Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13

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Bright Stars .,.
Not Always ~ true thai
A"o 3>earcst' 10 the earn ssel
one Of the brightest 90 st,, Ssensapri, /,
third In order OF brieh,,u ne sip
mere are several comparativei,,
stars which are nearer 10 W. .sinl
sv,,i s y, .ne brightest stars. t I'M
i II mr nn, OF this apparent parade,
40; 2. course, that the stars ar "uo,
al or the Same size ana i nts hol
brightness of surface; some ,nUulslc
poules AZ great distanre s. arg
earth, while others are com naSa,, lht
small bodies, but much nearsr I,,,Vey
Inc bright star Capella formn vs.
LOUIS anomaly or paradox. sneos,uur '
spppie ooseryations show that
ss aS .e olose binary pair. II has bes,
servatory with the great 2s.,nnh oo'
Ifactor---the work OF Sir Hnu sc,
Srupp---and the spectrosconic n,,S "aro
uai measurements indicate ina W.
mass Is about Is times the snn's ~
but its parallaS shows that Il in .h Ass
NJ NJ TIMES brighter than the s,,,,,
Thia great brilliancy is inconsis Sea,
MIL .n tne computed mass OF the star
brightness. The sun placed smaller
distance of Capella would shin ns
star OF about 6is magnitude A. ~
spectrum OF Capella closely -, ~
the solar spectrum the dlscrens,Ns.s
between the computed and sctn.y
brightness can not be explained ss,ie
factorily, and the star remains An ~
economical enigma. Another cIir,o,ps
paradox connected with binary stays
years it was almost taken for rro o,sng
that the brighter star Of the mir Ss.
larger mass than the fainter cow
ponent This was a natural concL,s-
lon. as both stars are practiraily -.
the same distance from the earth ~.
II has been found recently that ~
some binary stars the fainter cow. ~
ponert has actually the larger mass,
mus. IN the binary star Epsilon Nv.
drae the magnitude OF the connoS-
ents are three and six, indicating tbs,
the brighter star is about Is umss
brighter than the fainter COMPONENT
fet calculations by Lewis show that
the fainter star has six times ths
mass of the brishterl~-J. Z. Gore IL
knowledge and Science.
How To Tell It was long the fash.
The Real Slzc ion to deny that inn.
VI An Atom. agination was q DOS.
session OF scientists
the men above all other who must hay.
that quality IN its highest development.
They see the unseeable things. Forms
OF matter that the unframed mind can.
not comprehend they handle in their
daily work as men do tools OF trade,
Never Is this more apparent thar
when they attempt to bring within tho
range OF popular comprehension facts
which to them are elementary and com,
monplace. Lord Kelvlns description O,
the size OF the atom Is one example
IT We raise drop Of water to the si1s
of the earth and raise an atom In the
same proportion, then will 1t be some
place between the size Of marble and
a cricket ball" A comparison even
moro striking Is found In an address by
John A. Brashear, delivered at Lehlgh
and reported In the "Ameri-
man Machinist:" n you fill tiny vessel
one centimeter cube with hydrogen cor.
pusclcs, you can place therein, In round
numbers, i've hundred and twenty-five
octilions ($5e5,000, 600, o0O, 900 oOO, oooO 900
900, 000) OF them. II these corpuscles
the rate OF LOCO per second 1t will re-
Quire seventeen quintillions d70O0,OO0.-
O00. 000. 900, 000) OF years to empty Il. Mr..
comment is true that sit Is
with such subtle theories that our ply
sicists arc wrestling, delving into the
innermost chamber of the Infinitely
to build for us. upon the most
stable foundation, the microcosm of a
universe. Now York Mail.