The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
BODY MASS Of
TINY SOLAR
SYSTEMS
Scientists Claim They Work
Under Same Laws as
Major Planets.
By ROBERT s. 'THORNBURGH.
International News Service.

International Newa Service.
The human body Is made up OF
millions of infinitely small solar sys-
TENS which operate virtually under
the same laws of nature which regu-
late the revolutions of the earth and
planets about the sun, according to
eminent scientists at the United
States Bureau o. Standards.
II you should stick q pin in your
finger it probably would penetrate
the orbits of a half dozen unfterses,
all with their own little suns, planets,
comets and moons revolving about a
central nucleus.
Not only the human body but the
structure of every animal, OF every
property of nature, placed under a
magnifying glass of sufficient power,
might yield up picture and tell a
story explaining that master ques-
ton" which inspired the words Of
the philosopher:
There was a door to which found
no key,
There was veil through which !
could not see;
Some little talk ."
Key to Progress.
DR.. Paul D. Foote, chief Of the
Aromatic physics section Of the
Bureau OF Standards, thinks that
upon increasing knowledge Of the
proprieties of electrons, tiny par
ticles Of electricity revolving about
q nucleus to make up the atom or
miniature solar systems. win de-
pend all future progress In chem
istry.
The electron is responsible for
all reactions forming the basis of
chemical industry" DR.. Foote said.
Other scientists have ventured the
bold assertion that the solution of
the great problem OF creation may
be solved once masters Of thought
know Just what is the electron.
The place OF the sun is taken
by the nucleus in nkening the atom
to a small solar system" DIR. Foote
explained.
The nucleus of these tiny sys-
TENS has q certain electrical charge,
1t was stated. charges which form
an attraction by which q number
OF electrons can be held In orbits
about 1t. There are scientific laws
which regulate the number Of cleo
irons one nucleus can hold, depend.
Ing upon its structure.
IT a large comet struck the
earth, but not hard enough to
knock It clearsout of the solar EYE
tenn, II would move thereafter In a
different orbit, and fits years would
Be different" DR.. Foote said.
But IL a wandering electron
strikes another electron in an orbit
Of an atom. the electron, IL not
to its original orbit And in this
return 1t radiates an amount of
energy In the form Of light, X.rays
ana other energy known to
science"
II seems that these elecfrons In
collision radiate energy Of certain
wave frequence. This radiated light
may be measured by a spectre
scope. By these measurements
scientists believe the structure of
the atom may be determined def.
initely.
The chemical properties of mat.
ter may be determined by the posi-.
ton OF electrons and their number.
A hydrogen atom has one eIectron,
Tor instance; helium. two; lithiunn.
three' copper, Twenty-Five and ra-
dunn lightweight.
From these observations Of nr
Foote, 1t takes no scientist to an
prectate the continual reaction that
ID going on with the human bodv
1t doesn't seem unreasonable that
q severe pain in the stomach, after
Indulgence in rich foods at late
hours, might be attributable to a
serious collision Of the many solar
systems of the chemical proper.
ties of food.
When ones system is all in a
eAngIe, and govt and headaches
and bad livers make life Just one
awful situation after another. fu.
ture physicians may be able tn
shoot q first-class electrical cur.
rent through the body, putting all
these electrons and atoms and nu.
cleuses back In their regular or.
bits and hence getting one back
20 the proverbial normally"
The Bureau Of Standards hasn't
gone this far yet, however.