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SCIESTrFIC THOUGHT. 



fin" -" " r'z'-:.'.- .-inly in that conn try in which 

 TL^T -:^=:cx spheres oi praeiie^ work had grown nn- 

 It t i~i ::: rl;f.T~ ^in Great Britain and its esten- 

 siTc -T tl ti. ;_t- Io Germany, on the other side, with 

 irs fniiT develof-ed system of learning, we are indebted 

 mainlv for the : ziT'rie recxirdin^. resisterinz- and analvs- 

 ing of the scirZTir. : .a : vjts of the whole world. To France 



Weier at ^ i.tI :z :_t ^ear S<>jO fees. ... I have devised a 



ISSS. ""- - __.-.-.-_ - - -, simple ajrrangeraeiii by wiiioli I can 



^is t^--'. -."^e install tlv reverse Lhe liirection of 



ree^Kl~ -- - . _ H. the c^^rr^nz. wMct I call a et'tii- 



Wcber - . - . " - : '^Hl- mutator. . . . We kave already 



hJi a Weber. BresliTi- 1 i-c . p. i-f . i c. used zhis K-ntrivance for telesrapliiir 

 "We fead. kfcere * ' - " ^'t after 15S'J esperimenis. whioii suc-ceett vary 

 haA t-eer ei witli re- well widi wiole words and short 



- ,_-- -_ -_-rnis senteices. ... I am. convinoec 



toam. i - ii? thai: by oang suSdeiiuy strong 



cju klMo. " -Lns ooe migiit telesraph instaii- 



Hsagaeti--- - "aneoo^y in this manner irc>Ea 



n j ^oca tau'^ > ' - So- GOTtinaeti to Hanove- or fr'jm 



t i i' t n im T>t=..~ .^_ _;!.__ i-_ r tit Hanover to BrQuea" see Sche-- 



Wecer to take -' - hLz's address c^n the 'jccason of 



" - - 7 -. In- Gauss's c-Qitaiary. 'jottingei. 1*77. 



l'_ ~ ip : '..'- -t a p, 15. ic. I To Sthmraeher. 6th 



-Ttva- Ao g ueh 1S35. Gaass wrote as lol- 

 - ' -- lows : " With a budget of 150 

 thalers [22, lOs.j annually for 

 . - Oheerrszorj and Magnetic Insti- 

 tute toeecfaer, really extsiare trials 

 eaimot of coarse be made. But 

 ecrald thousands of thaiers be be- 

 - - r Stowed the^oo^ I ThinV that, for 



. _^ i-.i_^T- instance^ elesromaeDede telegraphy 

 - r years 1 5cS mizht be carried to a psfecdon and 



li-. ' - -- to dimensjose a wfaieii fmagrrtation 



?T^ - almort starts haekJ" Gazis esti- 



mates that fifteen miUkiDS sterling 

 - :fcpp^ wire would suffice to reach 



_ "t- _ : - 1 t" - " . . - : te antiixjdes, and he says signrfi- 



1 - - ' ' - ' lantly. " I do not think it impoe- 



r::-: - sTbie to invent a mecfaanian by 



' which a despatch could be played 



oS almost as meefaanically as a 



- - muaeal-boi jins aS a tmie wfaoi 



- ir is Qoee fixed on a roOer " (see 



' ^Kiefweehsel zw^efasi Gaaoa uitd 



SckamadxT.' ed- Peters. voL H. p. 



t. . , - . .: 41L*c.} 



