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The Sylvan Lake News 1945-01-03 - 1947-12-31
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1947-09-03
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Amateur Builds Observatory- Blames Weather On Sun Spots (By Lex Schrag in Globe Mail, Toronto) People have been blaming the weather on the government and the atom bomb and one thing and an- other, And all the time the probable source much hum: and the sunspots, go unrebuked. This, at any rate, in the possibility diffidently of- fered by Bert Topham, Custlefield Rd,, York Township, Ont Bert is considered, by persons who know about such things, to be Can- ada s foremost amateur astronomer. Just now, he's engaged in charting sunspots, studying the sun's gramu- lation , and in occasional observa- tions on yariable stars, The night, said the poet, has a thousand eyes. Bert Topham s is nearly always one of ac of them. Tn May the sun developed the darn set of measles Bert has eyer-seen. He works as an observer for Harvard University and with the American Academy of Science. He notes sunspot observations on a chart provided by the American Interna- tional Academy, May 22 his graph skidded clean off the ruled surface of the chart, There were, by his count, 198 spots on the surface of Sol. The chart was prepared to re- cord a maximum of 190. Topham, Lancashire born, and with much of the Lancashire twang still on his tongue, doesn't theorize about his observations. He leaves that to the scientists of whom he is a valued assistant. He explains that he has had comparatively little formal edt cation. But he does take great pride in the fine equipment he has built and assembled, and in the accuracy of his instruments. Professional astronomers tell Bert what they want him to observe, and he observes with ea will, This sun spotty summer, he has been told, will be wetter than usual in places where the weather is usually wet, and drier where it is usually dry. The sun spots do it. And, he adds, next summer will like be even More so. The sun spot cycle, roughly 11 years eth, will then be at its peak. It's all due to the fact that the sun, when it comes down with spots, emits electrical particles from the spots, instead of the ordinary heat, in Mr, Topham's pride is a 6 ized vlentric motor. observation perch, board of scope, light and asworted short wave-length rays. These particles tangle with the top layers of the earth's atmos- phere, and do all sorts of things to the weather, He started observing, to take his mind off the cold and wet, when he stood in the trenches at Yprez soldier of the Royal Montreal R ment, The peace and serenity of the stars took his mind off his wet Just before the end of the w shell burst rendered him permanent- ly deaf, With his disability, he never married, He turned to the stars for comfort, and has worked in the in- terest of pure science ever since. His first observatory, on Regent St. Toronto, was unsatisfactory be- cause of smoke and lights, He mov- ed to Castlefleld Rd. in York Town- ship, built, for 76 a complete and efficient observatory, and installed a inch refracting telescope. His tower looks over a mweep of countryside for as much as 30 miles to the west, and far enough to the other points of the compass to com- mand a nearly perfect view of the sky. Besides his refracting telescope, he has a six-inch reflector he made himself, and six, eight and 10-inch mirrors not yet mounted. Each mir- ror, ground and polished to an ac- curacy of millionths of an inch, re- quire months of work. He is willing to part with them for prices that compensate for little more than the cost of materials, Royal Astronomical Society of Can- ada, he lends his scopes for use at group meetings. On his workbench he has a camera he made himself, At the request of professional astronomers, he turns it to the sky to mark star tracks, the flight of meteors, He has photo- graphed the aurora, a difficult feat, For the sheer love of the stars, he patiently notes their moyement and gives the notes to men who can use them, For his willingness and boundless energy, hie was awarded, in 1941, the Prof. C. A. Chant Medal for the out- standing contribution to Canadian astronomy. A member of the WIND TUNNEL DEVICE SAVED HAY CROP PORT WILLIAMS, N.S. When weeks of fog and high humidity near- ly ruined haymaking in Nova Scotia, George Chase, who owns a string of farms near this Minas Basin commun- ity, beat the weather by installing in his barns a variation of aviation's experimental wind tunnel With the wind tunnel device as an jartificlal dryer, 176 tons of hay were Jcut and stored in cight days while many other farmers had to leav their hay grow mouldy in the felds Hay was cut and stored immedl- ately in the barns while still green. Air sucked into the burn by an elec- trically-drlven fan six feet in diame- ter was forced through the stored nay until it was dry and safe trom spontaneous comtustion. Cars Looked Alike To Woman Driver WASHINGTON. John Cos- tianen automobile Is on the high seaz, bound for Brazil, because woman driver made a slight error, Costianes, a restaurant owner, and Lt.-Col. Jose de Faria Lima, of the Brazilian Aeronautics Commission own black, 1947 cars of the same make, Mrs, Othella Pompier, secre- tary to the commission, was to have driven Lima's car to New York for shipment to Brazil. She parked it on the atreet to do some last-minute shopping, then returned to Costianes car, park- ed nearby, She thought it odd that the ig-' nition key didn t fit, but called locksmith who quickly fixed it, drove the car to New Yori, and saw it off on a freighter, Police later found Lima'a car still parked where Mrs. Pompier had left A FREAK BITE ANN ARBOR, Mich, Walter Springer, President of the Ann Ar- hor Board of Education, was bitten on the chest. What's more, his own false teeth did the biting, He was carrying the teeth in his shirt pock- et When the car in which he was a passenger collided with another one. Some birds are larger when young jthan they re after growing up. inch refracting telescope which is kept on its target in the sky by synchron- The dome of his observatory can be moved without the necessity of getting down from his All the work of installing the telescope he did himself. He is shown at electrical contro Photos Courtesy of Globe Mail, Toronto, g ami Ateur astronomer by night. His ob- (left), built for 76, is situated to give a perfect view of the heavens from Castlefileld Rd. in York Ip, Ont. Here Mr. Topham, (right), admires a mirror for his telescope. He turns out mirrora ground to ah accuracy Of millionths of an inch. His most ambitious wo far has a diameter of 10 Inches. for the cook-stove, and passing it on line. use of worn out gas engine of the for Mrs. 83.G.F, N.B. One of the old type engines with large fly wheels ia beat for this pur- owe as the fly wheel carrying the splitting axe should be 40 inches in diameter or over, An engine of from six to 10 horse power s probably the best size from which to make such a splitter, curely bolted to a heavy skid, the ends of the runners projecting well beyond the reach of the fly wheel. A splitting block consisting of a heavy piece of timber, preferably about 12 inches square, is placed across the ends of the skids. A notch is cut out of the block to allow room for the rim of the fly wheel and for the axe; also a piece of boiler plate, cut to the form of the notch in the block is Iet into the splitting block until flush with the top and Is fast ened securely by means of one-half Inch by five inch coach screws, The splitting block is placed so that its top is located several inches below the level of the centre of the crank shaft so that fairly large pieces of wood can be split without having the axe contacting them too far above the centre line of the crank shaft. The axe head is that of a heavy splitting axe, the eye of which 4s filled with lead or wood 28 Devan. OF Spurrrine Weoos, holier plate Powered Wood-Splitter HEN everything is being done by power these days it ig logical to turn to the question of getting rid of that old chore of splitting wood The frame of the machine is se-; ical wood splitter, made from: an old stationary gas engine, the upper right hand corner goes on the top of the anvil block, to the hydro or a few gallons of guao- The wood splitter described and jIlustrated here fs constructed by the stationary type, We are publishing it ee through which two holes are bored to match two similar holes drilled through the rim of the fly wheel. Bolts about 9-16 inch in diameter should be used. A seat for the axe head should be chipped and filed out of the face of the fly wheel, the best location for this spot being a post- tion diametrically opposite that of the counter-weight of the wheel. Care must be taken to keep these bolts tightly drawn up at all times, The splitter is driven by a small gas engine, or it can be jised with an electric motor, the belt being run on the unused fly wheel of the ma- chine, The pulley ratto should be such as to provide a speed of from 60 to 80 strokes per minute, If speedy higher than 60 R.P.M. are used the machine is likely to throw the wood. The blocks are iald on their sides for splitting, small pieces being placed so that they are merely touched by the point of the axe while large blocks are pushed well against the fly wheel rim. We know of sev- eral machines built according to the above plans and they are giving good satisfaction, Splitting the fire wood is a small matter with such a ma- ctfine operated by a small engine, 1 Spezo asovrT 6070 100 RPL This diagram shows the details of construction of this type of mechan The picce of How Canadians Can Eliminate Waste Burned toast feeds nobody That slice of bread which goes up in smoke in the breakfast rush is part of the waste which Canadians are asked to eliminate in order that there may be more wheat for the hungry, One slice of wasted bread from every Canadian household means a waste of 1,200 98-pound bags of flour, or more than 117,000 24-ounce loaves, Thousands of loaves ean be saved simply by using every crumb of bread which is bought, and buying only what is needed. Every man, woman and child in the Dominion can add a little to the world s stock- pile of foodstuffs by eliminating waste, Keep the baby in a high chair as far as possible from the stoye and sink to avoid sealds end burns, When a recipe calls for a dash of such-and-such an ingredient, use less than one-eighth of a teaspoon. cee es Be sure umbrellas are thoroughly dry before they ave folded and put away or they are likely to mildew. If a small clock or watch has to be kept by a sick bed, cover with a plain glass tumbler or bowl It can be seen easily and the ticking won't annoy the patient, : eee If you spill water on waxed floors wipe it up at once or white spots may appear, which will require re- waxing. Smile of the Week-- Lawyer: Then you admit that you struck the defendant with malice sforethought? Defendant Indignantly: You can't mix me up lke that. I've told you twice I hit him with brick, and on purpose. There wasn't no mallets Tor nothing of the kind about it, just a plain brick Ike any gentleman would use 2740 Daily Sensation As luncheon sets, or as occasional doilies, this filet crochet provides a sensational touch in home decora- tfon, Variety in work too Pansy filet with pineapple design edging it's lovely Pattern 7110 haw directions for 2 doilies; border. Our improved pattern visual with asy-to-sew charts and photos, and complete directions makes needie- work easy. To obtain this pattern send twenty- five cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) to Household Arts Depart- ment, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue B., Winnipeg, Man. Be sure to write plainly your Name, Address snd Pattern Number. THERE'S A REASON Flower names are always written by botanists in Latin so that the references may be understood by col leagues in every part of the world,
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