THE HEAT LAYER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 272, 30 August 1935, Page 3

THE HEAT LAYER

AUCKLAND SCIENTIST’S VIEW.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, August 29. Commenting on the London cablegram about Professor E. V. Appleton’s discovery of a. heat layer m the upper atmosphere, Professor R. W Burbridge, of Auckland University College, said that to state that ultra short waves could not be oi any use to broadcasting was putting the position too baldly. For instance, it was intended to broadcast television by ultra short waves. ‘ Professor Appleton's conclusion about heat layers bad been published recently in the Science Journal, Professor Burbidgc said. The beat belt was about 200 miles from the earth. It was questionable whether it would not he possible to penetrate the layer by rocket devices. The source of the heat belt was the absorption of the sun’s rays and energy from them in a small amount of matter, thus giving rise to high temperatures. The high temperatures affected a number of electrons at those levels, so that some could not be used in round the world communication by wireless.