Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-02-12

Spirit Is de. HMeREH0%
rived from the Latin "spirItus.'
breath; while the Greek word for
spirit (ruach) means both wind and
spirit" and Is frequently translated
the spirit of the Lord" Our English
wlhd' comes from the root wa, to
dow and was originally the present
partlciple OF the verb with the sense
OF blowing"
Enthusiastically, therefore, there Is
an interesting connection between the
breath OF the living creature. the splr.
II OF The Lord, and the familiar phe-
nomenon OF wind. a relationship most
suggestive when reading "The Lord
God breathed into his nostrlls the
breath OF life." "a sound from heaven
as OF n rushing mighty wind" at Pen
tecost, the wind OF the Lord" ana
the remarkable passage In Eek 27:o:
Come from the four winds, o breath.
and breathe upon these slain. that
they may live"
What is this mighty force? Mere
ly air In movement" replies the ply
s%lclst; and he starts explaining the
difference between still, dead air and
air In motion. and dwells on the fact
OF the movement being undiscerned by
the eye, though It's effects are visible
through the pressure II eXerts upon
every object that lies In It's path. We
compare the ordinary pressure OF the
air per square inch OF surface at the
sea level C1i.T3 lb.) with the tremen-
dous pressure OF the wind blowing a
hurricane at 92 miles an hour, the
kindly pressure It exerts upon our
bodies to prevent them from dropping
OF the earth. anc the pressure II eS-
erts inside a soap bubble as we'll as
outside II, thus making possible n OF
the daintiest nature toys imaginable.
Add a little pressure TO the air out
side, blow upon the bubble, and the
magician wind makes II vanish before
M eyes.
How Is air set In motion? Briefly.
the normal pressure OF air Is disturbed
directly one part IL heated more than
another, for heat causes air TO expand
and rise. In doing 80 Il leaves a space
into which the cooler surrounding air
presses. This. then. Ia the key TO
wind; difference OF pressure In nd.
Joining parts OF a stratum OF air, The
result OF inequality Of temperature.
hut in determining wind movements
certain conditions have to be consld.
cred. For Instance, there is proximity
10 land or sea. for the air over land
heats more rapidly than that over wa.
ter. The presence OF water vapor In.
iluonoes the creation Of wind, since
the warm air, which alone can hold
water yapor, has a pressure much
lighter than that of dry, cold air. The
sun. In its apparent Journeys north
and south. produces seasonal varia.
tions In heating which much affect the
winds. And. as Is well known, the
greater the height above sea level,
The less the pressure OF superlncum.
bent air, and the less the heat. Evi.
IDENTIFY these conditions must affect
the nature. direction and constancy OF
the m~oy5--ent OF the air.
So important Is wind In Influencing
the activities OF nan and the habita.
bilitg Of any portion OF the earth, that
a special department OF physics, me.
teorology, Is concerned with II and
the allied study OF. weather.
The atmosphere, aa the medium for
the conveyance OF sound waves, cleo.
trio currents and aircraft, demands
Increasingly profound understanding
IN order TO master Il. And In face of
the maryels revealed In recent years.
We are quite prepared to listen to