Evening star., 1936-12-29
Robot Weather Man Expected
To Take Oper Task of Planes
Deuice Which Makes Automatic Record
of altitude, Temperature and Humid.
ity, Described to Scientists.

| tenSlty - measured ana reCOroeo Dy
wiring certain of the contacts to the
photo electric cell whose electrical re-
| sistance varies in accordance with the
amount Of light falling on 1t. This
gives an automatic measure Of the
density and thickness Of clouds
through which the instrument passes.
Automatic Recording.
On the ground there are automatic
receiving and recording instruments
which plot all these data graphically
by means Of q moving pen controlled
by the received signals. The pen
sets itself according to the pitch Of
the note being received.
The robot weather men, the Bureau
of Standards physicists reported to-
day, not only can 60 higher than is
possible for any airplane. but they can
60 aloft In weather which would make
plane ascensions highly dangerous or
impossible. Another important ad-
vantage over airplanes is that it per-
mits the use of radio direction finder
methods for tracking the path Of the
balloon, thus giving data on upper
air wind velocities.
Weather forscasting of the future,
it was stressed, probably will depend
more and more on constant recording
Of changes miles above the earth's
! surface. These play the most impor-
tant part In the "air mass analysis"
system Of forecasting which now Is
being studied by the Weather Bureau
and which, 1t Is believed, eventually
will make possible much more accu-
rate forecasts than are possible by
present methods.
The development Of pressure
operated robot, 1t was brought out,
has been the object Of many experi-
menters in the past but hitherto they
have found no satisfactory solution
OF the problems Of weight and COM
plexity. All such devices in the past
have depended on clockwork or some
iknd Of a motor for their operation.
Treatment Of Alcoholism.
A new treatment of chronic alco-
holism and an explanation of its cause
were presented by Dr. Edward S.
University.
DR.. Cowles gives the fellow who
can't stop drinking four or five spinal
punctures to withdraw excess fluid
from his brain. He applies the same
treatment to delirium tremens, when
the drunk is seeing snakes. 1t works,
he says. even in the event of Korsa-
koff's psychosis, the final depth OF the
alcoholic. which might be nkened to
a continuous mild delirium tremens.
DR.. Cowles divides into four stages
the process Of getting dead drunk" "
First, the alcohol attacks the higher
centers of the cerebral cortex, which
normally act as a brake on too free
expression of ones ideas and i'm
pulses. There is brisk flow of
speech and action. The person is self
confident. The power of delibera ton
Is lessened and the nicely Of judg-
ment is overthrown.
Second, deeper centers of the cortex
are affected. There Is still more self
confidence. inflamed emotions and ex-
cited talk. This Is the stage when
the drunken man is looking for a
Tight" For the first time his speech
becomes thick and his movements
clumsy.
| Third. as the drug attacks still
lower synapses, one sees double. There
Is difficulty in standing or walking
The cerebellum, the part Of the brain
which controls balance, has been af.
fected and the typical drunken rec
results. A man may still be quarrel
some, or this mood may change int
that of crying jag.
Fourth. the alcohol permeates al.