Show I I I I I THE LAST II FRONTIER I Dili I L use o. OP 01 MAN DY BY 1 HI nii TZ rz eA Service The birth of the Himalayan mountains was responsible for tor the th birth of the human race This ts Is the theory suggested by Dr Arthur Smith Woodward one of Great Britain's foremost anthro anthro- Dr Woodward ard bases his opinion upon the fact that just before man manmade manmade made his appearance upon earth the forests of northern India were inhabited by a race of great apes At this time the Himalayan mountains did tot Sot exist The time ot of which Dr Wood Wood- Woodward ward speaks la Is known to the tho geo- geo geologists geologists nl as the Miocene era That was approximately years ears ago ngo Then came ono one ot of nature great upheavals The crust ot of the earth was shrinking Some think the continents Ot of the old world were pushed against each other The I result was that the surface r ot f of the earth was wrinkled k up into great the folds moon moun- tales tain To the north of the mountains Dr Woodward believes the tem tem- temperature temperature was suddenly lowered as asa a a. result of the formation ot of the mountains I The Tho tr trees es died Large Luge numbers of the tho apes found themselves In Inthis Inthis this territory north of the moun moun- Their trees gone they forced to live on the ground This meant a change In habits And In time thinks Dr Wood Wood- Woodward ward ard man evolved from these thes apes who were forced to live lI on the ground I Matter as s the modern g physicist s 's I I believes be r I is constructed s of fun fun- fundamental particles called protons I anI and electrons which are In real real- reality I ity Ily unite of positive and negative electricity The forces with which these ese two different units attract each I other Is II enormous Professor Protessor W. W F. F G. G Swann of I Yale alt university university- has haa been calculating Ing these forces I Ills calculations show show- that If all the protons la 11 a cubic Inch of I solid matter could be separated out into Inlo one pile and all the electrons I could be similarly segregated ted that I the force of attraction between the two piles the they were verI placed one Inch apart would be 36 times II a hundred times a million mil mil- million lion times a million times a roll mil million lion tons lone The rho U L' S. S S Bureau ot of Standards Is working upon n. n method to de- de detect detect flaws upon the Inside ot of steel girders and cables The work so far indicates that such flaws produce definite changes In the magnetic proper proper- properties ties tics of the girder or cable However there are other tac- tac ton tole which also produce changes In the tho magnetic properties Accordingly further study J is needed so that It can be deter deter- determined mined quickly and easily when the change Is II duo due to law flaw and when It Is due to some factor which doesn't weaken the tho girder I or cable 00 no |