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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 28 November 1930, Page 20

The atom must bo harnessed to perform the labour of the world, says Sir Arthur JSddington the British physicist. He repeats what the Americans, Millikan and Laugmuir, have been asserting. A jugf" l oC water has morc cner gy locked up in it: tl,all can be P r °dueed by a dozen power plants on the St. ■Lawrence. To release it is the problem. Rut science is on the way. It can be bv raising heat to forty million degrees Centigrade. So far the highest temperature achieved is one million r-.ntifradc. That little thing done, we shall "have some trillion billion horsepower available.

The custom of a judge donning a black cap—really a square piece of black cloth—when a prisoner to death is a relic of the ancient days when covering the liead was a sign of mourning. The judge, therefore, in putting on the black cap, is assuming rr urning in view of the fact that he is about to pronounce the forfeit of a life. On top of the Old Bailey, the famous London Court of Justice, the familiar figure of Justice can be seen. It is blindfold—to indicate impartiality —holding the scales in one hand, and a sword aloft in the other. The scales are the symbol of fairness.

One of the most magnificent Persian carpets in the world, the famous Wilanow carpet, which is estimated to be worth £40,000, is to be sent from Warsaw to London. It will be shown at the International Exhibition of Persian Art, opening at the Royal Academy in January. The carpet once belonged to King John 11. of Poland, but has been purchased for £20,000 for the Polish -ion. There are only a few of its kind in the world, and even among these it is unique in that it has a yellow background, while the others have background* of green.

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