| Show HOW HIGH CAN MAN GO human ign n feet F t will probably never pr press ee the peak of mount everest prof ugolino mosso of turin has made ome interesting experiments on the efte effects ctr e experienced in in ascending to high altitudes dul all climbers of lofty mountains are aware that at great heights beights such as the summit of mont blanc respiration becomes more or less troublesome the heart beats rapidly and sometimes ome times irregularly and a feeling of exhaustion often accompanied by nausea is experienced these effects arise largely from the rarity of the air and since the atmosphere becomes less dense the tec higher one goes it is evident that a limit must soon be reached above which man cannot ascend prof mosso made his first experiments on monte rosa next to mont blanc the highest p peak eak of the alps where lie he ascended to an elevation exceeding feet without serious inconvenience returning to turin he made his text ascent so to speak without ascending ending at all in other words he produced an imitation of the rare atmosphere of a very lofty mountain top by aily exhaust exhausting arg the he air from a large pneumatic chamber in in which he be bad shut himself when the i air in the chamber corresponded in density with that which would be found at a height of feet above sea level he suiT ered such ill effects that he be could not carry the experiment further the height to which arof mosso thus simulated an ascent is almost a mile less than t that of mount Ever everest cst so a that it seems improbable that pan man will ever be able to set h his is f foot on tha th loftiest loft iest peal peak of ohp enath |
