Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-08-06
BRIGHAM Wins
ON THEORIES
Ideas On VOLCANOES Are
Endorsed By
Scientist
Especial Corfespondence.J

HlLO. Aug. 3 That Professor
brigham OF the Bishop Museum was
absolutely right in his theory on
he subject OF volcanic activities, AMI
hat Dana. the famous geologlst. was
wrong when he attempted to refut1
he theory of the local scientist. was
he conclusion reached by Or. Albert
Brun. Ligenciate of the Sorbonne
University. Doctor Of Sciences Of the
University of Geneva. who this week
spent some time ~ the volcano.
DR.. Brun has spent the past ten
years in studying various volcanoes
I being his main object to disprove
the generally accepted theory of Dana
hat steam Is involved In the explo.
sion of volcanoes. DR.. Brun has Wis
tied large number OF craters. In
various parts Of the world, and he
states that all his Investigations have
'hown that there is absolutely no
moisture involved in the volcanic out
breaks.
1T Is an utterly false idea that
The steam seen at the crater CONES
from moisture in the volcano itself,
said DR.. Brun yesterday. Whatever
moisture there is in the steam comes
from the rain and the humidity OF
he earth surrounding the crater.
Kilauea possesses no trace Of water.
took number of tubes Of the
smoke, and | did not find the slight
est trace of moisture.
cit is false idea that the vol
canlc outbursts are due to steam. The
white smoke which you see is abso.
lutely dry. This fact has already
been pointed out by DR.. Brigham OF
Honolulu, but his theory was con
tradicted by Dana. Dana's theory
was generally accepted, but DR.. Brig
ham was right. | believe that DR..
Brigham was the first to say that
-Kilauea Is absolutely dry. can
only completely confirm his opinion.
He Is very accurate observer, ana
Dana wasinot exact. The work done
by DR.. Brigham was much better.
The volcanic outbursts are en-
tirely due. find, to gases which are
combined in the lava. II you heat
ava in a vacuum you receive all the
gases, and upon analysis you find
that the little holes in the lava are
made by these gases, and not by
water. II lava Is heated gases are
formed. Expansion follows, and this
is the cause of the outbursts when
the lava overaaws, There Is abso-
lutely no difference between Kilauea
and the rest of the volcanoes which
have seen, except that II is larger,
but otherwise there is essentially no
difference. have seen FIVE large
eruptions, Kllauea being the sixth,
and none OF them were different from
that of Kilauea."
DR.. Brun expects to publish the
results OF his Investigations OF Nj.
.auea in the Archives des Sciences
Physique, at Geneva, one of the old
est scientific journals in the world,
having been founded In 1888.
The eminent scientist had planned
10 take a trip to the crater of Mauna
Loa, but unfortunately he was un-
able to make arrangements for the
ascent in time to allow him to make
the trip. He sailed last Friday for
Maui, where he will make thorough
Investigation of the crater of Halea
kala, which he expects to find in
many respects similar to that OF
Teneriffe, though, of course, larger.
After seeing Haleakala, he will leave
the Islands for the mainland. where
he will visit Yosemite, and will then
return to Europe, where he will fin.
ish his laboratory work on a large
number of tubes containing gases OBJ =
tanned at Kilauea, and will then pre-
pare his articles for publication.