The St. Louis Republic., 1904-11-06

the reflector and concentrated so that they
are thrown into the mouth of the fur
mace with a diameter OF about fifteen to
eighteen inches. II. says Father Hima-
laya, the rays could be further concen-
trated to diameter of eight or ten inches
temperature could be produced so high
that 1t would be almost beyond the con-
ception of the men of science
HEAT OF SUN ELECTRICAL.
II have found beyond the possibility of
a question: said Father HimaIaya,
through an interpreter. that the origin
Of the heat Of the sun is electrical.
This 1 find by the Pyrheliophoro, and
then have verified the finding by mathe-
matical calculation. The process is one
that cannot be understood by the lay
mind, but 1t will be fully demonstrated in
the book which will publish. / find that
the heat Of The sun is very much greater
than that of the electrical arc, which is
$500 degrees Fahrenheit, more than
double, should say, yet it is not SO great
as some Of the exaggerated claims of two
million degrees that have been made. OF
this 1 am fully satisfied in my own mind
and 1t Is to me Of extremely great i'm
portance.
This demonstration Of the electrical
origin OF the suns heat explodes a lot of
speculative theories. Since there has been
science the scientists have been speculat-
Ing on this. Some have maintained that
the great heat Of the sun is due to kinetic
force: that is. that 1t is due to the impact
Of aerolites In great numbers with the
sun.
Others have maintained that the heat
OF the sun Is due to the contraction of
the solar nebulae. Still other men of SCI
ence have said hat 1t is due to the oxyda-
tion of the matter of the body of the sun.
The very latest theory. the one that has
come in with the discovery OF the fr6per-
ties OF radiunl, Is that the suns Heat Is
traceatie to radio activity.
II am prepared to maintain successfully
my claim that more of these things are re-
sponsible. The heat Of the sun Is not due
to 5hock. or to contraction of nebulae, or
to oxydation or to radio activity. 1t is Of
electrical origin. AS to radio activity, 1
find that the radiation of the sun Is quite
radium.
WILL REvoLUTIoNIZE INDUSTRIES.
This discovery has opened to me win
dow into the face of nature. which has
been hitherto closed to us. now have a
well-based theory, only theory as yet,
however, as to the source of the electri-
cal energy that produces the rays Of the
sun. I have found theoretically. at least,
the way to use hitherto unknown forces
OF nature. II this theory of mine is prac-
tical, our knowledge Of Nature will be
settled upon entirely new basis. and our
actual Industrial methods of to-day will
be changed. The problem Of energy is to
be solved In another way than those
known at pres mt
''The public has had the wrong impress
sion Of my apparatus and Of what 1t is
intended to accomplish. Possibly should
say that the public has exaggerated ideas
on the subject. For that reason / will
take up explanations in the same order as
they were once before printed in The Re-
public. with the hope that will make
the subject moro clear.
This Is the fourth sun machine Father
Himalaya has constructed. and he conf
IDENTIFY expects 1t to eventually generate
four times the heat achieved by his for
mer experiments.
In his three machines erected In Europe
he succeeded in extracting 1852 degrees Of
heat from: the sun. each machine outdoing
its predecessor in intensity. The heat gen.
Grated by the first machine. erected in 1899
melted lead and zinc. At a higher alti-
tude. in the Pyrenees-o orientales.with q sec
opd apparatus, perfected a year later, sur
ficienf heat was concentrated from .he