STAR POWER.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19895, 26 May 1936, Page 14

STAR POWER .

‘ A SGIENTI‘B‘T'S ACCOUNT. l ; Sir James Joana. in a recent talli. said that It the E‘nk‘l‘g) contained in the slurs could be utilised power would lie so cheap that there would he no new! for nnynnr to do manual ltlbfllll‘. Sirius has a temperature of from 104100 to 11.000 degrees 1‘... and in rompamth’ely cool. The hottest stars are about. ~”3,000 degrees, 01' I‘.’ times as hot as the sun. If the energy radiated from one of these stars over Inn area of one inch square could be ‘illllllsn‘tl by us, it would run the entire lii'itisli Nny! Such stars are exilt‘vmvly compact and heavy, one ton ..ii‘ nmttur hmng no more than the size inl‘ .L ohm-r)", :tntl \\‘t‘l‘O inon strong lionnngli svnn‘ul tuna t‘ulllzl be curried ;:n it \\.«i>ti'o;it puclu‘l. Sunic of lllL‘lll l .w ilir .mxi} lh.ii light train them 1b..» Minn SUMIOJMJU )L‘dl‘s to trawl in u<. 'l‘hv \clncity nl‘ light is 186.:mm niilm imr' >f‘t'ulltl.l (lnnipni'r'd l\\::li Snitlll‘ oi HlV‘lll. ill" NH] is ulan 1 l rim-'ll f'ivi'm'. tui' it i'mliutw only 30 ‘lmrw :1 .\m r ::'um .\.-'ll .\lllltll'c inch ut' ti\ \n'nw‘. ,inrl tln- mn‘z'y} l‘tltlllllt‘ll tinmt ‘iiv ."wi wintry-ll ll} .i lm'uiimtih' I\\i||llil I‘llll All Utt‘ inuhyt)» HI tliiulnmi. I _ , 7—“ .