HARNESSING THE SUN.
(Received March 7, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, March 6
Sir J. J. Thomson. Professor of Physics at the Royal Institution, London, states that the sun transmits power on a clear day equivalent to 7000 horse power per acre. If it could be ; 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 useless, bocause the life* of radium is insignificantly short. The only tenable hypothesis is Helmholtz's, which traces the energy of the sun to a""shrinking- within itself to the extent of about 200 ft a year. ' . -., ■
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10183, 8 March 1911, Page 5
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116HARNESSING THE SUN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10183, 8 March 1911, Page 5
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