . ..- 



-luat. 1\ I \plain I'l. ])hen»inen;i de.ali with bv tiie 

 . , hui iht \ pro\:d. tln' framework iiisiiL' wh,:.-!- Mv^ 



latter must work. How does this work out 

 What meaning; ha\< ;h. laws of enprL;\ .ipnl;.' ■ 

 life? Just this — th;ii whatever el~ ' ' 



to work inside the limits of th 

 dynamics. Each individual is oc. ,.,, , ., 

 task of ni.ikinu; lirciilate thrcuitih it- ow i' 

 the. gi.nei-.al cour-e of "' free '" ener^v on '■ 

 of a lower intensity ; and further. : 

 (■nerijy can be usefully employed, th. 

 heat, so whatever else mental life may *>.- ; 

 bf directed towards getting as much out of t 

 tion as possible. In the effort to i.^.-.-.. .... .'..:. 



to save enercjV. comes, in Os:- 

 pheiiomen;t of the will. 11. > d, - 

 second law is an adequate -^xplan.iiioii of ,ui • 

 cess, but it is the conditioning fr.amework in- 

 all the rest must work. It is ihe dominating t is- >■• 

 mental life. It is this which makes the trem''nd'M!s 



ikmi. 



auuior- I ''11 la: i^ 

 I comparison that 



I a 1 1 1 1 : 1 11 1 ii , 

 juiremc-ni . 



Ihe m.ijorilx 



■,ii\: u;'.-. .111.1 



all. 



-iliitu il 

 \.' ^houK 



. ,,,,.■,• .. -...aie 



!\'t\v " and " Dis- 



•rvatory with an 



.Apparatus from 



\iloy> Research Com- 



1 luigineers, on " The 



Aluminium, and 



I.antsberrv. This 



•h.in haif of the 



eighth 



ioys of 



system 



-Vs the 



.ipo-r- ioi iiii- sake of i 



> the extent of one for 



oo-'llon (onstitutes a 



then in 



ler and 



.vuuld meet these 



gree of complete- 



require the study 



industrial alloys, 



t binary system. 



nore complicate*! 



:-Jr;al import. inrf 



t.-r.-t thai i 



h.. und'Ttak- 



■mpted to covir in.' emirp tiem. 



Vs witli experimenting on the 



I l;. :.i!'^ 

 hut have , 

 additi.e- ■ 

 mi\tll: 

 situ, I! 



.\t ■ 



i!!..\- 



. - '-'^ .'ir..'' ^;'!"i■ ^ ;■ id po-nt ... a siigniiy 



ultiniat. i an undiminished ductility." in 



.\ ... -..lied b.ar of a bronze containing 



l>.'r c.^iit. of aluminium and i per cent. 



,.. Ill uii'nn;.' -n-'-s of 42 Ions per square 



' namic tests. 



the binary 



lid to offer 



respect con- 



~ ' — ,;il\ -HI 11,1-- '.) .uun;,ii\ ,o... 1, .i,". ..- I hov machine 



' 'idilv th.'v might very well be tried in cases where 



.nrtv i- of primary importance, e.g. in the form of 



'-S wh.ich have to withstand hiu'h velocity steam. 



., constitution, th- authors have found that 



' T;:e N.-itional Phy-ici' '• Collected Re-earches. Vol. VH. 



iqti, pp. iti -^ 233 



NO. 2 1 68, VOL. 86] 



