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riGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 12. 1959 ' J. Hxtti ' N ' l- ff- -4. IT- V :W1 Ki. 4 ' Mm m mm mm m mr mm mm A P mWr,r Vt hi .run A WW ; in I' V - r. U L: L-h W 1 . 'fA A7 ff (Acm Teif.itliatnl HAPPY REUNION-Mr. Helen B. Overlander, 30-year-old mother of three children who lelt home because she feared she had cancer, kisses her husband, Sherlll, following her return home to Rensselaer, N. Y. Visiting her brother In Stillwater, Okla., Mrs, Overlander said he decided to return home after reading In the newspaper that X-rays proved she did not have cancer. Spectrum Of The Sun B; J. Hugh Pruett Astronomer, Extension Division, Oregon Higher Education System One bright day lost Novem ber, I suddenly noticed on the living room rug an interesting hnf rnlhnr InHlcfinf ,nn( rt ored light. Laying a large sheet of white paper on the spot, I saw clearly in an orderly band all the exquisite shades of the rain- uuw, ranging irom rea on one side through orange, yellow, Breen and hlup in vinlof nn 4ho other side. On one of the triangu lar glass ornaments on the shelves of my wife's cactus win dow, the afternoon sun had fall en at just the proper angle to produce this spectacultfr effect. This band of color is known as a spectrum. This is the Latin for our word "specter," and means an image, an apparition, or a "visible disembodied spirit." Even to disbelievers in ghosts, the solar spectrum hints strong ly of something majestically im material. To some of us this "chromatic scale" is ethereally gorgeous. We are accustomed to think of these natural colors as the finest found anywhere. Visitor Appears Dr. Walter S. Adams, retired director of the Mt. Wilson ob servatory, tells the story of a man who one day suddenly ap- g eared in the building where ir. Adams was observing the solar spectrum through a power ful instrument. The visitor re marked that he had done some painting and was fnmiliar with colors. When finally permitted to peer Into the instrument and view the green part of the spec tral band through a magnifying eyepiece, he took a long look, then came away with an air of disappointed disgust and suid. "1 don't call that a verv good green." Dr. Adams, evidently somewhat surprised replied, f ii, mm is nature at ner Deal. The glass prism on the window 1 shelf did not manufacture the colors on the rug. It simply uroKe up ana spread out those that were already the natural constituents of sunlight. This separation of colors is seen in nature as rainbows in the sky, in spray and dewdrops. The solar light is spoken of by scientists as "wnite light." and is due to the mixing of all colors. Because of the fact that different colors bend by different amounts when entering or leaving the elass. they are separated and may be viewed individually. Light Analyser The spectroscope, whose rjrln- cipal part is a prism, or other equally-acting apparatus, is an instrument for analyzing light. it snows tne solar spectrum as very long horizontal band of rainbow colors crossed vertically by thousands of short dark lines of various widths and intensi ties. In earthly laboratories these lines can be produced at the same places on the scale hv va porizing various known sub stances. When we find these same lines in the spectrum of the sun or of a more distant star, we are given definite informa tion as to the composition nf the star's atmosphere. Over fin known elements arc found In the sun. PHONE 2-6119 FOR TOWING OR WRECKER SERVICE ROGUE SERVICE and Supply Co. Anywhere - Anytime I C LSBEE MILL OPERATORS SEE Cal-Ore Machinery Co. 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