The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-12
WHY IS A COMET?
ANSWER: BECAUSE
Astronomer Gives His Theory
Concerning Eccentric ST.
dereaI Travellers.
EARTH WILL BE AFFECTED
SOLAR FORCE CERTAIN TO BE
FELT ON THIS GLOBE.

Comets have not been the cause of
these catastropnes, but every one of
them has been caused by disturbances
of solar force which have affected the
earth
80 far as any direct effect of the
comet coming in contact with or
dumping the earta, there is no dan
ger. But indirectly, by its effect in
DETECTING solar force to the earth, and
particularly at the time when the
earth passes through the greatest con-
densation of solar force, in the So
called tall of the comet, the comet
has already and viii again affect the
earth.
What can we do? Nothing, except
set our house in order.
What would happen if a comet OF
great size and the earth were to ap-
proach each other so closely that the
earth would be struck by the focal
point of these solar rays, condensed
through the head Of the comet and
brought to focus on the earth's sur
face, can be readily seen by trying the
experiment on a small scale with
burning glass, or any kind of a lens,
focused on some burnable object"
These are just a few of the conclu-
sions reached by Edwin Fairfax Maui
w owner OF q private oRSCl
New York, and for twenty years
student of the causes and effects of
comets and of terrestrial magnetism
Mr.. Naulty has written long paper
on the particular subject of Halley's
comet, and in that connection he Of
fers what he considers an especially
plausible theory regarding the causes
of many OF the greatest disasters OF
earthly history Solar force, Mr.. Maui
~ 10 moving
OF holding the earth on its orbit and of
maintaining in a state of normal
equilibrium the latent forces within
the earth itself Trouble comes, he
says. when the solar rays or force
happen 10 be DETECTED or reflected
from the earth. so that this globe of
ours tries to readjust itself to the new
conditions. The writer calls the tail
of Halley's comet "a searchlight Of the
sky"
Mr.. Naulty's paper, which he has
written under the title of Comet a
Huge Lens; Its Tail, a Great Cone of
Focused Sunlight" is given herewith
practically in full:
Disturbances Caused by Comets.
Comets cause earthquakes and
earth tremorS, volcanic eruptions.
electrical and magnetic storms, au-
roras and other meteorological dis
turbances. and effect the normal con-
ditiOn of the earth in many ways. This
is not a superstitious belief, but a
statement of scientific fact
In May, 1909, in treatise on the
true nature of comets, transmitted to
various scientific bodies and observa-
tories in the United States and abroad,
I gave IN extensO the real reasons for
these disturbing effects, and ii is pleas
ant TO find that the results of twenty
frawr
generally accepted, even if transposed
to fit the particular points of view.
The sun radiates in all directions
within the solar system a force that
may be called solar force, which be-
comes manifest to human senses as
electromagnetic force, as light. as
heat, as centripetal and centrifugal
force and in other forms. Solar force
contains all the divisions of electrifi-
cation and illumination, such as ca
thode rays, anOde rays, Roentgen
rays, canal rays, BecquereI rays and
all the various rays into which visible
and invisible solar force has been re-
solved.
IF the earth had no atmosphere to
act as transformer of solar force
into light by the effect of its resistance
and by the DETECTION of solar force by
the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, hydro
gen, water, argOn. neon, carbon dioXid
nitric and hydrogen dioxid ammonia
ozone and complex organic and in
organic particles. which are present
in our air, we would have no sunlight.
But the earth would still be immersed
in the radiance Of solar force even if
this solar force were not visible as
light.
Power of Solar Force.
THE earth and all the planets of
the solar system are sustained in their
orbits and revolutions by the effect
on their mass and volume OF solar
force. Their movements. axial and spa
cial, are nicely adjusted to the amount
of solar force which each planet re-
ceives.
Comets are spheres of gaseous con-
stituency without vapor or solid par
ticles. Just as the gaseous atmospher-
ic shell surrounding the earth acts as
a transformer or condenser of solar
! lNrce, so do the gaseous heads or COM
asp eres of comets condenSe, reflect,
defrsrt, defect and transmit sunlight
or soIsT force Their tails sO-caIIed,
are not composed Of substance, phos-
phoric, cthOdic, or gaseous The
tails OF comets are sunlight, con-
densed by TIA comasphere, or head,
and transmiffsT, through space.
mo distUrbsnSs~ Of orbital or axial
motion of the earth has been traced
TO a comet in historical times. The
tenuous constituency Oh q comet COM
pared TO the solid earth, surrounded
by a dense atmosphere, inhibits this
But comets can affect the earth and
the earth's atmosphere in a different
Hay.
How Comets Affect the Earth.
by their inherent ability to inter-
rupt. reflect and defect solar force.
comets can and 90 affect the earth. To
make this clear: The earth receives
from the sun only a small part of the
solar force radiating from that pri-
mary. To this amount all its elements
are adjusted. Along comes the huge,
If diaphanous, body of a comet (they
have been 100000 miles in diam
eter), speeding between the earth and
sun, and, depending on its position
with regard to the earth, this comet
reflects or diverts to the earth yOlar