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II the air would heat a passenger COM
! partment to an unbearable degree.
Not Many Going Thnt Way.
The general shape OF ,his new ma
chine IL that OF two long-drawn-out cones
placed base TO base. a model weighing
but eleven ounces lately ascended TO che
enormous hight Of eleven miles. a. was
authenticity recorded by an aneroid ba-
rometer placed insiie. This wac Tar
above any hight ever heretofore reached
by a mechanical device. Yet the instrl-
ment came down within one furlong
OF the spot from which Il was sent up.
Win a similar device | am going TO make
measurements OF che upper air. Inside Of
u I an going to put instruments which
wil measure temperature and moisture
anil another which will bring down sam
pies At the atmosphere found at such
enormous Nights. These samples will be
tested here In the laboratory. ! propose
to use the instrument at night. attaching
a device which will show "a light during
descent and thus mark the path of the
drop. / will thus be able TO locate the
machine when Il returns TO earth"
But. professor, what "a 20 prevent
more powerful machine built on these
lines. from venturing out into the open
NfNNF NNANNNA AAN FaAAt'tNf 'F'A ~
Mars"
The professor raised one elbow. a. II
warding on something thrown az him.
| Then he leaned hack In his chair. wheeled
It around and looked out the laboratory
window.
"One cannot reach Mars" said he. by
any existing method OF flight. utilizing at
mosphere as an old 10 propulsion or
buoyancy when we were school boys We
I ~ of
atmosphere was but forty-eight miles
deep. II has been recently estimated
that II is more than four dimes that
depth. II probably extends go miles
above our heads. Above u there prob
/ ably are some lighter gases which viii
not mix with air.
1T would be impossible 20 travel TO The
planets IN balloons or In devices using
propcilers. aeroplanes or Tapping wings.
| once above the earh's atmosphere there
would he nothing 20 buoy balloon up
and nothing against which wings. rro-
poUers or aeroplancs could act. Giant
projeciiies sent up by explosive force
| would be out Of the question. Too much
| energy would be required 10 project them.
/ rhe greatest possible explosive force put
back Of the hes, adopted projectile would
I send {, hardly 20 the roof OF our at
mosphere.
snnee between flnnetH - NhNtk""''
Between the planets We ind only
ether. about <he nature Of which there
Is much difference OF opinion. Some eS-
psrimenis which have made In vacuums
prove 90 me that. contrary 10 the ac-
rcpted doctrine. ether Is not entirely trie-
| ,tariess I, Is composed ~ particles many
| hl1Ions Of times smaller than atoms.
these are Of such a nature than no or
/ d,narv body meets with any resistance In
nassing through them.
These experiments prove that ma
/ ,bire can be made 90 propel itself where
! ,hcre a. no air. such devices. therefore,
| rouid traverse the open space between the
nlanets How? Through the other space
/ Sc,ween the planets there are streams OF
.,ec,rlo and light waves. Against either
| ~ ,bese two systems Of waves other sets
| - waves. artificialiy made BY machine.
an he forced IN such a way as TO cause
,csistance and propel the machine along
| have devices by which ! have proven
/ This I have proven that the rays given
IN bv a magnet may be acted upon hy
/ tght in such manner as TO rotate the
magnet. This Is direct proof OF the az
/ ,son ~ one set Of waves upon another.
rhs electric and light waves. always com
~ from the sun, penetrate the ether
| IN every direction. At any place ~ the