The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-15

toflecf 10 concerned. such CHAP Woutd
ginssI fIs feats absolutely Impossible
20 us--a feat like the canal system,
imsginary conceptions of the Mar
tians. AMONG which those. OF H. @.
Wells are most generally known. al
ways seem to make them beings of
a nasasna IN an
Kaempffert, the weii-known writer on
ssien.ific sAbjects. speaks of the
although we can never hope to see
Marian. we are justified In deducing
thing Of his size and muscular PROV,
thickness. Its weight is supported on
an atCa a thing Of two dimens st9n5
increased without Increasing that
cross-section his weight would ulu.,
mately become SO great that ne woH dw
Fol- this reason a person half as large
again as another has about twice the
supporting capacity of that other, but
IF we apply this principle to a hy-
pothetinai fnhabitant OF Mars and SNIP
pose him to be three times as tall.
as thick as a terrestrial human being
as much on the earth. but on Mars
only nine times as , MUCH on because anse
third that OF the earth; The cross.
section of this hypothetical Martian,s
muscles would be nine times as great
err to the weight Of his body would Be
about the same az ours. so that ~
would he no more fatiguing for him Z"
JAS a machine, however, he would
be much more efficient. Being a crea-
ture Of three dimensions. ana since
Marian grsy witty is ome,tn a d e twert ~
seven times as affective as ours. SO
that he should do twenty-seven times
I'VE rpSst further consider the ne fact Ct
w snas 'n Compel a%a him to sxpend only
one third of the effort necessary upon
the earth. Therefore. his effective
force would be six times as g nsil d, as
ging possibilities Of being so consti-
tuted would dwarf the performances
OF powerful Panama canal steam
Discussion Of the "dartians. calls
sending signals to Mars. which came
INTO SPECIAL prominence last April
Prof. chickering's scheme In to nix
6fty mirrors. each mirror twenty FIVE
feet square. on a shaft like the polar
axis OF an equatorial telescope Each
100 little ones . ia feet square. There
should be fifty shafts. thus bringing
the total number of large mirrors up
to $500. The total estimated cost OF
would be $4,000. including motors. Ia
total Of $4,000. There would be in
all Ia of mile square of mirrors.
aIlel to the axis OF the earth. and
caused to revolvs by means of motors
IN direction opposite to that in which
the earth revnives BY this means MS
Of light. bright enough TO be visible
through telescope. could be sent
from the earth to Mars. The question
OF the number of mirrors necessary for
q matter OF astronomical calculation
which any astronomer can figure out
In I'VE minutes
"The signals from the earth" con.
tinued Prof Pickering. should be
kept up, for three or four months.
At the end of the year they should be
started ,gain. and continued perhaps
expect mat. " there are Martians in
existence of sufficient Intelligence to
AXE notice Of. these signals, they wild
going to do u at all 1t is probable
that they would erect some apparatus
sirnilaE 10 those sent from the earth
Ult tlt8 -uEbUs lhtIis 30 StOh 80 hnShON
similar to the signal flashing mirrors
were answered from Mars system Of
dots and dashes like those used In the
Geographic code could he employed. II
these we're answered with ike dots
and dashes. q would settle beyond
doubt the existence OF Intelligent
beings on Mars"
Prof. Todd proposes to go up In a
balloon. this month, in order TO see
whether. at . height " 2s.901 feet. air
pumped from, the surrounding atmos-
phsre. and compressed, will support
human life. Taking advantage OF the
fact that Mars will be 15,00O,00O miles
nearer this month than for the past
fifteen years. he decided to equip his
balloon with q wireless apparatus.
Thus, IL IL SO happens that the MAJ ar
ha will receive them.
THE idea of carrying the wireless
on a balloon he says sis that at a
height II FIVE miles or, more We VIII
get above ali electrical disturbances due
to terrestrial causes. II our wireless re-
ceiver taps At that altitude we'll know
1t IL the Martians.
"On sne top OF the bag of the bal
loon gill hs the wireless antennae. 10
these will be attached three diverglng
wires leading to receiving stations on
Wien asked how he expected to
raaS message from Mars In case he
recstyed one. Prof. Todd replied In the
words of Edgar Allen Poe:
Human intelligence cannot devise a
, Tris:sn th sysfSs Human intellgence
So watch out for September "a!
There may be something doing" SO
far as Mars is concerned.