The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-12-04
TELEPHONE TO THE Sun.
Nh EDISON HoPEs 90 HEsE SHI
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Tt- E~w~txsaE is.sxaussnt ses~aset IN
Ssa S.rs@s. uaxrw Connections Have
Been HAD. Win an isanaea.es nepsssI
at Magastse Material.
80 Ogden. y j.. there - q ssaSs Il
lion ere nsile lonS Standing psFY.e1-
ascEslar aud extending into the issseels a
the earth 30 great lus unknown depths.
saii - Contain several hundred tallgia1
tesss % magnetic material As the vso-
lent storms aud uprSaslsssS in the sssa pro-
agredsssuyeancrs on tho ssrtt's maSaes-
ism. witch are recorded on the magnet
ouaeterS ~ she Kew and other osasesva-
toriss IL isas occurred - Nr. Elison.
saws the New York Herald. that tho
strength Of ilso solar disturbance, - ex-
erted GA our planet. could -be increased
enormously b EtihxiuE "a vein Of mag
negic iron ors. ard running around the
body of ore several milss ~ wire. form.
ing an in.lue.ive r.rcait ia;o which
powerful electric currents would ~
thrown hy amy disturbances 81 the
eaFth'a ,ia-tss-tssIa.
BY tive use Of insggu nents every
change, he says. ~coul1 b. recorded.
ami by the uAc If tie Telephone all
snunds prvdaced on tlte sun ,voald te
heard on oar planet. He j.. accord
ngiy. cFccts.c telegraph poles on each
side 81 the Ogden ore hili aud parallel
with a.. ca which he l. bling AN insu-
latest = ire usnnv times around the u hole
ar, a where the eartl4's magnetic lines
leave lhe iron mountain and extend into
space The tWa ends of the Icing wire
viii lc taken into h sobscrvation station
and connected with the receiving tele-
phone.
From every point Of view poetic.
spiritual, and scientiiie-this promises
10 he one of the most thrilling expert
ments ever made. it, successful con-
ductor-like Woplswortis
curious chila who dwell, upon trac;
OF inland ground, applying Ia his ear
The convolutionS of a smooth-ljppel she'll
hearing ~sonoeous cadences" and hold
ing converse with the unseen universe
itself-will be able Ia listen la tlie awe
inspiring rush and roar OF the suns
mountainous h:laws Of ilre as they
spiutter forth in Uncomfortable fury from
his cyclcpcan furnaces. What SER
mon will be preached into the receiving
Instrument. \ voice from the central
orb of our planetary system--jype an
swering to anu-type. laundering forth
the eternal power aud Godhcad of Him
whom the Christian pulpit, often too
feelly for our dull ears, proclaims tho
Light of this world.
From a scientific point of view the
value OF this experiment may he i'm
mense. Every new fac. brought GER
tainly to light respecting the actual phe-
nomena in the REGIONS beyond, how
ever insignificant it may appear at first.
becomes To science in her onward path
Of research the kew tone of an arch serv-
ing to bridge some hitherto impossible
chasm. Almost every great outburst Of
a solar cyclone is followed by amagnetic
storm on our little planet. and stimuli
taneously the ices of its polar circle
glisten in the light of the aurora Dor
calls
Familiar examples of this are found
in all Astronomical and magnetic obser-
vations. The magnetic storm of No
vember II. 1882 succeeding the appear
ance on the 10Th of sun spot which,
measured at Allegheny Observatory,
covered 2, 200, coo, 900 square miles,, seri-
ously interrupted the telegraph lines at
| New York ard cable messages were de-
| layed nearly an hour, while at Chicay
the switchboard was dozen times on
fire. As an experiment one of the West
l. 4.
and Baltimore was worked with the
earth current alone. There is every
reason, therefore, to expect that the
strength of all such disturbances will be
increased enormously in Mr.. Edison's
inductive circuit of the Ogden iron
mountain; that by the use of his instru-
ment the variations of intensity can DO
recorded, and, as he hopes, sounds pro-
duced on the sun will be heard through
the telephone.