The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-03
FLIGHT OF 4 COMET
is Wild Race Through Space and
 the Speed t AttainS.
CRASHING INTO THE EARTH.

v. n. -. .'''H' itr
 What tno Result Would Be if One of
 These Light but Massive Wanderera
 of the Sky Were to Swing Into
 Head.on Collision With Our Planet.
 A large part of tbc fear that great comets have always inspired is due to am instructive dread of their tremen- dous power for evil They look like basoms of destruction, and those who know nothing about astronomy accept ,b.m aj rao.v apparent face value.
 A.I w rula. tr they could come within a.r. distance of the earth they. would uo am enormous amount of auua-o. gml some oG them might be wnaH.a oE na.yu@ the earth temporal . rl.y uu, of commission as am inhabited g.u.a
 Iau nwar rut was aroused in many quarters l. Ia.uy'~ comet in 1910 Is S.re ta rc.ur .a ..e appearance of any new ....l. SD .l.t $ is worth while to consider wnat an utt.y disposed comet could Ga .. .n. mHH f. it got chance.
 TH.ve ala rwo ways in which a comet -cuuI uausa I.maar tu the purth-trst, 1g wuam- -ga.-nt lu,o iJ with l5,OOO . times -ue velocity Og uu express train and. sycuuG Jy injecting the atmOs- r.a.e wuH lan poisonous or stiding g.-as en......I m .ls tIll
 Le, us c.aa..r. laa u.st ease of . comet shock
 Two things lave to ue taken into a...su. .He.g. ra. velocity and the . w.-a T. ... eH.M- comet con -5..... Us a -.=uu. projaclile shot aa-as. g.n @r.n #s a target.
 CnwH~ au Veg. hreprivr in regard So w#.rt @ MIss They are enor mau.Is #-r. uag relatively very light . FL. cuw,r .aat Hrpeand in 1861 first L-... ga .un aUI JIu swept the earth w..l It's g@iu
 U.G..s uG.t a.~m occupied vastly ...., ....e ...a lae earth. but care .a. u-rw... ms shown that it prob -.. H.G aut weigh more than &O,OOO,- ... ...~. w..a .~ Uuuu less than the w.... . -., ual.~ia. cXravated to u... ... G.nm ..aai
 !. u.-.l .. thought. then. that the earth is .n u. morr tau-cr from such ...r ,."u d aaus>lip Is from a ...- ..a. --0r.nr EGL uDw the yelOc- ... ..-.- sa raul. Hro play. The speed ... 8 ....t .. t.n eau.a.s distance from u. -u ...a he about tweuty-siX ..- ..r second
 \ .....- .. .Hwa.uU tons shooting -...... -...e #j " velocity Jt twenty -.. r.- .." second wu.i develop in ..... ..a".- .Haui twenty quintil- ... .... .....- .. energy. equivalent -n 5.. H..e.aau.u- tn one second of H.g-z .n..smd million million ...-.aHe.
 W.u. ..e comet suUck everything 2 -r.... .... go-..#riou- would he melt oL ."-.d a.. .vuu vapnrizrd in an ........ .uu a. ,..- tremendous energy would .e a.r-.. .u.n heat through the |, s.a..u ..U rorun,c arrest of the a..5 motion u. the comet T'le 600 uWa...a- uG "au,a@,n units of en- u.-. u...m..d ay tlg stopping of the comet would furnish enough heat to u...r @ur. uau million million .u.~ %. ~a.a .r 8.
 lu. u.-M. noy.d he very big and .a d very -r.p hole Iu the earth. Thou, s.u.s .s ~..ur. miles would be more .r ...- ..r.H.y #Gec,ad by the terrific .-...t. ..r ..r shock would be greater .u .aH of tae mi. H,icst earthquake, and perhaps uu15.-s would tumble mu raa auI uouaius would shake 0l their r.r.~.s uf rock in uII parts of a.. -...s, ...- rau spH would hurl ...r .u wu Iu- ,iaa, waves upon l.... .ol-' Ju. i.owu all the low ly. - .- stands
 Ta. a.u .-...... disturbances would , ..-n .. ...... .- The sudden devel- ..mu.- . -. Hoa, at the point of n..-... ..a .a.n@urr the air cur rents .. H~,-.rtre and capriciOus win ... uow rowud fro over the
 D Hgu .a.y Htur ~pare left to .rr- . l., a.arl~ p1 collision be- um .a- #r;a auI the tail of rum. I.- l- ~n#vrHmg that has ae.u. u.,....a two a. three times w... r.Euy A~ a'rrady said, the rnw. . .." .ur."r.d 'nr earth wNa sg~.a- rud ul tIs tail for "a u .u. .uI m 1910 Jlulley's ron ...-... u- Cau over the earth, aut .,". .ar electric repusion GE. . w.R.u..a ,ar -ases of the u. .u .a.e..u- the almusphgre. It l- .-.r that !" every case this n . a..ar. St. .a.r electricity may be .. 1c.Hra guardian against dele .. s substances that might other. IT - .a Introduced into the atmOs- 2 ... from the switching tails of close !. .ag comets Garret r. Serviss in .e Spokesman Review & Destroying Equilibrium. ? "Iaat former enemy of yours is pay: | l- ron a great mHnr compliments"