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PAGE FOURTEEN THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929 | ¥ CENTRE OF EARTH IS "MIGHTY HOP | Data Reveals Fahrenheit = Degree Would be i 443,000 a Do YouOwn Your Own ature is high enough to boil water at ordinary pressures. to chemical changes in the oil it~ self, say that the tempera- ture at which we find volcanic mag- na is likewise due to chemical changes which occur in it when ressure is relieved which were Prevented previous to that time by the high pressures. That the in- crease in temperature is greater in oil fields than in neighboring areas tends to bear out this contention. In fact, the rate of increase in tem- perature with depth is being studied as a possible means of locating oil wells, It is a peculiar fact that we know more about stars, millions of light years away from us, than we know of what lies a few miles beneath our feet. Perhaps if we could look down we might feel far less com- fortable and secure as we go about our daily tasks, than we do now. Pretty Hot There was recently published in "Tycos," Rochester, an estimate of the temperature at the center of the earth, based upon average figures for the rate of temperature rise in the last 1,000 feet of the seven deepest wells that have been meas- ured. The staggering figure arriv- ed at was 443,000 degrees Fahren~ heit. As the author points out, this is unquestionably a ridiculous figure, We have never had a temperature measurement taken more than two miles helow the surface, Taking the radius of the earth as 4,000 miles, that means that our great- est depth we still had 3,998 mites to go to reach the center. It is obvious that, using the rate we find near the surface, and assuming that it continues, fs much like measur- ---- Montreal, May 4.--A friend: ac- sted me the other day. "What," asked, "is the temperature at e centre of the earth?" I must nfess that at the moment I t little idea, and, not having at nd a convenient giant to split it open for me in order that it might e measured. I have attempted to SPECIAL ! ! OSHAWA'S NEATEST BUNGALOW 7 rooms--marble dash stucco, Italian ceilings and bath. The last word in a home. Finest wise man never waits till is driven by necessity, Telephone 572.228 Oshawa, Ont. Night Calls 510-1560 d some estimates of this tem- erature, and data to support them. There are two sources of infor- ation that may help us. There the volcano, which sometimes upplies ug with unwanted data at he most inopportune times, { here is temperature data taken at eep oil wells-by various scientists. It would appear from all the data btained that we are "skating on We would not have to ileg to strike something decidedly nteresting, to say the least, Just ow far we would have to go 1s ifficult to say. The rate of increase ; # temperature varies over a con- ~siderable range. At Fairmount, W. _Ya., a temperature of 170 degrees "Was found in a 7,500 foot well, "while at Longmont, Col, a temper- C.P.R, TIME TABLE, Effective April 29, 1929, (Standard Time) West | a.m. Daily. a.m, Daily, .m. Daily except Sunday, .m, Daily. A wm. Daily, sow i 2 HK 2 Namo 2K LEK 5 --- pnD <= 2 .m, Daily. » 8.03 pom. . & 33.30 pm. Daily. 4+ 12,03 a.m, Daily. All times shown above are times trains depart from Oshawa Station, CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS Effective April 28, 1929, (Standard Time) Dail Sunda, a.m. Ye ,58 a.m. io Bip a.m. Daily. .m, Daily except Sunday, .m. Daily except Sunday. .m, Daily except Sunday. ne ; Pp. P a Daily. .m. Daily except Saturday, Elon m INS IBTLEY P ph Daily. a.m. Daily, Wi hd lb 19) 39 a.m. Daily. .04 a.m. Daily, 28 a.m, Daily except Sunday, 20 a.m. Daily, Sunda a.m. Daily except ye p.m. Daily except Sunday, p.m. Pally, p.m. Sunday only. p.m. Daily except Sunday. p.m. Daily except Sunday. 'Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville BUS LINE WEEK DAY SCHEDULE {_ (Effective on and after April 28, 1929.) (Daylight Saving Time) West Arrive 'Whit YZI FS NNANO SJTLII/B2S od Arrive Hospital 51) BEES gay Boon pEee 00m! AL BR3LL583584s 28 SPPYPPOPIORRES BRBB3pBaBRas3 EEE ES pe Shs 8s PIVPPTTP BER EEEER ESomamann PPT ePoETE BBBE33Ba8p a NOON BE83 » B Ho, PY PPeps BpB3BABRERAS! oye SomamawniSonN 33883835088 @ ea i HMOWVNAANE L88nanshisgna; 3p3@B3pBBEEa; PPYPPPOOTENES BRpR33BEBRBREEE PWN AR - TPEPEPEERe PPP OST "11.00 pm, 111 Time marked Whitby Hospital, SUNDAY AND HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Arrive Hospital um, 10.00 a.m, . 12.25 pm, 822828532488 B 3 .m. Pp. are through Lc) made eo JS om 'fwhen the pressure is relieved due ing the rate of the growth of a child for the first few weeks of life and computing how big it would become by the time it had reach- ed the age of 80 years. We mignt compute into existence a race of giants who could use our buildings as footstools. It is also unlikely that the tem- perature of the interior of the earth would be greater than that of the sun, which is about 11,000 de- grees Fahrenheit, On the other hand, this is the outside and not the inside temperature of the sun. The latter is unquestionably very much higher. . Depth of Molten Lava If we compute how far we would have to go to reach a temperature sufficient to supply molten lava, it ment of radio will make it possible for aviators to land safely without being able to see the ground, was predicted by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in LINDBERGH GIVES COMMITTEE ADVICE Famous Flier Discusses the Selection of Washington Airport Site May 4.--Develop- equipment which Washington, is apparent that 20 to 30 miles would do it. It is at this depth that volcanoes are believed to arise through fanlts in rock formation. It is unlikely, though, that at this depth the material is molten as the pressures due to the shrinkage of the earth's crust, and to its weight, must be enormous. This would cause the material to behave as a solid, although the temperature were very high. It becomes moiten to rock slippage, and this gives birth to volcanic eruptions. The temperature of the discharged ma- terial is what we should expect from our computations based on oil well measurements. On the other hand, there are those who will disagree with us. There are those who believe that the earth is a cold mass and that the radiation that escapes from its surface each year is generated by the disintegration of radium in the rocks. The quantity of radium ap- pears to be about right to satisfy this theory. They attribute the heat observed as we go down in an ofl well either to this radioactivity or Fell Bros. 7 he LEADING JEWELER Established 1886 12 Simcoe St. South | LUMBER 8 Building Materials Prompt Delivery Right Prices Waterous Meek Ltd. PHONE 22 For Your Drug Needs THOMPSON'S wre available, \Conerr Lemen Coar.Co. Liven J. H. R. 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