Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08

United States and abroad, / gave In ex-
H.nso the real reasons for these disturb
ing effects, and it is pleasant to find that
the results of twenty years of investiea-
ton are now being generally accepted.
even IL transposed to fit the particular
points Of view.
The sun radiates in all directions
within the solar system force that may
be called solar force. which becomes
manifest to human senses as electro
magnetic force, as light, as heat, as CEN
| tripetal and centrifugal force and in
other forms. Solar force contains all the
divisions of identification and illumina-
ton, such as cathode rays. anode rays,
Roentgen rays. canal rays. BecQuerel rays
and all the various rays into which VS.
ible and invisible solar force has been
resolved.
"If the earth had no atmosphere to
act as a transformer Of solar force into
light by the effect Of its resistance ana
by the DETECTION of solar force by the
atoms of oxygen. nitrogen, hyorogeH,
water. argOn, neon. carbon dioAlu' HitI n
and hydrogen dioxid ammonia, ozone anu
complex organic and inorganic particles;
which are present in our air. we "oui9
have no sunlight. But the earth would
still be immersed in the radiance or SOAR
force even il this solar force were not
visible as light.
Power of Solar Force.
Inc .edrln ana all Tue .plohOeS w. 80"
solar systenl are sustained In their ofoits
and revolutions by the effect on their
mass and volume OF solar force. heir
movements. axIal and spacial. are nicely
adjusted to the amount of solar iorce
which each planet receives.
comets are spheres of gaseous con-
stituency without vapor or sono Paruicies'
Just as the gaseous atmospheric shell sur
rounding the earth acts as transformer
or condenser of solar force. go DO the
gaseous heads or comaspheres OF cohhets
condense, reflect. defract, defect and
transmit sunlight, or solar force:
Their tails, so-caled. are not
composed of substance. phospnoric, catno-
die. or gaseous. The tails Of comets are
sunlight, condensed by the comasphere' OF
head. and transmitted through space;
ton of the earth has been traced to
comet in historical times. me tenuous
constituency of a comet compared 10 the
solid earth. surrounded by dense at
mosphere. inhibits this But Sonne.s ua,i
affect the earth and the earths dIinos-
phere in a different way.
How Comets Affect the Earth.
"By their inherent ability to interrupt
reflect and defect solar force, comets can
and do affect the earth. To make thlS
clear: The earth receives from the sun
only a small part of the solar force raol-
ating from that primary. 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 eartn ana
SUM- and depending on 1ts positloH WIN
regard to the earth, this comet rehects
or diverts to the earth solar force tnat
otherwise would be radiated away from
the earth. 1900.
.If instead Of one disturbing comet we
have two, as was the case IN January
1910. with Halley's comet and comet A.
1910. the effects will be more complex.
One of the effects of the Brooks-Nauity
comet of May and June. 1919. was q uds-
trrhance of terrestrial magnetic condl-
tons. and this affected ships comPasses.
In June. 1909, there was an extraordinary
series of marine .diasters. due TO tne
worldwide fog caused by the comet Oh
that time. and the coinchent aoerratlon
of ships compasses.
Storms in Europe.
1.-THE unusual storms in northwest Eu-
rope in the first three months OF 191O. Gull
minating In France; the snowstorms In
Iceland and in the north Atlantic: the
floods and rain in Central America; the
cold In Mexico and the storms IN the
south Pacific If plotted on globe will
be seen to extend in a belt. or zone. rum
ming from southwest to northeast. This
belt was crossed In January, 1910. by an
other belt running up through Africa.
crossing France, the British Isles. Ice
land. Greenland. British North America,
Alaska, the Pacific ocean to south of Aus