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Show IN LANCUOE OF SCIENCE. Frof. Thompson's Announcement of Discovery Might Tuzzle Average Aver-age Lay Reader. "No wonder," said a pool, "that no ono raies to read tho works of llaeck-.ol, llaeck-.ol, Darwin, Spencer, Huxley, nnd bo on. Thebo men have much to say, but thoy don't know how to say It. Thoy havo novor taken tho thno to learn to write." Ho drew his notebook from his pockot. "When I'rof. Tlitninnn," ho resumed, re-sumed, "hit ou a now arloty of ca-thodo ca-thodo rays, be announced ills discovery In those terms: " 'Of nn orthocathodlo character, n dollertlblo fluorosclfleut excitant; of n parucathodlc character, a ilellectlblo tluoroscinent nonexel'nnt; of n dla-cathodlc dla-cathodlc character, n nondcllccllblo lluoresclflent iionoxcitunt; of nn Iso-cathodlc Iso-cathodlc diameter, 'i dollectlble. non-AuoroRclflont non-AuoroRclflont nonexeltant and bo on for 40 or CO pages." ! |