New Britain herald., 1930-12-19
SCIENCE ACHIEVED
 MUCH DURING l93O
New Planet, Air Records, An-
 cieDt Finds High Spots

records, in speed. in alr-Idc, in en- durance, for our own particular planet.
 A new cosmic speed record - 7200 miles a second -- hung ID far in the outer reaches Of space.
 New finds o1 high human cul- tnres dating back before rL4 flood. and a new skull Of ancient Po.uu- man Iu the a-elgss hills Of C..-l.
 New technical -opue1t-. te- Nenuons. u-e.l.aI discoveries. rr.t promise to restore tAc worlds au-- tered prosperity.
 Bearing these and l-4nr other gifts. 1882 hasn't been So-l a bad old year after aIl The rroaoua~ 1881. wiu La,a 10 hustle 10 le-.-r The record.
 New Planet
 PcYhaps tr. most outstanding scient.lc acuGev.u-l- .. -E4 z.a.. at least the oue that t will aa L4os- difficult tor future scl.ntIs-s to ouplicate was the discovery 0L the planet Pluto. J. wasn't quite &C., curate TO cal r.a-o u "-eW planet. as We all ald, tor -a.s dark clrcl.r had been swe.gia- is unseen patti around the sun a- long. presu-ao olF. as have any o- cL- inner. more in innate family or planets,
 Compared with a now planet com- cts are astronomical small potatoes. Several Of them are reported every year, usually loo faint or too remote to be seen without tll=ScCpi- aid. The crop for -.5H consisted ct 1va which Is only g. fair average.
 That "eIupty" space is not really empty after all WAS indicated u} researches Of Dr. H. J. Truuular or Lick observatory. Samp0rcat hv lu- dependent work Of Dr. Pia- van de Ramp ot LaauGar Mccormick o.- servatCry. Th-S. men found tEa- the space between 1Ea stars. ,--..- cialIy ln the plane Of tre N.-.g Way. seems TO be ---4 wl.l a.+-u.. material that anSorhs a c0assl.r. able amount or light from at=rant stars. S.uee stellar distances a1a determined in part by measurements Of the brightness o1 stars tl-s dis covery may result in a d0Haward revision ot son.- Of o1r astroo0ul l-al mueases,
 The uuimagIuloIe speed oL -.-.9 miles 6 s,coua. the highest as-ro- nomical velocity yet recorded. was reported for a group of n-Eu.@e by Dr. Edwin r. Hubble and Milton l.. Humason Of the Mt, Wilson oozery- atory.
 The eccentric Ltre plaaal Eros, W which aids astronomers in llr.r- mining The ear-E'~ -s4r-ta-sc..... power aul ,ha suns distance. -ar.. in the year approached closer -o raa earth than 1t had g.. any time since its discovery Iu lSgG.
 Two Total Eclip4es
 There were r.go total eCupaes oL the sun, one visible I1 wesrer. America, the other in the South I'a- clfic.
 The high events and saperhu.aa veIociues winch astrououers Eaf... ill the heavens may make our own human efforts seem rather 51sigu.a- cant by comparison. B1s We can look back on some Of tha human accompIi dur-us -a5a with satisfaction.
 Especially Is this 1r.e o5 ar.a- ton. New duration. alscaaea- speed and altitude records were all st during tho year.
 Out best known aviation elnfa. Col. and Mrs, Charles L.1aae.-.- h. made d oue-etou cross-coaUr.a. flight ln less than 15 hours. This flight was ocupsed as 8 speed r.e- ord, however. by Capt. Frank Ii. Hawks. who made a taree-sror flight from Los Angeles to Long Island III ] , hours, -5 minutes $ seconds,
 Six world re.orae wore smashed at once by the Italian flyer ho- menico Antou,nl in G.su0 1o-s"- power Caprori when h. flew toc over an hour and a haIf reaching an altitude of Iu.5a7 toer "5.a a load O1 --.nft pounds Ta4 ,ea- Ords broken w.sa taos1 for l-ra- tion and alci-ul. rog u4a.l:r-s oa r- rying 7,5oy Kilograms and l.0.. kilograms; for duration "irl 5.".. Kilograms and for greatest lcal taken up 10 -.aag meters.
 Two seapaue records war5 aat on two consecar.Ea days h- Capt. Boris Sercieysky. ou March 1 he ealr.l
 lttude-load record at -2.51a
 lnd on March 5 the American
 load record 0e 1925 miles Da~
 depol5a8H-E O. modern air plane engines and ta4 endurance or pilots, if nothing als-. Eera demou- strated repeatedly IT. naruIng Higars. the laureis resting with I0-.s- O'Briue and DaI. Jackson in ti. Greater St Louis at G47 hours. -4 minutes, S9 seconds.
 Cross-soa flights corG1ued 10 no'3 attention. The most widely auu-agI- ed was the negotiatiOn Of the east lowest crossing Of the Atlantic by the Frenchmen, Dieulonne Costes and Maurice Beuonta. Capt. Chas. Kiugsford- Smith witl flight from Ireland to the United States In the Southern Cross. com pieted a. trip around the world. A third eas'-fO- west flight, by way of Greenland. was made by the German Capt Wolfgang Won Gtonau and three companions. A record flight from Newark to Buenos Aires a distance of 6,78O miles, was made hy Lie1ts. Will White and Clement NcMulloI in 52 hours, IL minutes. 4 nOn- stop flight 10 Bermuda and return
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