Oct. 2, 1885.] 



KNO^VLEDGE 



283 



^wcll, Pierce, tlie Boii.lh 

 I that the Saturaiau : 



■,;.,ti IlUes, like Siiuds „n 



of such a disc — say a region as larp;e as the sun"s 

 1- « I !•( set rotating as by scime mighty hand, the 



r |.;irl. v,n,ild no( feel the impulse until „i„re Ihan 



laore tenuous than the 



I disc that we have to 



j. bee's theory, rotatincr 



;i 1... 



may 





now known, .and rotating as one i 

 Granting only this assumjition, and sii 

 all the features of the soha- svsteui ii 

 would follow. The v1p_' -, . '.il.l litI 

 its heat was radiated i i : i i 



retaining their oi-igin:.! > ' ,- 

 cohere, but would hv Li, .ui.-.nlc i 

 a gigantic ring. This riui;-, as it 

 (along its length now), would dissolve 

 and these would eventually coalesce 

 planet, the outermost. Tli^ u mh I 

 ' formed in the same way, anil ;i 

 until at last there would be hfi. ii, ; i 

 mass which was afterwards "h; ■ 



the forces to \ 

 physicists ha"\ 

 that a vapoi 



Satr 



■ than the 



•est ki 



ll.l k 



and moved by far mioht ii ; . 

 could have no coherence w li.itt \ > 

 even begin to behave as Lapl;. 

 the mere mathematician had ki 

 not have wondered, for niathem:i 

 problems depending on i ; - ^ 

 rigidity, absolute unifornM! 

 luid so forth. But I'k; 

 usually reqiiired conditiim 

 actual workings of nature. 



of ( 



r..i 



itself as its (iiruililN nf n,;,tl. r ;,.M Ihr n.,„l,,;- ,r, n.:.!.T 

 which it had itself" kc... I r :,. ..I u. 'iM :m|.>v, Tm, , r. 



cess would fail hi soni. • , -i . ■. i,;' ::. ii -I ; > 



would be formed insU.il.i 1 - :< < ii' . - 



the case of the asteroids; <ir, as m the case d yaiui-n ^ 

 system, a ring or set of rings (rings of small satellites, as 

 we now know) would form instead of a single larger 

 satellite. 



A MAN WHO HAS BEEN SHOT 

 THROUGH THE BRAIN. 







By Willi.\m F. FLi-iiRKii, M.D.* 

 N the 24th of January, 1884, I was informed 

 hotise surgeon that Bruno Knorr, a healthy 

 nineteen years old, had, on the raornin- . 



by mj 

 yonnjif 



famikrs 

 rest ; the 



1 pku 



lo;"pknek 



protecting wing; the asteroids or i 

 mid space between those families, 



apart. But, unfortunately, the linii:ii n"si,;M]ii I'l!, un 

 which the whole theory depcii' I i; ' ' !' i- 



siblo as the theory that Saturn I .1 i i\ 



be solid. It is almost inconcci\Ml'i'' \\"\\ ;ini;i mix mi- 

 possible that initial assumption is. bow jn-okably know 

 (hat a solid disc of steel, extending only to the earth's 

 orbit, could not move as a single mass. If the central 



c morning of the day ..f udmi.=i.jii lo the h.^i-itul, 

 • lying on his back he shot himself with a pistol 

 in contact with the forehead. Instantaneously he 

 lie unconscious, and remained so for about three- 

 i IS of an hour, after which he awoke, and with 

 , dilVu ulty, on account of weakness from loss of 



• Professor of Clinical Sargery in the New York Post-Gradnate 

 Medical School and Hospital; Visiting Surgeon to BeUevue and 

 Mount Sinai Hospitals. 



