Show CAUSTIC HUMOR OF GALILEO used in demolishing argument made by brother scientist in a recently published biography ot of galileo some stories are told of the caustic humor ot of that bold investigator lotario locario a writer on science having said that the babylonians used to cook eggs by whirling them in a sling ling galileo replied the cause of such ch an effect la Is teat very remote from that to which it la is attributed and to find the true cause I 1 shall reason thus jf it ili an erect effect does not follow with us which followed with others at another time it is because in our experiments peri ments something is wanting which was the cause of the former success and it if only one thing Is wanting to us that one thing is the true cause now we have eggs and slings and strong men to whirl them and yet they will not become cooked nay day 1 11 aney were hot at first they more quickly become cold and since nothing Is wanting to us but to be babylonian it follows that being babylonians Is the true cause why hy the eggs became cooked and not to tho the friction of tha lae air which is 19 what I 1 wish to prove |