Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-10-29 | Page 2 | The Romance of Helium

the romance of helium j another chapter has been added to tile the romantic history of tho the ann element by the brief telegram to prof dewar from prof ohnes of leyden announcing that the latter has succeeded in converting helium into a solid helium was first discovered in tho the sun hence its nageby name rby sir norman lockyer during the total solar eclipse ol of 1868 the first eclipse at which astronomers tron omers had bad the spectroscope at their disposal its existence on the earth was unknown until 1895 when sir william ramsey found its distinctive yellow ye low line in the spectrum spectra in ot of cle and quite recently it has been found associated with radium which may possibly prove to be made up ol of helium and lead owing to the intense cold required all previous attempts to solidity helium havo have failed though prof dewar reached degrees fahrenheit of frost in his liquid air and frozen hydrogen experiments jt it is probable prof ohne ohn es s has reached the absolute zero degrees fahren heft belt of frost to succeed in freezing he helium lillin