Show r D 1 r rr x 1 I. I J I or 4 Y l' l lI I c Ir r v jI j r rA I A y I Ken Allen Ronny Bloxham and Keith Behunin left South Davis Jr Students I I Make Real Geysers I B By BONNY RONNY BLOXHAM I KEN ALLLEN and anti KEITH BEHUNIN The gee sers were made at home by these boys bos and turned into Mr McKinnon their science teacher leacher They worked just like rea real geysers When heat was applied to lo the boiler pressure built buill up When it il was great greal enough the water waler in the boiler was forced out causing the geyser to spout off ocr EXPANDING steam is evidently evi evi- evidently dently the motive power of oC the natural active geysers Underground water heated by hardening lava hot g gases and vapors is emitted by neighboring neighboring neighboring neigh neigh- boring pockets of molten rock A column of mixed steam and hot hoi water waler is shot out Some of oC the water may return more flows in from rock fissures and the phenomenon is repeat repeat- r f n 4 r I 1 I s I y Yn I e ei i 11 1 t. t I I J. J j to right work on geysers at South Davis Jr High ed cd with more or less regularity ty according to the supply of water and heat Mr 11 McKin McKin- McKinnon McKinnon non gave the students the instructions instructions instructions in in- on how to build up the thc boiler and left leCt the rest test up to lo the imagination of the stu stu- dents Keith Behunin decided to use screen wire formed in a bowl shape He lie covered it with wood fiber Cibel plaster and placed this on a wooden stand I Then the boiler a U large juice I can was mounted on metal legs under the bowl A copper tube lube was soldered to lo the bollom bottom bottom bot- bot tom lom of oC one end of the can and joined to 0 the top lop of oC the theother theother other end As water was I poured the bowl it traveled traveled traveled trav trav- through the eight feet of I tubing back into the thc top hole of oC the can Here it is heated by canned heat The ste steam lm forced the water through a short 12 inch tube which spouted spout spout- ed to lo make the geyser MR lUR MCKINNON'S MCKINNONS class has been studying about geology geology geology geol geol- ogy the universe earths earth's development development de de- earthquakes vol vol- canos geysers and is now studying atomic structure The whole class has turned in one project which was a rock col col- The class hopes to study many other subjects throughout the rest of the tile year ear |