The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-19


hand the perspiriug plgri u is greeted by
the viciousIy expressed desire for cold
weather. Now as a matter OF fact there
81 no such thing rs cold II you doi't
believe this boil statement, look
a. mp in any reputable treatise
on physics. or consult the nearest
professor You will lind that cold
Is ne rely condition Of heat. Absolute
cold would he the absence OF all heat, an
fnipossible hypothesis. Heat is an en-
tirrly relative term ani coid is the word
you use when you feel no heat at all. IL
ts present just the same, but Ia such In
6nitesinal quantities that your imper-
vious skin cannot detect 1t.
Covered by Perpetual Frost.
Having made this proposition 80 clear
that any child ought to comprehend it.
The News proposes Co show how cold
weather may be obtained at any season
OF the year REGARDLESS OF the most fiery
A antagonism of Uncle Sol IL confidently
makes this assertion because ihfre has
beon discovered not 20 miles from b city
. pond, or rather, pool, frozen over 10
the depth of nearly four feet, and what
nature has done man may do. This last
yplaiitude IS new and entirely original
with The News, but we offer 1t TO our
readers gratis. We repeat, what nature
has done man may do.
The fundamental principles whereby
this lake remaius In frozen condition
while the rest of Rhole ISLAM Il Is pant
ing for breath are these:
What is HEATH
Heat In motion. The two terms are
absolutely interchangeable. When
body 10 very hot the molecules OF which
it is composed move 70 and fro very
rapidly. When the body is cold they
move correspondingly slow. Nov, IL is
plain 10 be seen that any agency that will
Tend to diminish the speed of the mole
; cules Of any body will result in
scooling OF the temperature of the
body In direct proportion. Freezing
><may be produced by mechanical as well
fas chemical means. II is unnecessary
: that chemical change take place In the
composition of body. ANY mechanical
agent that serves To lessen the activity
OF the particles will have the desired
affect Of reducing the temperature.
Location OF the Pool.
Rhode Islands frozen pool ia situatad-
. about twenty miles from Providence. in
= direction west, nor west as the crow
dies It is about 35 feet In diameter and
beautifully terraced with rocks and over
hanging oaks, which cast so dense a
shade that no ray OF sunlight ever pene-
covers its entire surfac. several feet
thick. There is no doubt as to its gel-
uipeness 1t is ice. 1t exists in summer
and wintcr. External heat has no effect
upon It. II you don't believe it, 90 and
sea. The News has studied the phenum-
cause.
Explanation OF It's Origin.
Away back In the Pliocene. Miocene or
possibly even the Eocene age there existed
under this lake as well as under the
whole state Of Rhode Island pecu-
cuiiar dep posit, accumulatlng from the
bones of an extinct bird that formerly in
habit q this region in countless numbers.
These fowl died In their tracks, as the
Z saying goes, and their bones
gradually covered the whole state
70 the depth Of seventy feet.
!. Successive deposits Of decayed forests
and various soils later, covered this
whitened sepalcher from the sight of pre-
historic man. These curious b rds who
y left their bones in such countless
numbers upon the land, were most
curiously constructed from chemical
ipoint OF view. The essSntlal ingredient
:3n their composition was hexagous vo,
flantes, q peculiarly subtle chemical
(which. when exposed to ages Of decompo-
,sition, resolved itself into gas SO ex-
y ceedingly rare that it penetrates every-
thing with which it comes In contact.
The hardest metals are like sponge be-
fore this insidious gas.
30 Penetrating In its Efrects
II not only penetrates all known sub
stances. but 1t actually inserts itself be-
tween the atoms comprising the mole
rcules of the hardest OF bodies. In order
>tto grasp the true inwardness Of this state
9ment IL should be remembered that a
( molecule Is composed of two
i collection Of molecules forms
: the substance of any known body.
fThese atoms are in a constant state OF
l vibration, and on the length Of these
{, vibrations depends the amount of heat
: whpch the body possesses. Any ything that
reduces the vibration reduces the
4; temperature as before stated.
For countless ages these bones of the
!: extinct fowl mouldered beneath the de-
I, posits OF later ages. All this time
gradual decomposition was going on.
1.-THE subtle penetrative gas above men
.tioned was gradually being liberated. but
lthe thick folds Of alluvial deposit above
held IL AZ In hugo reservoir. Some
100000 years must have elapsed
before the bones of the fowl were entirely
oonverted into gas But for the enter
prise OF two daring fishermen, who almost
lost their lives for their pains, this won
have been discovered.
How the News Got Out.
About two weeks ago John aud Joseph
Mangheim, two brothers dwelling near
Glocester conceived the idea OF fishing In
the pond above located. n Find
Ing the hsn plentiful. but slow
to bite. Joe went to his
home and procured ride Of the frontier
pattern csrrying an 8.ounce ball He aud
John then walked around the pool until
they came TO a shallow spot whore the
1ish could easily be seen sporting close
70 the bottom. Joe took good aim and
fired at his victims. The ball missed the
fish and penetrated far into the ground
bslow.
A swift, Cold Blast Arose.
A swift, cold blast. like a breath from
che North pole. shot up from the surface
Of the water and the next instant the
ManRbeim brothers were hurled high into
thu air ss sndden formation of ice upon
tro pond was male. Tney fell upon the
0fw-formed sneet of crystal an then