Progress in Science.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 19, 8 May 1912, Page 43

Progress in Science.

Harnessing the Sun's Rays.

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Mwfoy Cwrioadtie*. I*a xii-rrtk-: w’i> ev> t*tA.x'rAßjjpei >f : X’*:/r Per. a-J a it sererat speefes of umboo the WI •■* iateraode—pan, of the stems W- : ' • -m zu- «ft re<l va:’-. T'e <yf -. • s mi* 4 *- he of great service Ex. as. emergeoey. Mr. Vi.-? . « .’ ... . - Beaverx Work. ‘ - - - ’ _ 1 - t >kr !7. - - . c . - . - - - tied • _ i , . w<t . - - - - -' t v-.-wdesg :■ ' r : 4r ' i... , s - » j ■ - ' : ' • -. ; . , ”• ;■• A’'.'! it.— -•' ” .. t . ..: ... ■ _ s . - - - ■ - - - - - - - _ CsspiAM Oil Wells Threatened- r A P--- --< : ::.-g : -= - n '-■ - J ft iT7,-.er<- - U ; . . A . -■ " - - ‘ ■• ' ■ - ' *.5 ' - ~'_ . .-■«•■ ■*’".k. Zu-.e :Li: : .e . :- - - .• .' ' ' _ - ■> -••*«< jr-»: -viky ’ i is s _ - - - _ k-4 ’ v . a *...>■■•. _ ?-. .3, -* -... ? filter, -v i_‘'- -- - _• •• ►■ - . -j_ ,- -■• - ■■. ' : ■ I-'i^g r A S'...'-.-. 3' y .JJ. - --- ' ' • -' ~ ‘ ’ t-is* Imperia ’. «K.-erv»•? 77. ; .t- *'.-*•■>- >_> b h *--•-■■ e u _■' —. .1 j “ ,S( --'st _ .. - ... cure i'i'.iTlel by s-»ane : - - ' a ' of * - - z-i :: mi “ »-* abbsal withdrawn! 4 - ?- - »«s

That A aim al 4 Wear. A painter hs* rtvered that Xaiwro herself is the Mrst -.-f au p-. aiers ani v*>pyi<s of natural seenes. Natrtr*** €»?oars are ta-* pigment* ia bird** feather*, b'jlterries" > asi as--ha’-** for. Her of her chiMrea. S.» that they may l»e t’onceale*! frost their enemies, -he paints isw>& them y< lores of sunshin-- and shad. w. of moootaiit< and valieys f-»r--est*. skies, waters, jnngfes bush, -zr and desert that .he pieSares —to spesk in .- paradox—are even ne>-er 1- tbr* troth than th* orisfitt*!'*. '“he ■ -- - nsliine ant shadow >n a e.»and in svßlight-dapp!**d r h- :• snlisibfe >he pt*Wr»>s the sky in white tail of * rabbit. *- I as*;®*? th<* sky ji > tail is to be seex *»u an owT* Iwiek and she ; - - ■ -. w '-sUad *>-op that the ferm f the owl is b»*t to the eye amid th* leaves and branebes of the wood. The terrace: J»«k the pAtnter's ev* *av tS.»* fr«r«n the s»>!d*r green 4 the ! »re»<*s - f light through al! th* dark tfr.ts J leaves jn sha<!>w. an! th* and pit- h—- of Mini .bt t'n l<ark a . I gt-wnl. all r«ragin«Ne forest touew ar* l»v Nature in ths* Ihi Cs r! .•- -■. -r i.t th* forest h* melts j-»«> an! NeiwU wi’.h th- *eme in a way m> mag K* |-a-» und*r-t nding It is thr > igh - ' « ye that *h* .Am*rs an -rti-* and nafor- • 5 dt*. over- « bather". » taar* «g** *ed la* 4 one-' . •,.