The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28

..'f ul fluu.UUu worth ut radium
t.um . huu of ardent admirers, has
,unlluutrd &, tho Medical NoyI"w
uf E.'irNV Hu Article uu "thr
Eudiu. Elements aud thotr Nppu'N.
tiuus 300 WHICH suc relates hsri
mating STORY uf ndtum uud iU sister
vl,m,ut. She IN ul.u regarded ns the
uU tur world Knows Nu". 'uric
snuryi th, huuut with her husband,
tur late riurrr 'urio, ut discovering
tho most marvellous of Nll known
,.WutA. she o. ALSO regarded nH th'
WurId's most foremost pri"uuHt ANA
Is Il professor al the S"rbuuur 400
Paris
IN, most interesting feature Of
thia mrb long aud very cpmpro.
uonaivc article iH h'r discussion ~ u
subject which every one must re
gard with keen curiosity. W. have
urru informed iu general terms
from the earliest times that the
,artu's crust was gradually cooling,
aud there has burn pictured tu our
gloomy comprehension a cold ana
barren world, truu, III" time was far
distant but stlll II was coming, 1t
would seem. Tho picturc was vivid
enough to provoke shiycr or APP
prchvusiuu. In the last decade the
question has been raised rs To what
truth thcrc was In this. Some bold
spirits have even asserted that IN"
earth was getting warmer aud this
country's experience during the last
month would tend To confirm II In
the minds of many.
Hart Not Cooling
Now comes Nine. Cur.r with "A
fully developed explanation which
accounts for the latter hyp0thcsis.
She says the earth is getting warmer
because It's radioactive cmauntiOn
moro than offsets the heat that ~
lost daily by radiation, 80 that we
have a surplus of warmth that ~
being added to hourly She reaches
the conclusion that this fact must
change our ancient opinion concern
ing /hc globr's evolution.
Radio-actlvo substances produce
all sorts Of astonishing phenomena |
which. for the most part, are going |
on all around us practically unob- |
served hy the ~aat majority Of man
Kind Thus
"Radio-activo substances produce |
luminous cffcCts. The alpha, beta |
and ganuma rays"--namcd for their |
different strongthA and SOURCES
Just liko the rays from the Crookos
tubes. excite phosphorcnccnco or
flourcsccncc In bodies which can
h'Ft ne GN'll'b ny llknls NV lhl'Nh-
nidc OF barium gives n beautiful
greon fourosccnco. Sulfldc ot zinc
In particularly sensitive to %-rnys
under whose action It gives "A fine
grcnn light. which persists after tho
action OF the rays.
"ff tho luminosity produced by
tho alpha rays Ia examined by u
mAgnifying glass, II can he seen tu
resolve into luminous points which |
appear successiycly like brilliant |
lights on the bottom Of the screen |
tn such "A way that the phenomenon |
Ike "A sky sWarming with /
fugitive stars. called sclntillations.
This phenomenon has been given ,
an important Application, It has
been proven that each alpha ray |
produces n rehabilitation. one par
tiClc pugseHscS sufficient energy To .
produce this isolated effect on the |
screen. AH n COnHcquonCo-so many /
HCintillntions. 40 many rays received |
by the screen. This gives us way |
OF counting tho alpha rays. and this /
method gives us the same result ns .
the cloctromctric. The enumeration |
of TIA" alpha rays has led to results /
Of great Importance In regard 10 the |
nature Of these rays,
tOIoratiun From Rays
"1he alpha, beta and gamma rays
produce various chemical effects. |
among whlcn may he cited those Of |
0olprnliOu. Tht rays color glass |
porcelain, nHamcls The effect pro- !
duccd is violet or brown, according |
10 tho nature OF the ~ distances. the /
process corresponding to certain |
chemical alteration. Other chemical /
effects may be cited, some OF when |
are very Important Thus the raya |
arc capable Of dccOmposing water /
INTO oxygen ana hydrogen with the /
formation Of an cNpl0givo mixture. |
a solution ~ radium thus constant !
iy eyolvcs gases. and tbs evolution |
IL utilized In aiding tho separation |
Of radium Tradition.
The radioactive bodies give rive |
to an evolution Of heat. II can he |
established that a r1diO-clcmcHt OF /
great power auch aH radlum. ls a /
constant Huuro" of heat.
'"Tho experiment consists I'm pro- .
fo"tlrE iuhr Of radium against .
nnioric lpw in isplhtug i FROM tho |
'hermin point ot Wow which can .
10" accomplished by placing It In a .
double walled c"utaiuor with a /
vacuum hntWrrn tNc two walls and /
"ith cotton. II troTmomctor ls |
uia 'd I'm The u'ighbYruO0d Of tho /
tube. tho temperature WIN be- seen .
10 rise 20 "a point which may rK- .
c"rd hy sovrrnl degrees TINT NJ the /
surrounding space. The evolution NJ ]
h.1t l9 principally associated with I
alpha raya n .a rooOrulzod 10 play /.
an important pHrt iu tho thcrmlr /
equilibrium Of me terrestrial globe. .
Va Hay'. indeed. seen that radio .
active substances such us rad,um .