The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04

described as having been invented in Cal
norma would De needed. We cannot run
wire 70 Mars or a star. Yet. as Air
Nlcola 4esla has suggested, nature may
already have furnished us with something
mat might serve IN the place OF a wLre
Every great body like the earth or the
Otner planets IS center Of electric and
other radiatiOns. which extend 10 and
from every member Of the solar system.
ana possibly to and from the stars. those
dlslanL centers OF other systems. We.
feeble though we are. can. within certain
limits, govern the play Of the earlh's cleo
lrlc FORCES. We touch a battery whose
connection may reach to the stars. Can
We ever transmit or receive Ineligible
messages across such CULTS OF space2
some Of US may live 10 know the answer
10 that question
forming invisible radiations into the Wis
IDLE vibrations of light, / should like TO
see result Of the application Of such an
instrument TO that planet which IN size
and rotations is nearer like the earth than
any Other-Nenus. Venus, while in many
respects the most inviting, is at the same
time the most disappointing OF the worlds
that surround us. This arises apparent
" from the existence Of dense clouds and
NdpOr IN It's atmosphere through which
as through gauZe We can only family dis
Germ the real face and features OF the
beautiful planet behind. With an y ray
telescope so cOntriVed as to make those
rays give visible image We might strip
the veil from our fa1r nelgnDOr IN the SKY,
and clear up the alluring mystery concern
ing her. OF course it is understood that
something different from the present \
ray apparatus, by means of which the
shadows of unseen things are rendered
visible, would be required in these as
Economical applications. 1t would De ne
ceSSary TO transform the y radiatlonS
directly into light radiatiOns, so that the
objects they emanate from instead OF the
objects they more or less readily ira
verse would become visible.
Another planet that we should like to
see inside of is Jupiter. We are certain
that Jupiter is wrapped thick in hot ana
glowing clouds, and II is very doubtful
whether a glimpse of his interior globe, If
he has any, has ever yet been vouchsated
to man.
And, then, best of all, the sun. The sun,
as everybody may not have stopped TO
think, is not very much more than hum
bred times its own diameter distant from
the earth. Put a marble, half an inch IN
diameter, a yard and a half from eye,
and it will appear of the same size as the
sun, and viii be. prOpOrtionately, at the
same distance from your eye as the sun
is from the earth. Now, imagine that
marble to become as hot and bright as the
sun-in other words, far hotter and bright
er than the crater of an arc highland pic
ture speelS of dust floating close to your
eye to represent the earth, ana you II
have no difficulty in conceiving the over
whelming nature of the suns influence
upon our little planet.
Amid the blaze of radiation of every
imaginable kind that the sun lavishes
upon its surroundings We have thus lar
practically taken account only OF those
forms which we call light and heat. But
suppose the X rays are included in the
suns Outpourings; what flood Of intelli-
gence will they not carry to the human
mind concerning the mighty center from
which they come when we shall have
learned to perceive and interpret them?
The interior of the sun is hotter than
the luminous shell of It which we behold
But that shell, with its gigantic chasms,
its upheaved growing masses and its CO.
ronal SURROUNDINGS is marvellous OBJ
ject Give US then the means to see its
structure by the tell-tale rays from the
interior that stream through it, and We
shall open a new chapter in solar as
trOnomy that, like the rod of Moses, Will
swallow up all that have preceded it.
Then go a step further and make the
inner-born rays themselves visible, and
the glazing mask of the sun will be with
drawn from US and we shall behold some
thing of the heart of the furnace within
"a furnace that lights and warns a crowd
of worlds and makes a corner of the uni
verse habitable for man.
Garrett p SerViss