Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-31
THE AIR DISAPPEARING.

at different times sclentiste have
attempted TO forecast the final fate OF
the earth and the cause, or causes, that
will eventually render it unsuitable as
a hsbltation Tor human beings, con.
stituted as the race Of mankind now is.
1t has been suggested that the solar
System by GRADUALLY losing its heat
Will at last render lie on the various
planets an impossibility. Diners have
predicted the end OF the world In G
blaze, through collision with some
other orb In space. Tho latest sug-
gestion is that we arr gradually losing
the atmosphere that surrounds the
earth. and that life, consequently, ut
last will be extinguished by suffoca.
ton.
The last mentioned conclusion has
been reached through u series OF .x.
perlments conducted in France by
means OF balloons. The apparatus by
means OF which this 10 belle we'd to
have been demonstrated ia attached TO
the balloon anu Is descrlbej as circu-
lar object resembling the exterior OF q
gigantic fly wheel. II works auto.
matically, and by means OF u eonnec.
ton with the registering machine
directly abovs 1t, opens one OF series
OF reservoirs 1t contains at certain
periods OF elevation. These reservoirs,
whom the aercstile leaves the earth, are
air tight, anu the air has been entirely
| exhausted from them before the ascent
is begun. Therefore, when reservoir
is opened at a desired height, there is
nothing to mix WIKI the specimen Of
air that rushes into 1t.
Concerning the latest Of the expert.
ments made, Paris c0rrespo dent OF
an exchange says:
lilo aerostile rose with extraordinary
rapiutty to an immense height. fully
10000 meters. The highest temperature
recorded was 20 degrees. The balloon
remained In the air two hours, travelling
N. n. Ia E., aud travelled Il distance OF
lO2 kilometers. All the recording APP
paratus worked succe ssfully, and while
The results have not boon been definitely
announced in all particulars, they, in the
minds of many scientl pts, establish tho
TACT that the inyenIors have commended
for-that the aerostat will throw starting
light on tho question OF atmospheric
Disappearance.
Tho "Aerophile." as tho balloon has
been named, is sometimes sent aloft
merely arranged no that at a certain
period of time the gas vent will be par
Tally opened, the gas escape, and the
monster settle to the earth. A. other
times 1t ia like the captive balloon, sent
aloiI at the end of great coil OF rope,
and pulled down whenever the expert
mentors desire. 1t is, however, only
when the invention is permitted TO soar
10 great height that there is a possibility
of securing the results which the scien-
lists hope for.
The facts learned are believed to
indicate that change is gradually
taking place In the atmospheric con.
dilions OF the earth. The air mlngles
continually with the water anc the
rookie, and this action diminishes Its
density. Thus lie the gauzy envelope
which surrounds us brought closer
and reduced, and one day, say the
scientlsts, VIII without doubt disappear
completely as it has already done from
our neighbor. the moon. As matter
OF fact, following up the study OF the
actual conditions Of the atmosphere
the facts revealed suggest as to the
effect OF changing conditions on anil
NAL ami vegetable life, the invest.
gator is enabled to ioIm an idea oil
the transformation which actual or.
ganlsms undergo, and what the IN urs
OF humanity ia 10 be, 50 far as the
world IL concerned.
1t Is interesting to notice tina! scien.
the research lately has ovorthrown
tue position formerly taken by those
who used to rely on science for argu.
ments against revealed religion. The
nlaterialislio .dea that everything IN
the univers. was to remain as 1t now
Is and hGa been from the beginning
Gnds no support. Everywhsre are
seen changes. The modern idea is
tha9 worlds and systems OF worlds are
brought into existence, live and die.
lhiApoints to u power superior 10 Ils