Show inventor seeks secret of philosophers stona an n inventor la Is said to be endeavoring arl in paris to prove that he can malic make gold from sand ne he claims that some time ago he produced ingots ingols of gold old from sand taken from the shor shores a of 0 the mediterranean will he be succeed succeed now the search for an invention that will enable common cor rimon substances to be turned into gold dates back to tile the early days of science all abrou through ii tile the middle ages al chemists were engaged in trying to discover the philosophers er s stone which would enable this to be done probably it Is possible for radium has shown us that one metal may change into another in course of time though radium now the worlds most valuable metal changes into dull common lead the process takes millions of years and science knows no way of hastening it tile the paris inventor states that hat he performs his miracle by means of ultra violet rays A distinguished french scientist who watched earlier experiments describes how bow he saw metal slowly deposited upon a nickel plate I 1 after a time this metal was treated with will mercury and a fraction of an ounce of pure gold was obtained |