BRANDY AND SODA FROM THE SUN.
"• Sir William A'bney, writing in the 'Daily Graphic,' says he was once using the sunbeams for his spectrum photography at the Riffel House, Zermatt, whither he had gone so that therj might be less atmosphere between himself and the sun than he got in England at sea level; when ho caine across one of our cousins from the other side of the Atlautic. This gentleman took great interest in the instrumental arrangements, and, after silently watching for an hour suddenly broke in with: "I guess, sir, you'v"! got a photograph behind that." This Sir William agreed to. "Well, sir, What are you doing with the sun?" Before giving the answer it flashed across him that some of the small, fine black lines in the colored band of the visible sunbeam spectrum indicated the presence of sodium, also that alcohol and brandy might be classed as carbo hydrates. So the reply came readily. Looking grave, Sir William, said: " Sir, we have already found soda in the sun, and now I am trying to find the brandy." There was no more conversation, but tho American rushed down to Zermatt and informed the hotel company that he had encountered a lunatic Englishman at the x ßiffel who was trying to i get a brandy and soda from tho sun.
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Evening Star, Issue 13012, 5 January 1907, Page 9
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