The new air world : $b The science of meteorology simplified — John Shaqi
The new air world : $b The science of meteorology simplifiedMoore, Willis L. (Willis Luther)
Science
The new air world : $b The science of meteorology simplified
Moore, Willis L. (Willis Luther)
Meteorology
=Invisible Light.= From a reading of the immediately preceding
paragraphs one may be prepared for the startling statement that there
is such a thing as invisible light. Vibrations of the ether that
move slower than those that give to the eye the sensation of red are
invisible, as are those that move faster than the violet rays, and
it is certain that neither the eye of man nor of animal ever will
see but a small part of the beauty of a landscape or the delicate
coloring of a flower. The eye only takes in and renders sensible
to the brain the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet,
and their various tints, but the delicate instruments of science
reveal many other colors. One sees as through a glass darkly, for the
gentle signals that might reveal the beauties of Paradise fall upon
the eye unheeded. A keener vision and a more complete appreciation
of the beauties and the wonders of the universe await one on the
other side of the gauzy veil of immortality. The finger tips of the
outstretched arms may span the river of life and the ethereal breath
of loved ones may be caressing one’s cheek. The music of the spheres
is not a myth; the lily or the rose as it opens its petals to receive
the benediction of the morning sun may give forth a veritable pæan
of joy. A rose bush may be a grander symphony than anything that
Beethoven ever wrote. What to us is the invisible light may be the
illumination that guides the sweep of the angels’ wings.
=How Heat Moves through or Is Transmitted by Matter.= Heat passes
by contact from the warmer to the colder molecules of a body. This
action is called conduction. When one end of a bar of iron is held in
a fire, the end away from the fire soon becomes too hot to hold in
the hand, because heat is rapidly transferred from the hot portion
of the bar to the cooler portion by conduction, showing that iron
is a good conductor. On the other hand, the end of a stick of wood
can be held in the fire until it is completely consumed without
the other end becoming too warm to hold, indicating that wood is
a poor conductor. Metals are the best conductors, silver leading
the list, with copper second. Snow and ice and fibrous and porous
substances are poor conductors, and are called insulators. Air and
water are also poor conductors. The fur of animals and the feathers
of birds protect against the rapid loss of heat because they contain
numerous interstices filled with air, a poor conductor. Heat is lost
by radiation when the molecules of matter set up vibration in the
ether. The atmosphere itself performs this function on a large scale
when the sky is cloudless, so that radiated heat is not absorbed by
the cloud covering and its loss into space restricted. When air or
water is not evenly or homogeneously heated a circulation is set up
in which the colder part settles down and the warmer rises. This is
called convection. The air that is heated by contact with a stove
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