The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-11-04

WHAT MAKES THEM TwIHkLe7

beu eter from . PLANET WIN Tue
uaked eye.
But Why docs the star twinkle st siil
The answer 10 this seems u be 90 &C.
count Of The greater distances Of the
stars. the nearest ns~d star helDs sev.
sssi thousand ti,nes fal iies from -
thsn the fsnbest plsh~i. 30 around
this - . starting point have been built
two theories. Que h that - the
visusi angie. Of angle subteDded b.
the stsS from the eye. b - very small
thst. very small bodIes 10 spacs com
Ing between The sts1 snd The eye
would give ths eject Of twipkiIng.
Nov. % esgsrds tboss sInaii bodies
actusily being In space - hypothecat.
I'd there b 90 doubt fos there sW MI.
lions Of frssments Of disrupte4 words
Tying aeouud In orbits sbout our sun.
Ths only question b Whethes there srs
enough 10 csuss the eternal twlnkiing
thst u Observed. Scieoce cs0uot ~
thst enough do not exist. for she eau-
not perceive the existeoce Of the small
ct fragments thst actually could cause
this eject. eveu with bet 0uest iostru-
Oeuta.
TO iHustrate. then. NJ meaning -
regards thls covering Of The visual
angie. suppoas you take q dine b.
tween your thumb end opesr aod bosd
4 between your eye aud The moon On
III u jusl covers the moon. u will b
eouod 10 BE- quite cIose 10 The eye. Nov
take Q quarter and bold u - that it
Just covsss the moon. IT. distance b
at oace seeu to BE- about -four tines The
dimes from The eye. Thus lt b sees
that The farther outward the object y
plscsd The larger the object ueceeaasy.
This y ip accord With vhst b koowe
- The nv Of iSverss squares.
Bot nov take Q dius o. eveu = pie
head. and 10 matter bov far you bold
4 from tbs eye n wiil e1siiy coves the
largest STAR % The hsavsas. Tbls =
O scceset Of tbe esosmous disesoce oe
the star. ths lines dSswu from In si6eo
10 ths eye incDosteg % angie - miouee
that almost snythlng win Oh L. -
thus ws - that this theosy b rot i'm
possible. tboash perhaps sobewhat IN.
probable.
TAs oshse thsosy bssss N argumeas
% The cir cusrsuts. Air cusrvuts are
eaussd By light and bsated ar rising
aed cold sud heavy ae tnking 10 place.
Now. whea light goss IRON . beavy
70 light eas. q vies vessa. u = beus
oas way o. the other. 70 this would
certainly hsppeu to The light from ail
the heavenly bodies. Ths ssasoo Il h
not uotic~d In The case Of ths plants
OF The SON b that they seud % many
more rays % compsred to The stsrA
Many reasous are put forward to
show the truth Of this theoey. A stat
twiukies more on the hosisOo than u
does 10 the seoitb. foe IN light has to
come through . srester ihictuess Of
atmosphere: also greater twinkliug y
Observed lu winter than IN summer.
aud when rapid and brilliant twinklins
b seen Il u . very good propAecy oe
rain " snow. - Il shows the upper ~.
gious Of the air to b In Q state Of
rapid motion 0e varying air cusveats,
bot aud cold cusveats meeting. som
mlngilng and rotating peo6ably.
ThIs nls0 acrounts for The changes
In ~ bslghtuess Of Q star. for at times
Q part and not aii Of its light 70 bent
away from the eye. IL has been no
ticsd also that . stars color has soUe'
thing to do with IL twiukllng % &C
count OF the dl0ereut refractivltieo ol
the different c0loss. A white os olue
star. such - the Dog slar. twlnkeel
most; usxt comes ths yellow aud he
the red. u one cares to hook Tor . red
star, Beteleeux b one aud can b
found 10 one corner Of tie eoastsIla'
tiou Orion.
A rather Interesting thing has beeg
ascsstalned In astrouomy % regards
the relation between the color Of stal
aud 10 aes. The white or blvs starr
are considered yOuus oe 10 The psius>
Of life. with many more million ysarl
to their career. while . red star. u
bstelgeux. y on the Waue aud Will grad
ually 90 out 10 the pext few mlllIou
years. - u Il decent: The yellow
stars OF courss c0u,e between the blut
and the red In point Of ase. Il b 90
couraslng to 6ud that our own sun Z
classi0ed % Q white star. "A. L
Hodgss 10 Cincinnati Commsscial Trih
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