The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-06-17

Is7 feet several months ago. the average Of fan
OF one degree In temperature 20 even 300 feet OF
altitude was fairly well maintained.
Moreover In all these flights when the men
had passed above the four.nie level and had risen
beyond the screen % atmospheric particles which
make our sky" they entered the stratum IN which
Absolute silence rcigned and In which vision was
remarkably clarified.
The ornament above became almost black. due
10 the absence Of light refractlon; the sfqrs were
easily visible. Ia brightest day. and the cold
was terrible and Intense.
But IN each instance certain phenomena were
observed which brings up the next question Of Inn
portance 10 the inquirer TO conditions up
there and this Is the subject Of Inversion OF
temperature"
For a great many years man believed that tenn
nesature Invariably changed with altitude. and
that ns height Increased there VAS always cor
responding drop IN the Mercury.
NJ De Bort proved tiat not only does the pssn-
clple n Increasing cold erase 20 function AT an
altitude 81 from six eight miles above the earth.
but that exactly the opposite occurs. and from
there % Il constantly grows warmer.
sounding balloons with self. recording instru-
ments have been sent 40 10 distance 81 seven
teen miles and have Invariably confirmed this
discovery.
80. then. the situation presented 10 ihose who
are planning the super Terrestrial and Arranging
20 launch man bis greatest adventure Ia the air
IL this:
They know-a- 81 courrs. do Ne Who fairly
consistent readers Of newrpap~rs-the eonditi"ns
a. they exist up 90 six or seven miles II IL there
that nature plays the parts with which we are
most familiar. There thunders roll lightning
flashes clouds rather and elements clash In never
ending strife. II IL from there that we at such
Mintry storms a. rccenry experienced. and where
the huiBbie drnma u rnin snow. sises aud weather
unfolds Itself
~. 800 a., ,h.s a.su,osphere- AZ We know
Al although In constantly thinning quality. en-
tend. above the weather strip 20 height Of
about twenty to thirty miles. bat beyond that
what7
Il l. here thar rial difficulties viii begin and
he super Terrestrial uill rncounfer It's greatest
oi,ssneies-pr,ssided. ~ cour~e TIA, long before
thsf bourn i reached the presumptuous craft has
not BEEN desfrcyrd-
Her. new arnrcr~ viii appear in the shape Of
drlftinx -iee clouds which Tor imaginative pur-
poses may b. ikened ic-besss the void viii as
sumo a totally alien aspect nBefeors and shooting
stars viii occasionally flash arruss the path. and
the Traveller wiii enter fhv boundary 81 -innam-
nnabie air. pure hydror~n.
Passing through fhls--alxsys suppo<lnx q
cour-e that u y not snur~l out lonx before Ike
a f.eanuf she'll under the foot q an eirphanf-
the super Terrestrial will into the stratus
81 h.ilum which 90 earth i created frs,m radius
and encounfersd ID prneiical quantities ony IN
test tubes
Tisss--Auf perhaps this i enough for he mo
tneat E.en The tnss~f yoraclous seeker 81 knowi-
edge a. 10 what things are Ike " their VII
h.s.e f.sen satisfied long THIS and the ART
axe u the super Terrestrial need not b sharted
further.
Provision would. q conrse. have 70 Be r1sde
for changed conditions Mr. Pest conciuied In
touching the mechanical necessities q he UNI
dertaking -of course. with the thinning o. the
ATMOSPHERE the super Terrestrial would encounter
less air resistance. and provided the propeiiers
we're adjusted to increase purchase. tremendous
speed would be attained.
'-Tfe propeIers would reyoIve much faster and
the craft would shoot ahead like meteor.
And it--that Is. the Super Terrestrial. " you
desire 10 call Il that's the next thing on The
cards