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Woll-proserved ruins of a gigantic castio, formerly the sumptuous palace of a king, with walls 100ft. high, and a banquet. ing hall as big as the largest cathedral in Europo, are among discoverios recently made in Persia by Professor. Ernst Horz- feld, the groat authority on Baby-

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Professor Horzfold. who has just reached London after a long tour of exploration in the East, believes he is the first modern explorer to set oyes upon the

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1926.

X-RAYS AND SEX,

SOME REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS.

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One of the most romarkablo The Duke of Manchester has and latest discoveries of the accopted the position of manager. power of X-rays has recently of the Gaiety Cinema, Manches- been investigated by Mr. A. S. tor. Parkos, of Professor A. V Hill's The Hon. Mrs. Richard Norton department at the University of has been appointed to a similar. post at the New Gallery Cinema in London.

London.

It has been known since 1903 that prolonged exposure to X-rays! For some years the duke has produces sterility both in non industry. In America he made taken a deep interest in the film

pecial study of conditions in the cinema business; and he told newspaper representative last month that if the British joined

the Americans!!

and

and animals. But no diminution of the sex instincts follows in such cases. Mr. Parkos has now, examined the effects on breading power of exposure to a soft ray, in doses insufficient to produce forced with castle, the most remarkable complete sterility. The experi- and intorchanged idoas feature of which, he told a Daityments were conducted on mice, talent the problem of the in- Chronicle representative is that and as there is every reason to dustry in England would although built in 225 A.D., it is, suppose that the sex of the largely solvad. the prototype of the earliest cast-offspring is determined by the les of Europe erected 1,000 years male parent, only males were

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duke, the cinema industry is "In the United," States, said the second only to steel in import-

ance as a factor of national com- Three exposures of ten minutes merce, yet in this country it has each weregiven, and atdetermined ft. high, near Firuzabad, South-poriods thereafter the mice mated

a struggle, for existence.

"My colleague in my new was repeatedly found that from ducer, suggests that American ern Persia, was formerly the with quite normal famales. It venture; Mr. Blattner, the pro- king, Ardashir, whose Grand matings which had taken place and British film firms should co- Vizier became a famous character within the first few days after operate in the production and in Persian history.

The existence of the castle exposure a'large excess of male exhibition of films. was absolutely unknown to two nut of eleven litters conceiv-origin, it is suggested that there offspring was produced. Only "According to the country of history before discovered it," ed during the first three days should be a 40 per cant. and a 60 Professor Herzfeld said. "That is after irradiation produced any per cont: arrangement. At pre- ramarkable, because of its close-excess of females.

sont British films lack the glam- ness to Firuzabad, which is, a Among tho offspring of very well-known place, and the matings during the second week consider are much perferable.

our of American films, which I fact that, situated at the such a after exposure, however, females "I am beginning my experi- great height, it forms a prominent landmark. The country immedi-litters were obtained, not one of tice manager,"

proponderated heavily. Seven ment in the spirit of an appren he said, "for I ately around, however. is very which had an excess of males, know how much there is to learn.. little known.

The remaining births, conceived "In Manchester, where I am within twenty-two to fifty-six going in the new year, we shall days after irradiation, showed show The Gold Rush,"

On the nothing very striking as regards exhibition side of the industry the proportion of the sexes. there are many ideas, not yet de- Seven hundred and thirty-fiveveloped, for the greater comfort normal mice, bred under con- and entertainmont "of the audi- ditions similar to those in which

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24-ACRES SITE>

So well preserved are the ruins that the professor says they can reconstructed. The castle covers an area of nearly 24 acres, and the stone walls, large portions of which are intact, have a thick neas-in places from 20ft. to 30ft. -proportionate to the enormous hoight. The professor describes

Dan January 14. time." January 14.

..January

enco.

the experimental, matings were The Duke of Manchester does] made as controls, gave a male not take his title from percentage of 51.6 in their offspr- Lancashire city but from the

ROMAN WALLS OF

YORK

PROGRESS OF THE EXCAVATIONS.

the

the mortar as in splendid condi-ing. Young bred by irradiated old town of Godmianchester, in tion as strong as iron.”

"Although," he said, "there is the date of exposure, guva a male family seat, Kimbolton Castle,

male parents within four days of Huntingtonshire, close to the nothing about the castle to indi-

whereas percentage of 59.4. cate great skill of architecture, among those of the following two every feature is clear and there weeks the percentage of males is every indication, that it was fell to the remarkably low, figure built on a more sumptuous scale of 33.6. than any castle in Europa. Its position on the top of perpendi-been found to explain these re- No satisfactory theory has yet cular cliffs must have made it an markable results. But time will almost impregnable fortress in its show to what extent they apply Another important historical to other animals, and whether or January 14 discovery made by Professor not they will be worthy of the January 15.Herzfeki was on the island or attention of the animal breeder.

Kharg, in the Persian Gulf, in- January 16. habited by a colony of negroes. January 15. Here he found a network of cata

combs cut into the rock, and con- January 16. taining the tombs of Christians of January 15. January 15, the Third Century. January 17. ..January 36. "This is the first time," said the professor, that Christian January 18. remains have been found in Per- January 19. sia, and it shows the course of January 19, the spreading of Christianity into

India." January 21.

Professor Herzfeld claims that January 25.

other discoveries he has made in January Persia throw entirely new light Junuary 29,

INDIA'S HISTORY.

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Mr. C. R. Peer, the Chief In- spector of Ancient Monuments,{ who has just roturned to London on the early history of India from 4fter a visit to the excavations He found docu- of the Roman fortress at York, 200 to 500 A.D. monts never before, soon by mod said that the result of the first season's work had been that the ern explorers, which, ho says, prove that the whole of the North-wall had been uncoverd and north-eastern angle of the Roman West of India was at one time a

showed that the wall itself province of the Persian Empire. stood to a height of some 15ft.

"The writings, incised with a sharp instrument on marble, con buried in the earth of the mound tain allusions to India of which which carries the existing me- we have no rcord in any Indian dieval wall. There was also evid documents, and throw much light ence that the Roman wall was built in front of an earthen baak on an obscure period of that coun- which must date from the earliest try's history," he explained."

of days

the occupation of York and had clearly been the dofence of the original fortress. The space between the masonry. wall of Roman date, and · the] ** earthen bank, which would 'na- turally be filled up when the wall was built, contained pottery of the. first and second centuries of our era. This, of course, was valuable evidence as to the date of the building of the Roman wall.

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On the inner sido of the earthen! bank there was also evidence of further Alling, and the pottery coming from this second filling was of a markedly earlier chur- acter than that found between the bank and the wall. There was also on the inner side of the bank some evidence of pallisading..

On the east side of the Roman" city excavations had resulted in the discovery of the romains of the Roman wall in this portion, and it appeared that something, in the nature of a masonry struc- ture at the back of the Roman wall had here been in existence whether as reinforcement of the masonry wall or possibly as sub- stitution for it was not yet clear; but the marshy condition of tho ground to the cast of the Roman wall was such that a collapse of the masonry wall possibly occur- red.

A beehive with glass windowe codstructed by Professor Karl Von Frisch has enabled him to watch the bees" talking" to one another by means of apocial dancos. Mr. G. A. Rosch, ono,of his pupils, has by using the same technique been able to observe the entire career of several becs, from the moment they" omerged from their pupao cella to the day of their death.

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