The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-27

Prof. serviss in New YORK; -.
I Sir William Preeco made
rant suggestion to British enxins.,sr s y
other day. He sisid. in efrso, n %
TIME was coming when enrlnns 10y 'As
have to look to the whiting ~ ID ~
on dts axis. TO Iuhe as yet unns.s "a
atored up in the sunbeams ana i <, 1877 = =
tern@' heat of the globe, On tbsi, u
for new sources cf mechanical i. s'sl
When we talk CT having con,ua 's''
planet and chained the forca. 80 -
we become children in hoastlf,.,ns nasefo
incliicie1cy ds confessed nynena,sse Dol
OF disniay goes UP over the rs,,s cfy
nausEion oil the coal mines. IN Nc ssss "a,
w made ourselves MASTERS Of ors "a fe2i<
iahuro OF 'cne coal supply would ~ p' suN
bic US an the least. II Is bccans.- ~ tto4s
been so progressive az ~ ~ ~ nav11
entire mechanical progress. uni, 100 0u
upon cJal alone ithat we can ~
by projections OF che ultimaaa 800 attns1
Of that useful fuel. Sir Willian ~.
warning ndps ito make clear tbs nss 1880
ness OF the Foundation on which, ~ ''yn-
seruoture Oh modern material siwu,s,as
! has been reared. asioi
Nono iniin'ohs ol years ago, when 4. N
sects WIN wings q loot long fitted ovs
lne swailpy condiments. aud whep ~
WIS yet future possibility. nas,,,. w
cred parts OF the earth with wnns' w.
vegetation. considerable remains "a ..'a,aa
preserved anS mineralized netwaer ,,. nNa
cf rock exist today dn the shape n -
ON these deposits We have founda5 -. -
age OF steam. But the supply. n,ha,-s
large, is limited. We have nean rae
ing 1t swiftly ever since the inver,s,s = I.
the stesm engine. lit can not kss Al ~. Y
and when 1t lis gone, III I'VE have M, hir ~
take its place, what then? Font,,nas.s v
we shall have something else. ami 49,.
thing better. Electricity Is bstter -
less crude than steam. but for ne nroa ~
ton we still need more manages,,s sor,s.
OF energy, suoh as heat. Grayiauon beIcs
us wherever great waterfalls exit M,
that Is not enough. The, measureless IN.
ergy stored up lin the rotation of khe A,r,h
/ on dts axis will neip us when we hss.
learned how to utilize it, hut ws NM;
! first master the tides. The sun scat,s,.
power abundantly down upon our bssi.
and sows 1T broadcast, but we sin la,t
the magic wand that can transform II i
our uses. Finally. as Prof Preece poIo,s
out, the earth Us filled with the energy H
heat, and perhaps IL is this vast furnsc,
whose mighty flues are Esna and ve,u.
vius and Kilauea, which will be FIRST d
supply us with the needed power.
Liquid or solid, the interior OF the crtA
is at least hot. On degree of temperatlrs
added for every fufty-three feet of desceDt
or say in round numbers 100 degrees 10,
every mile. AT ten nlles deep you hays
furnace heat. There is no practical limit
TO the supply. Radiation is virtually shut
off by the cool crust above. The lapse Of
a millions years probably witnesses al
scarcely appreciable loss of the interior
heat of the gsdbe. How TO get at y Il the
question which the engineers OF some COM
ing generation will have to solve.
Whenl man has done THAT, when he s.s
upon his little globe supplying himseis
from its glowing interior with draughtsl
Of THAT hidden energy which once caused
dt TO shine sA'a star. and thus makes his
lamps CLEAN and his engines roar while
his comfortable homes drtve back the
frosts with their CHEEKY warmth then x
last he may call himself the planets mas.
ter