SOLAR ENERGY
AN ADVANCED THEORY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 6. Sir J. J. Thomson, Professor of Physics at the Royal Institution, stated that the sun transmits power on a clear day equivalent to 7000 horse-power per acre. If it were harnessed, all the power required for the world's work would be obtained at a cost of lowering the temperature a degree or two. The suggestion that radio-activity is the cause of the sun's energy, Professor Thomson regards as baseless, because the life of radium is insignificantly short. The only tenable hypothesis is that of Helmholtz, which traces the energy of the sun to shrinking within itself to the extent of about 200 feet a year.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 256, 8 March 1911, Page 5
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116SOLAR ENERGY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 256, 8 March 1911, Page 5
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