The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 14, 1930, Image 4
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mloatton of lha ahap« nf tk* »*iirth.
|ono of tli«» tn»ka of th# gvo-phytlctl
jUdenco* mndo ^ipcdallj dlffloult by
tho amnll ktnture of man in rotation
!to his planet and tho limitation tlius
Imposod upon his ability to see much
of it at one time, Is expected to re
sult from work to be undertaken soon
in ft deep underground laboratory at
the bureau of standards.
Apparatus Is now being Installed In
this vault, carefully protected against
the ordinary vibrations and disturb
ances encountered close to street lev
els, with which It is hoped to make
that result possible by measuring the
constant of gravity at Washington to
a degree pf accuracy which will al
]o^ f^r an erypr of not more than one
a nWUou,
Used to Detsrmins Earth'* Weight.
The work will be In charge of Dr.
Paul K. yeyl, n9ted physicist of the
**bureau mho has devoted years of cafe*
ful observation In the same vault to
determine the weight of the earth.
,Jbe nyw tusk Is expected to require
several years and to provide a now
standard for gravity meaaurementa
over the United States
The constant now In use wna estab
lished at Potadam, Germany, more
than tweoty-flva yean ago after eight
'Mrs £f qpe*e*rementa with extremely
deltcsta lna?mmeol* to ascertain aa
preciaeU as puaaibU at that tlwe the
rate of arreierailoa of a falling bndy
the pad of gravity The Gee*
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la a varaam That. ap^le«l
wits a aMthe^atteal Nvawila. karaaie.
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the former Brmah prime tuloletrr. sad
MerlUa Clkawherlaia. former foreign
try. are already taking music
it ta exiiected that the next
election «IU be like a music
thstlral.
Bicycle Built for Two^*^
Called Highway Hazan
Boaton.—The bicycle built for two.
that vehicle which spread delight all
through the gay nineties, has been of-
flcjglly frowned upon by the Massa
chusetts governor’s committee on
^ Street and highway safety. The tan-
,oem tnScIiin^ has no place in this
motor age and constitutes a highway
tard, the committee ruled In 1s-
^ a 1^ 5? "don’ts” In connection
4 ^ the bicycling craze
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The Farmers’-Taxpaj
THE HOUSE OF
make* no glittering promise* of prosperity, but doe* promise
is utmost endeavor to reduce taxes and that, under no circum
stances will he vote for any measure that will increase taxes one penny.
will work for every possible economy and to those
money to the best possible
He favors good schools and good roads, but not to the extent that
the people should be sold out and driven from their homes for these
things, as good and useful as they are.
He favors indirect taxation and the removal of all taxes on lan&
on which the farmer is living or is actually engaged in cultivating.
VOTE FOR SMITH IS A V