Daily camera., 1898-11-07
INGENIOUS THEORY.
Explains Why the Earth Keeps
Going Round.
An Indiana Scientist Thinks 1t Is the
SUMS Heat Some of His
Interesting Expert
m2nts.

The yenera BILE Mr.. NJ. Burton, of In
diana polls, student, has for many
years been striving TO demonstrate the
theory Is to the world revolution and
the power of the expansion and con-
traction of atmosphere, and along the
line of his experiments has construct
ed a clock which has been running for
three years and six months, keeping
good time and winding itself. He does
not claim perpetual motion for the in
vention, leaving the experiment tC
speak for itself. The clocK may be said
to be wound by she solar system, the
axiom of heat expanding and cold con
tracing being the basis. In Other
words the clock is wound by changes
in temperature, the principal force be-
ing day and night differences.
He found, after experimenting, there
is an average difference of 20 degrees
IN temperature between day and night
The day, of course, being the warmer
It follows that the heat of the day ex.
pands, while the lower temperature OF
the night contracts. Mr.. Burton took
an ordinary old style clock, using a
weight. Outside of his house is tin
tank, ten feet high and nine inches in
diameter, which is alright. From it q
tube runs into the cellar, leading to g
cylindrical reservoir, which receives
the air from the tank. In this reser
voir there is piston, the rod of which
moves with a ratchet between the
chain on which thu piston depends
The heat of the sun expands the at
mos phere in the exterior tank, thus
forcing any excess into the reservoir
near the clock. During expansion the
piston rises. In the night time the
contraction of the air in the exterior
tank reduces the air in the reservoir
and the piston lowers itself The
ratchet arrangement winds the clock
Mr. Burton regards this ingenious ar
rangement a : simply a scientific nov
city 10 demonstrate the power of the
under different tempera
lures
However, he has carried the expert
merr into lines showing that atmOs.
phpric pressure evidently has some
earth's orbit. Mr. Burton procured q
copper globe, which he divided into a
number of alright partments
During exposure to the sun this globe
revoIves, because, as explained by Mr.
Burton, of the expansion of the heated
air in the chambers facing the sun anC
the contra ction in the chambers not sc
exposed. From this he argues that the
revolutions of the earth are regulated
by the expansion and contraction Oh
the atmosphere.
To illustrate, he says: suppose
belt of the earth's surface 5000 miles
wide $4,000 north and south from the
equator) and extending east and west
around the world $4,000 miles, making
on area of 1872 900 900 square miles OF
surface, and the mean pressure about
five pounds to every square inch. But
as one-half Of this area is continually
exposed to the suns rays. and the other
half is constantly in the shadow of the
earth. there is a mean difference in the
temperature of the atmosphere of the
hemisp spheres of say, ten degrees; the
air contracting on one side and eX'
banding on the other, IS the sun rays
leave or fall upon the earth's surface
The weight would be equal to 100000
.uuare miles of water 33 feet deep, cal.
cuated on the atmospheric pressure OF
Is pounds to the square inch. This
would approximate the weight of the
OK on this great treadwheel and he
would stand on the earth 5 surface just
back of the dawn of day and trave
westward on the earth's surface Just
at the same speed that the earth roll:
eastward, causing the earth to revOlve
on the same principle that the OK or
the treadwheel causes il to revolve.'
Mr.. Burton has perfected a number
Of curious things. of which the twc
mentioned are among the most pc.
cuiar. He claims no special usefulnes:
for his clock invention, nor is it ap
parent that he is seeking to profit by
any of his observation-disclosures t:
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