COSMIC RAYS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 12

COSMIC RAYS.

_,,.__.___ SCREWS SEEK SUBS. , ...._. LABORATORY IN STRATOSPHERE 0 LONDON, May 8. A laboratory in the stratosphere. higher than .\lonnt Everesl. is wunlcil hy Prnt'esmir P. .\I. Blackett. Britain's ; lumiiin: authority on cosmic rays, says} the Daily Herald. He told the Royal Society last night l llml the object was to intercept, on Uwir way from space. the mysterious rnsmn- rays which constantly bombard the 't'arth. He is hoping that tl‘li' Air Ministry. which is carrying; out regular high! altitude iligrhts‘ will prcvidc the! “laborutury” in the cockpit of n plan‘. ‘ Sugh an experiment. the first high altitude cosmic ray investigation in this country, has already been carried out. A Film Taken. Delicnte instruments which counted the invasion of cosmic rays were tlken up by the R.A.F. "high flyers" to a height of more than six miles. A film record operated by the pilot wns kept and was shown. In their relentless pursuit of clues} to the mysterious origin. rharacter and behaviour of these invisible "hul-l lets." from space, Professor Blnckett's I research workers set up n luhnratnry on a disused plntfm'm ut' the underground railway at llolliorn. There. they «lisroverml huw deep and hu“ fre» quently tin» my; penetrnrml. 000,000,000 Volta. An 11-ton electrn-magnot to ”ill" riyline" the rays has ulm hm-n sot up in n bungllow in Rlimmshury. With its help the): hue stllllH‘ll ms. m“. ravS which have an energy of 900.000:le vnhs. Tim.“ ~'!<l'N'H'd‘ my.» “‘llll murh hxglu‘r \'i‘lii‘ll"“- l'm‘ the i'rut‘essur calculated that a mag- » to control them would cost Inviluu n a m