Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-03-27
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by measuring the heat received from
the sun on certain portion of the
earth's surface a scientist has esti-
mated the heat radiated from the sun.
lie announces that the temperature OF
that glowing ball is 1880 degrees
Fahrenheit, which is eight times as far
removed from the freezing point as is
Il bright red surface.
one of the characteristics of ether
waves. such as those of light and heat,
is that they produce distinct press
ure in the direction they travel. In
the case of the earth this outward
pressure from the sun is said to be
10000 tons, but this is a mere trifle
compared with the vast gravitational
attraction toward the sun.
A health resort in Lapland is re
ported by the British Medical Journal
as due to the belief that there are
great advantages possessed by Arctic
climates in the summer months. Be
fore long summer resorts will be de-
veloped in many northern lands which
used to be thought ice-bonnd and in
hospitable all the year round. The
new sanatorium is to be erected on
the shores Of Lake Torne, a beautiful
sheet of water at Wassijaure, near the
terminus of the Ofote Railroad. There
is a small settlement at Wassija
but otherwise there Is no sign of man
except during the occasional passage
of a few Laplandcrs with their rein
deer.
Inventors have from time to time
tried to devise form of oar which
would enable the rOwers OF boat TO
sit facing the bow, instead of the stern.
The advantage Of such a position is
manifest, but it has always been found
that greater power of stroke is OBJ
tanned with the old form Of oar. Just
at present attention has been drawn in
France to so-called ''articulated oar
which permits the rover to face for
ward. and which partially solves the
problem, at least where no great force
of propulsion is needed. The con
struction is very simple. The oar Is
divided at the oarlock by toothed
sectors. which engage one another like
ratchet wheels, so that pull on the
inner arm of the oar causes the outer
arm carrying the blade, to move in
the opposite direction.
That the great treeless or forest
less plains of the West need not re-
main in their present condition is the
belief of X. s. Kellogg, Of the Bureau
Of Forestry, who, as the result OF
year or two Of careful investigation,
says that whatever may be the rea-
SONS for the absence of natural for
ests on the great plains. close study
Of established plantations proves that,
with an intelligent selection of species
and proper care. planted trees can, to
n considerable extent, be made to sup
ply the deficiency. Among the trees
suitable for this purpose are the honey
locust, the Usage orange. the green ash,
the red cedar, the white elm. the
Scotch and the Austrian pine. the
black locust. the black walnut. the sill
yer maple, the catapa, the cotton
wood and the box elder,
Sir Oliver Lodge, who some time ago
invented an electrical apparatus for
disspating fog by means Of electrical
currents radiated into the atmosphere,
is convinced that the limitations Of his
invention will not allow 1t to be used
in clearing great areas Of fog as yet.
but he thinks that II has practical
value In a letter to the London Times
he says: AN electrical method of dis
sipation Is not the right remedy for
This artticially intensified evil. though
attacking natural mist In places where