Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-06-27 | Page 6 | Prize Offered on Mystery of Sun

PflIZE OFFERED . ONMYSTERY OFSUN ' afVcademy PoU $200 for Bett Explanation of Que tt ion Copyriht. 124. In V. H and rnad, bv North AmrelcAB Newspaper Al-luincda. Al-luincda. NtW YORK, Jun ST. Why dot Hit . Ih sun burn up Thu la )uat aa nataral an Inquiry i L aa .wto a. whan ha Bvaran uppa--.., Uttng about th appl. And It may . Irad to lmoat mm profound raautta. Trytn to niwrr thla qiifaiton haa Ud a-tnt.ata to radical nw ihrorlaa f-a-ar giardiiic Int raa t m ic nrfy, rd II la - ', not hayfinit rnwt pialbUlty that fur- - (har rga,rch may hrlritr. a m hyprid-f hyprid-f Urt, th mmcrvt of radio aotlva anrny. Rnutahltt arlfriillati hava aa'.d tltai If t man had thla artt, ha taLfbl, U ha . LboM, daptrur iha aarth. Tha New York Acadamy of ftclonrfba haa placad tha ajuatlia uu tha bonrda In ofUrittt tha A. reairy Mnrriaon priara for 1:. for th lat a-tnitflc papara. A prise pt 2i0 Is offered for tha leat paper In any field nt raar-li gw-a- rovaTed by t h academy. Tha conaid- rat Ion of tntraa tomlc anargv la cov ered by tha academy'a announcamant of a 1 1 00 prisa aa fuliowa: "Tha prtaa uf t00 la tiff red for tha ' theaia adjudged by lha rounrll of tha a r aria. my (a ha tha moat mrtnrloua n lha auhjert M hat mar ba proved br our preeent hnowlel to tha " posatbillty, or lmpoaailllli . of releaaed Intrmatomlr aneriry eonatitutlni an tin- portant aourca ot at altar and tnter- aieir enerfyT' Tha following mem- orii(iuin la aubmltted by Mr. Morrl- ion tor conatderatlon: "it la a-oceoted iltat anmle mat tar Is dlarontlnuoua. It la aaeumed that ' , th atom U compoaad of nucleuN, Hue a cantral aun. with one or mor elerirwma which ara la aifremety rapid motion with orbit at relatively lare dl.tancaa from tha Rueleiie: that theea no, uader certain rondttiona. are ! caoabl of aheorhln anerprr. or Klvtna; I off enerar. ana that the eitetrnn may I m be rhaitaed from an outer orbit to an ' Inner orbit, or vie veraa: thee la ahfiorbln; or !vln off nr;y. W1lh th condenastlon of a nebula (0 a sun, tba ordinary source of en-etary. en-etary. aucb aa contraction, meteoric alwiwera, chemical chanaee, poselble radium activity nd. In fact, all the well recognised aourcea or energy, whlcn hava been propoeed. should l credited with their relative Import' inc. Howavar, beyond thaa sourca. It Is suaaeated that under the condition condi-tion of tt-inperatur and preeaua In th Interior of th un. th omiplei atoms are reriuced to a aim pier stoma or diainterted; and that th enerrv la thua released from tie alomn and constitutes th principal sourca of tha aneray of Ihe sun. Tha eeiimated hie of lha aun la. therefor, continued for an Indefinite period, far In eeere of any previous cnlciilatton. by tha added amount nf enerar contained la tna normal atoms them1v-i. Th fol-kiwina fol-kiwina thesia ta propoa4: "Th principal aoun of enrry of th sun Is Intraatomic enemy t-nu-Inc within tha normal atom, which la rfleaaed from the atom under the coo-dittooa coo-dittooa of temperature and preaaur '"''til q-J' h 1 'V 'h ri'i "