Telegram-herald., 1889-06-06

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ward tsotan. TIE longer lnls process vcat
( o. re more inJsns. tne action became, The
7 more 1e4t Wzs evolved. ana thss mere aad
I more force w2s evolYe1. prof, terFel
adopted It's view Ia part ard sait tha,
without the acton q some constant force
( TIE primary iWpclse would r1pldiy lose igs
intensity tAroQga frletl0a, aad tnus the dis.
F tlfo-nce woalaH quickly cone q anieEd. Tins
constant force he maintained was she heat
ing ~ tho AIR through condensation, etc, -
se-forth by kspy. Prot Mohn, one of TIE
INST prominent Enete0rolog.sts 0f Europc,
B has gone stiA further, ara Las computed
TIE amount OF energy brought out ia de-
Veloping single Cupan hurricane curlng
Octooer 5, q, ?, iS43. he SAYS: 'srhe Cuban
hurricane, Ia moving the Ia n-ti0wiuR cir. ce-
veioped at least 4sB SOo0O0 horse power ia
these three days-th2t is, 1t least fifteen
| times - much energy IS cones from Ell
wind mills. water wheels, steam engines.
locomotives, man and animal power of the
\ whole earth at tho same time" lie states
that all this power needed in the storm gen
Grafton came from the latent heat set Tree
n the process OF condensation.
Tlis, then, must be considered the chief
/ Cornerstone Of theories in regard 10 storm
formation IL seems exceedingly probable,
however. that this enormous development
OF energy Is purely and highly imaginary,
and that IL - an attempt 20 make something
out OF next 10 nothing. Whi!o undoubtedly
latent heat will be evolved in vapor be con
densed, yet this evolution would seem 10
bring certain death 10 the very process OF
condensation. Suppose we have q mass OF
.lr and could condense its moisture without
altering rs temperature, the latent heat set
free would make just enough sensible heat
10 again evaporato the moisture, and there
would DC no rain, but every thing would re-
main IN statu quo. Suppose, however, we
take away enough heat 10 cool the air 10 de-
grees for each cubic foot, this would amount
10 the heat necessary 70 evapOrate one
seventh of = grain Of moisture and must be
taken IN part az least from the surrounding
air. III we cool the air degree it viii con-
dense certain amount OF moisture, de-
pending upon the temperature, aud this will
hberate exactly the same amount Of heat
in ha ri
In order to absorb this heat it is necessary
10 cool the condensing air, and this can only
be done by imparting still more heat to the
surrounding AIR, SO that we have increased
the temperature OF the environment in two
ways, and thus have put a stopto all further
development
For example, let US cool n cubic foot OF
saturated air from 50 to - degrees, and let
us suppose that the heat impaired to the
surrounding air is all concentrated in a SIM
gle cubic foot close by the first. We now
have l cubic foot of saturated air at - de-
greeS and another OF unsaturated air at
about ST degrees. The coolingto to 80 degrees
has condensed One-third grain of moisture
and this has liberated latent heat which can
DC disposed or only by heating the adjacent
cubic foot 10 2.3 degrees. We have, then if
there is no flaw in the reasoning. one-third
grain of moisture as rainfall, cubic foot Of
saturated air at 20 degrees and another Of
unsaturated air at S3.53. Suppose we mix
these, we shall have cubic feet of air at
about 81 degrees and unsaturated, hence no
further rainfall can occur till this is gain
cooled, and IL can not be cooled except at
the expense of the surrounding air. It is
plain that this win be the effect even with
the most infinitesimal cooling and conden-
satlon, hence we must conclude that no an
appreciable rainfall can occur by these
processes, and the enormous energy devel-
eped is a fignent of the Imagination, or else
that the heat evolved has been changed 20
electricity or radiatcd intospace or disposed
of IN some other way. The processes here
in set forth seem to be exactly analogous TO
those taxing place when two masses Of sat
urated air or widely differing temperature
are mixed together, in which case allmeteor-
ologists are agreed there can be no appre-
ciable rainfall, and, OF course, 10 devel-
opment OF energy.
This seems a very startling result, and
some will ask: " hat can we substitute as
a cause Of storms! 1t Is believed by great
many intelligent people that meteorologv
has not yet taken It's first step toward a sat
isfactory solution Of its profouudest prob
lens, and there has been scarcely Il we'll
authenticated principle established even in
the simpler problems. We may well CON
clude that the principal reason for this has
been the extreme pronencss TO adopt doubt
ful hypothesis, which has greatly ham
pered investigation. One Of the first steps
il to disprove these theories before we can
lag the foundation of q better structure.
The only possible way in which we can hope
to learn the formation of our storms aud
the laws governing their movement is 20
invss tigate them in the open air, where. as
IL IS now admitted by al. their power hes.
This knowledge. 70 VIII be readily admitted.
would be OF incaiCllaJie benefit tOcll classes
of people, bat especially 70 those living in
tornado districts, 10 seafariug men and To
farmers. II is 10 0e hoped that those inter
estcd VIII turn their attention 20 this sub-
icct, bat IL not, in this evening Of the nine
teeuth century there viii undoubtedly soon
be demand from many classes Of peoole
that The uvcstiEalion be undertaken Vvi.b
our modern appliances this may be made NJ
very slight expense and with entire safety
70 the investigator.
The Fafcinotion OF Danger.
why. how's this. Nr. Cashcre7r asked
Penaywait, who hsd just returned e. town
81 ter two weeks absence. - hen / left.