RADIO AND HEAT LAYER
COMMENT ON DJSCOVERY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. ■ Commenting on the London cable concerning Professor E. V. Appleton's discovery of a heat layer in the' tipper atmosphere, Professor H." W: Burbidge, of Auckland University- College, .said that, to state that ultra-short • waves could not be of 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 regarding a heat belt had been published recently in a science journal, Professor Bur bidge said. The heat belt was about 200 miles from the earth, and it was questionable whether it, would not be 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 a small amount of matter, 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. " ~ ".! ;.,".■
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1935, Page 10
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