Ua hana ʻo Andrew Crosse, he ʻepekema amateur, i ka mea hiki ʻole ke hana i 180 mau makahiki i hala: ua hana ʻo ia i ke ola. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻōlelo maopopo loa ua hoʻokalakupua ʻia kāna mau mea liʻiliʻi mai ka aether, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻike i kahi i puka mai ai inā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia mai ka aether.
Ua hoʻoili ʻia ʻo Crosse i ka ʻāina Pelekane nui o ka ʻohana, i kapa ʻia ʻo Fyne Court, ma hope o ka hala ʻana o kona mau mākua. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Crosse i ke keʻena mele o ka manor kahiko i kāna “Rue uila,” he hale hoʻokolohua kahi āna i hana ai i nā hoʻokolohua he nui i nā makahiki.
No ka noiʻi ʻana i ka uila o ka lewa, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i mea hana nui, a ʻo ia kekahi o ka poʻe mua i kūkulu i nā waihona voltaic nui o ka uila. Akā, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā hoʻokolohua like ʻole i ka hana ʻana i nā minerale i mea e hoʻopaʻa ai i kona wahi kūʻokoʻa i ka mōʻaukala.
Ua kākau ka wahine a Andrew Crosse ʻo Cornelia ma ka puke "Nā Hoʻomanaʻo, ʻepekema a me ka Moʻolelo, ʻo Andrew Crosse, ka mea uila", i paʻi ʻia he mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 1857,
“I ka makahiki 1837, ua hahai ʻo Mr. Crosse i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua e pili ana i ka electro-crystallization, a i ka wā o kēia mau noiʻi, ʻike ʻia nā iniseti ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau e make ai ke ola holoholona. ʻAʻole ʻo Mr. Crosse i hana i nā mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona, ka mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia e ia, a no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻopuka i kekahi manaʻo.
ka “insects” i hoʻokumu mua ʻia i loko o kahi hoʻokolohua i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka hui ʻana o ka wai, silicate o ka potassa, a me ka waika hydrochloric ma luna o ka pōhaku porous Vesuvius i hoʻomau mau ʻia e nā uwea ʻelua i hoʻopili ʻia i kahi pākahiko voltaic. Kākau ʻo Crosse, "ʻO ke kumu o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kēia wai i kahi hana uila lōʻihi ma o ke komo ʻana o ka pōhaku porous ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i nā kristal silica inā hiki, akā ua hāʻule kēia."
ʻAʻole i hoʻopuka ke kaʻina hana i nā hopena a Crosse i manaʻolana ai, akā ua loaʻa i kahi mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. Ua ʻike ʻo Crosse i nā excrescences keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi e kū mai ana mai ke kikowaena o ka pōhaku electrified i ka lā 14 o ka hoʻokolohua.
I ka lā 18, ua ʻike ʻo Crosse ua hoʻonui ʻia nā ulu, a ua lōʻihi kēia manawa “Filaments” hoʻolālā mai iā lākou. Ua ʻike koke ʻia ʻaʻole kēia nā mineral synthetic a Crosse e hoʻāʻo nei e hana, akā he mea i hōʻole i ka ʻike.
Nānā ʻo Crosse, “I ka lā iwakāluakūmāono, ua like kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i ke ʻano o kahi pepeke maikaʻi loa, e kū pololei ana ma luna o kekahi mau hulu i hana ʻia kona huelo. A hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo he mea ʻē aʻe kēia mau hiʻohiʻona ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka mineral. I ka lā iwakāluakūmāwalu, neʻe kēia mau mea liʻiliʻi i ko lākou mau wāwae. Pono wau e ʻōlelo i kēia manawa ʻaʻole wau i kāhāhā iki. Ma hope o kekahi mau lā, kaʻawale lākou iā lākou iho mai ka pōhaku aku, a neʻe lākou me ka leʻaleʻa.
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli o kēia mau ʻino ʻino i hana ʻia ma luna o ka pōhaku i nā pule e hiki mai ana. I ka wā i aʻo ʻia ai lākou ma lalo o kahi microscope, ua ʻike ʻo Andrew Cross he ʻeono wāwae o nā mea liʻiliʻi a ʻewalu mau wāwae nui. Ua lawe ʻo ia i nā mea ola i ka manaʻo o nā entomologists, nāna i hoʻoholo he mau mite lākou no ka ʻano Acarus. Ua kapa ʻia lākou he 'Acarus Electricus' ma nā memo a Andrew Crosse, ʻoiai ua ʻike nui ʻia lākou he 'Acari Crossii.'
Ua kākauʻo ia “He ʻokoʻa ka manaʻo inā he ʻano ʻike ʻia lākou; Ke olelo nei kekahi poe aole. ʻAʻole loa au i ʻimi i kahi manaʻo no ke kumu o ko lākou hānau ʻana, a no ke kumu maikaʻi loa - ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i hoʻokahi. "
ʻO ka hopena maʻalahi, ʻo kāna moʻolelo o ka hanana i ʻōlelo ʻia, “ʻo ia ka mea i kū mai lākou mai ka ova i waiho ʻia e nā ʻupena e lana ana i ka lewa a i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka hana uila. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo e hiki i ka ovum ke pana i nā filament, a i ʻole e lilo kēia mau filament i nā hulu, a ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike, i ka nānā ʻana loa i ke koena o ka pūpū.
Ua hana hou ʻo Crosse i kāna hoʻokolohua i nā manawa he nui, i kēlā me kēia manawa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mea like ʻole, akā ua loaʻa iā ia nā hopena like. Pīhoihoi ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻiniko e ulu aʻe ana he mau ʻīniha ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka wai hoʻoheheʻe uila i kekahi mau hihia, akā ua hoʻopau ʻia inā hoʻolei ʻia i hope ma hope o ka puka ʻana mai.
I kekahi laʻana, ua hoʻopiha ʻo ia i ka mea hana me ka lewa chlorine kiʻekiʻe. Ma lalo o ia mau kūlana, ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā iniseti a paʻa mau no ʻelua makahiki i loko o ka pahu, akā ʻaʻole lākou i neʻe a hōʻike i nā hōʻailona o ke ola.
“ʻO ko lākou ʻike mua ʻana he ʻāpana keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi loa i hana ʻia ma luna o ka ʻili o ke kino uila, i kekahi manawa ma ka hopena maikaʻi, i kekahi manawa ma ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole, a i kekahi manawa ma waena o nā mea ʻelua, a i ʻole i waena o ke au uila; a i kekahi manawa ma luna o nā mea a pau," wehewehe ʻo Crosse.
Hoʻonui a hoʻolōʻihi ʻia kēia kiko ma luna o kekahi mau lā, a ʻōpuʻu mai nā filament hawewe keʻokeʻo e ʻike ʻia ma o ka leki mana haʻahaʻa. A laila hiki mai ka hōʻike o ke ola holoholona no ka manawa mua. Ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi lae maikaʻi e hoʻokokoke i kēia mau filament, e emi a hāʻule lākou e like me nā zoophytes ma ka moss, akā hoʻonui hou lākou ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ke kiko.
Ma hope o kekahi mau lā, ulu kēia mau filament i nā wāwae a me nā bristles, a puka mai kahi acarus maikaʻi loa, e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai kona wahi hānau, a inā ma lalo o kahi wai, piʻi i ka uwea electrified, a pakele mai ka moku, a laila ʻai i ka wai. a i ʻole ma waho o ka moku, a i ʻole ma ka pepa, kāleka, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana.
Ma kahi leka i ka makahiki 1849 i ka mea kākau ʻo Harriett Martineau, ua ʻike ʻo Crosse i ke ʻano like o ke ʻano o nā mites me nā minerala i hana ʻia e ka uila. "I ka nui o lākou," ua weheweheʻo ia, "ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka sulfate o ka lime, a i ʻole ka sulfate o strontia, ʻo kona hoʻomaka ʻana e hōʻike ʻia me kahi kiko keʻokeʻo: pēlā nō ia i ka hānau ʻana o ka acarus. Hoʻonui a hoʻolōʻihi ʻia kēia ʻanoʻano minerala: pēlā pū me ka acarus. A laila, hoʻolei ka mineral i nā fila keʻokeʻo: pēlā pū ka acarus speck. I kēia manawa he paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka mineral incipient a me ka holoholona; akā, i ka lilo ʻana o kēia mau filament i maopopo loa i loko o kēlā me kēia, ua lilo lākou i mau prisma ʻoʻoleʻa, ʻālohilohi, ʻalohilohi ʻeono ʻaoʻao; i loko o ka holoholona, he palupalu a loaʻa nā filament, a ma hope ua hāʻawi ʻia me ka neʻe a me ke ola.
