ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16920, 29 December 1925, Page 2

ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT.

AN AMBITIOUS BATH SCHEME IN BERLIN!

The city fathers of' Berlin'hav'e a project on handl whicli is destined' to rival, and even outdo, the baths, of ancient Rome. It is nothing less than an artificial Riveria! a suiiny strand., vlitri artificial' sunlight created ,by uß'ra-vldet' rays which will accommodate three thousand f , , These will have had an opportunity of bathing first in a mammoth swimirSiiig hath, whose floor will be lighted by electricity to minimise the risk of accidents' The wp.ter apd steam-heating for this bath will.pome; from a.factory close by which manufactures synthetic ice, It was to, the desire, .of;.this' five tory to utilise its waste products ■ that the* idea is due. but the, city of Berlin will have two-thirds of the shares in the undertaking, which is c'alcn'fated'will Uost five million' gold marks. The epst of n bath and ns long a*, t ime as one cafes’ to spend in the sunshine will work oilf, tit not more than thirty pfennigs (fourpence). Early mornings will be reservfor schools. When it is seen that tfie plans in-, elude a vast sun'bath on the, roof of the swimming hath, the claim'that this project will be one of the finest- things modern hygiene has accomplished does not appear exaggerated. The ice-factory contemplates a]so an artificial skatingrink for the winter months.