The sun., 1903-11-01
Sun HEAT A MISTAKEN THEORY
ALEXANDER YOUNG OF la PORTE
CORRECTS ASTRONOMERS.
The Sun Merely the Centre OF Electrical
Energy-Its RadiatinE Currents Give
Heat and LiEht-Probably Inhabi'
ted-A New Theory OF Sun Spots

Young, the astronomer OF this city who
last spring told of discoveries which had
led him to believe that the sun is habitabe,
discussed his theory further with THE Sun
correspondent to-day. While not yet
ready to state fully the result of his dis
coveries concerning the solar electro
magnetic relations between the sun and the
other planets, Mr.. Young outlined what he
says will be the scope Of his intended an
nouncement.
Mr.. Young is extremely myopic. To
| that visual defect he ascribes largely his
success as a sun observer. Others SINH
lar'y afflicted have regarded themselves
as barred from such long.range work.
With him it has served only TO incte greater
effort and inspire the invention of new in
| struments. The soarscope which he has
devised, coupled with his peculiar eyes, has
produced astonishing results
Six months ago Mr.. Young suggested
| that astronomers have fallen into errors
through mistaking the electrical reflection
of the sun for the planet itself His theory
is that the sun ia not q superheated ter
restrial body at all, but a planet favored
with mild climate, beautifully varie gated
surface and benign atmosphere, capable
"a oupNiLAiiiS buSh loI ibn "a ihC dHt tiASAO-
fore, on the principle that nature permits
no waste, inhabited by a race OF godlike
beings.
The theory attracted wide interest and
brought Mr.. Young a tremendous corre-
spondence. He did not then elaborate
his ideas Of the sun spots, now the subject
of investigation at every obser vatory.
To-day he discussed that phase OF the
general topic.
The sun, he believes, is the Creator 8
grand central dynamo station for the uni
verse; other planets are the sub-stations
deriving their electrical energy from the
| solar source Of supply. Electricity is the
| life principle of all nature and 1t streams
from the sun through the infinite inter-
| stellar and interplanetary spaces. and from
planet to planet and back again to the sun
in constantly active currents.
All heat and all light proceed from these
electric streams, for as they pass from
atmosphere 70 atmosphere and through
spaces void or almost void of even the most
| ethereal gas, they meet with resistance of
varying intensity and in overcoming that
resistance give off heat and light. The
atmosphere surrounding the sun reflects
| the light of the electrical currents passing
| out from It, and we see that reflection
! through our own atmosphere, similarly
| lighted, and call it tho sun. The same
| currents passing through our atmosphere
engender heat and we call ii the sun IS
! heat
! ,o aor,h A.. w. hal;a,.n. oxoa,>, nc 49,.
NAV conceiya II ne heinc stored IN in an
electric raw to be given ont Inv This method
of sfornaticr l., overcoming resistance
No bum,n eve eye,, with tba most no,vor-
S,I aid 70 ,.is;ou ha says ms ever niercad
tbo sur,s otmospbe-e md ,.;eued tb.t
! elorio,,s orb save bis own-nroiected nv
his solarscone Mona hut him has ever
viewed the snots on the sun. The s,,n spots
that astror orrers see with their telescopes
are tricks nlayed upon the visicu by the
/ weird effects of electrical reflections on at
mosnheric pheror,ena occurring in or inst
beyond the outermost regions of the earth's
protecting shield of gaseous fluid.
: In other words, the spots on the SUN
are reaIlv denominations of clo,ds inst
off the earth Mr.. Young says he has
Lnov, tbia 70 he trre since Oct If 1909
and he mas demonstrated it to himself by
| frequent subsequent observations with his
, SOipracODp. When the lanrnpt star CaZer.
peerinp into tho celestia! spaces with his
great telescope. lights on sun spot and
imagincs scenes of Internal grandeur,
lighted bv an inconceivaby great light and
heoted nv the oonflapration of n perpet,lally
burning world infinitely larger than the
earth he is merely looking at a mass OF
o;rroee vonor ioatinp or whirlinp in n rare
9ed other and III IN from the constant re-
eect;ons of bastcninp electrical currents
r,;,l;ors of miles from the sun
Tbese vanorous masses patber gradually
IN that altitude where there is no heat ex-
nort nc tbe;r SLOWLY anpmentirp volume
,,ras.nts moro, si, ~ resistance to tho M ssinp
Of 70. mo of e,actrictv and finally the masses
o,,,;, suoh densitv tbot the degree of heat
hooo,nas nroot enough to cause their soma
ra,ion ,rair Tho process of seps ion
a,,d 81 ,,rodual cooling ;s as slow MS tim, of
ooo,,n,nIa,;or. when n certain degree Of
oold ;s ra.ohed the disnersion ceases and
concentration becins The arrar cement
r,,ns in neriods which Mr. Young thinks
axtard orer ,,o,,t seven wears though he
49,, ,,,, ,,o, sn,,rod II ont very closelv--
.1.., ,,o,ns q ,,larty oIo.olr fn,,owed bv
.o,.o,, ,,.ars &c drouobtb and famine