The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-03-06
Schroeder Clues Nature
Merry Ha-Ha In High Fly
Makes The Tallest Peaks
Seem Ant
Hills

From tho bottom Of THE deepest hole
In the earth 10 the top Of the tallest
mountain ls 500 feet further than Ma
lor r. W. Schroeder flew above the
carth'a surface when he broke the
worlds altitude record.
Mother Earth keeps man well with
In her grasp ~ he airnys too deep
beiow her crust she makes IL hot for
him with lava and molten earth. She
nnnihiiatea him with pressure " he
dips more than q few feet below the
oceans surface. and she takes away
his breath aud glazes him with ice "
lie ventures TAR above her clouds.
nature mockH mans efforts 90 build
and his tallest structure IN less than a
twentieth the size OF the highest struc-
ture OF nature.
Schrocsicr Dches Nature.
But Major Schroeder ran laugh at
nature now. lie stretched her apron
StriuRs-the pull OF Eravity-and made
her deep sens and her snowy peaks
seem small.
Here il "a comparison Of natural and
man-made distances 'up and down"
and Major S~chrocders heiEht record
MAJOR scHRoEpER's HEIGHT 5000
Highest mountain INT. Evereatl 20 .0o2
Highest point climbed INT. Bndel ... .-i.be3
Deepest sea (pAcihc, near ouAml 3i,6i4
Deepest boring west VItiniA oil -
Dsspss, mine tMiehisani . $500
Tallest structure tEnel tower, Parsl 1000
Tallest huilding tWooiuorih, New
washington Monumen, ............ $50
The greatest height ever climbed by
man WAS 2l.5S3 feet on the slopes of
Mt Bride. Ia ind9-China. The TOP of
the mountain was not reached ana the
climb was made by Duke BArbuzzo
IN 1903.
~ Degrees Below Zero.
Ma NnH AEIHHaNHT FWHHmI IA rTmnHaNHH.
ture Of 90 degrees below zero AT his
maximum height lie Guild have gone
to the bottom Of the deepest sea, about
STA miles instead OF seven. ann II would
have been Just "a shade les h ~
degrees above zero.
iut had he gon to the bottom OF the
ocean instead Of on top OF the clouds.
hc would have had To- bear IL pressure
OF siN tons 20 the square inch. Com
pare tins with % pounds to the square
inch at sea level OF bout half this
when Schroeder was at his maximum
height.
StN tons bearing on every inch OF the
uUdy would crush "a man to uuIcu-
%oEuIzahle pulp. but scieuCc ant uu-
dcrstand why a lack Of pressure didn't
pun schroeder to bits In much The
same manner
pccp sea fishes brough. to the sur
face blow up and hurst and Schroeder
ran IA" same chance
Al e depth ct but q few thousand
feet. wells and miners become unen-
duUabll hot 4 shaft siN miles deep
would be- at volcano heat To have
Nouturod halt the distance below the
rarth's surface that Schroeder did
above a. he would ave had To- wear
u7hesios clothing Instead ot arctic turs
aud blankets.
Nothing to Radinic.
ii was Intensely vold above the
clouds, not because there was a scare
as OF sunlight. but because there wai
uuuilng 10 rudlatc 10 20 Schroeder. A,.
tunlN a quarter OF the sums neat ~
nhuorhcd by the atmosphere before ~
reaches The earth. but Schroeder was
cold Ut WIS accustomed iu
obtaining warmth Gum the rays zee
Elected by the earth To his body The
earth was too far away and there WAS
nothing else 10 slow up the light
waves uud make them INTO heat to
warm hIW
Had there been no clouds 10 inter
fcrc with his view. Schroeder should
have seen the arth glowing with a
whit IRE, Hike the moon. lie was ga
The dusk OF space and the sun must
have been q huge hcry hau-hkc e
diamond ret In jet. The earth should
have giuwcd q little hy reflected suns
light
Lifting Power les.
Although Schroeder weight. by the
law NJ Ncwtun, was slightly less b.,
reason OF hIs distance from the earth
o the consequent icssening Of the
nun ui gravity, the density OF the dIr
its lifting power grew less much
faster and so D." gained no advantage
bN lpss,ncd weight
Ever, foot In height he gained at
his maximum would have cost him
much NOR" iuol aud time than 100 or
more feet closer to earth. The ar
didn't hold him mn so we'll
b~lHcuuntinE the resistance the air
would have offered, had Schroeder
jumped from his machine at ~ max
iWnm height he would have struck
~" earth % little mors than 10 sec
onus later ana would have been tra,
cling at the time he struck faster thau
1855 feet per second This is con
Sid"uthly faster than sound waves
travel. u is conceivable that he might
burn 10 pieces ON the way down. AS
shooting stars do.