The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 12, 1919, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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Helium as a Ball
(By Hamilton P. Cady, Professorl As the
of Chemistry, University of Kansas.) Washingtoi
Helium, being an absolutely inert assigned to
gas chemically and yet much lighter j by them a
than air. is obviously an ideal balloon ; seemed bes
gas. provided it can be obtained in "bit." The
sufficient quantities at a reasonable asked to d
figure and if it will stay in a balloon, volved in
Helium is twice as dense as hvd'o- available s
yen and hence has less lifting now- solubility (
or. but not as much less as this ratio ane, in liq
would indicate. One gram of hydro- tures of tli
gen displaces 14.39 grams of air, and for the Ilu
therefore will lift itself and 13 33 in the test <
grams in addition to itself So the balloon fal
flotation of helium is 92.5 per cent of ?onte expo
that of hydrogen. to determii
The question of the ability of bal- iuni as pre
loon fabric to retain helium was which was
one which gave much concern llvdro- appreciable
gen displaces 14..19 grams of air. ami a No to det
since helium is able to diffuse through "< n might
hot quartz much faster th in hydro- out formin
gen. it would not be impossible t ?r We foun
it to pass through balloon fabri as source wh
fast as or faster than hydrogen, and and in use
this would be very serious because wells at 1
helium inevitably costs mor- than Fort Wort!
drogen. Fortunately, it turned ou> much 1<>\
that helium escaped only about a- gas.
fast as hydrogen. hausted. T1
The question of its availability thr u ,)f> s? Srea
turns on its prodttction in sufficient be lc
quantities at a low enough price. A "?' :>i
little over 12 y?*ars ago Dr. Dflivld W:1< I
MeFarland and I found that the .1- ''Fes to aj
most non-inflamable gas of the I?? .< - P
ter (Kansas! field contained 1st pi-r m'S"d
cent, of helium; and since there w? > " '" 'bins a g
many wells, each able to viel 1 1 Hi.- Tlio Air
O'tO cubic feet per day. here -a a - an I.inde Air
abundant source of the gas. We m .do to in>t.ill
an extensi\e investigation of other Forth Wor
gases of tills country and Canada and helium Th
concluded that all natiral - a-.. tion <'o i
tain some helium, hut nowhere else whu:i
have gases been found as rich .is n eessarv
those of mid-eontinont fell, ospe - nl they
ally it. certain portions of Kans s making cot
When our country ento;ed the var l.itii- plan
the Hr tish Government s i:riis!i I produce hi
tha* our Government take up t : pro- '!l :,lU > ;
Mem of obtainine helium for balloons. ?' about >
The I?riti?h were then at w ork trvinf? 'Navy
to use the comparatively poor pases ',1t: a laru
of Canada. The problem was apparent- ' >' 'hp 'jin(
ly a simple one and could he solved ^ third
by the same methods used for the been erecte
separation of oxvpen. nitrogen and <oss worke
arson from the air. In fact, in some engineer
ways it should be easier because the ~
difference boil po pQ
er. Helium boils at :JkV> decrees (' JMMRj
while the nitrogen and i?ethao? fljlgUUL12l
which accompany it boil at l!?r? do- MBUj|I9
pje ml 1 r,4
In the air the hoilint: points ar. *|A Fire
oxygen 1 S -j ; nitrepen. 1'' ?. : nd ar- IM
eon. 1 op We were able to point tjjpga Ql.
those nterested that tie prol.i. in
was .implicated by the fa t that in
our \porienro h?*liuin is :airl> - .Iv BtSSP
sol \r. liouid n.,t ir.ii mis and that
count (SBL^ ?
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From 100 to 200 head oi Hi
and Mares on hand all the
| from St. Louis. Well soli
sell or swap. Cash or ere
The Sikes Comp
Deaiers in Live Stock am
Monroe, N.
rrnnsc'ri for in the process MonHonit1!*) Killing
present in too small quan- Mystory.
queciably affect the tlota
i?r cent of hydropcn could ' * harlotte Observer. 1
with the helium without NN ill the Harry Montgomery
as whieh could be ignited. ('''' mystery ever be solved?
, . . ,, This is a question which is
Reduction Co. and the
, , beginning to obtain considerab
Products Co. were asked
. . , . (illation in Charlotte, follow ill
experimental plants at
.. . ... recent action ot the county co
th to trv to separate the
, , .... . . ... sioners in offering a reward of
ev d. l so I be Air l.educ.
,, . for the arrest and conviction i
tses the ( laude process.
, , , , ... slaver of the untortunnte youim
ns to lack the flexibility
. Although Montgomery has
lor experimental purpose.
. , (1- id tor over three months, a
vc-e not suc( essful ;n
. , though at the outset efforts at
icentration 01 helium. The
. . ti_ation ended apparently aga
itter manv changes, did
, , , , .. blank wall in every direction,
-hlv concentrated helium
. Known tliat tli( case has nevei
arte quantities at a cost
. . ... i . . entirely abandoned, and it is
1 on pet 1 cubic feet.
.. . . . stood that there is yet hope lit
Department is now erect...
. , person who killed the young ma
e plant to extract hcliutn
, be brought to justice,
le process. J
, . . Various stories were told i
experimental plant has
, .... time of the killing, and all weri
d at I'otrolia. using a pro.
.iv. i m: . fully followed to theii source u
d out by Not ton. brilliant
... ., . titne. Although no itumediat
with a very thorough
s It*- wito obtained, it was
valuable
LOOK POR I '!l1' been found and that the>
THE RED BALL I ?ev?r I.e. n thoroughly traced
mjm TRADE, MARK /Tm * .t 11 < 1 at the same time have ney,
fTUUKlil Mty i-rnest Hunter, the nemo
SLfmS 6 Ammunition ||jj vl Lorrain. ()?en, Montgo
I . r|>fl > ' ' hea11. at lit -1 failed to id
looting Kl?hl ?c5 T I I ntilicd ill open eou
~~~ turned loose after two grand
U?r-*,^w?Nitne><*o I'd carefully all ti
=tz? WotorOoi?- ^1 1' ' in ,h'" <aso H1< lu.ling t he
I'ene n: .<i the girl that 1
This ended all
against the only suspect wh
aetnaily placed under arrest.
All sorts ot stories were in
la t on at i lie time and they
quickly revived following the ;
^ tal of the negro, but, as at tb
y / of the killing, none of them
any definite trail
\ A / - . Tme rocked along and inte
\Q <0 I he ? ise apparently died
y is again revived by
^ if t. i u the part ot the Meckb
^ I count} oohiinissjoncrs, of a
f s _ 'o for information lead
the arrest and conviction o
W| "v II.. Mot,! w.i kil
t'o .t i relay. \1 > 'J , w
LHT' j \ i i park h\ road w it
s\> ear I e.irt. Lorraine Owen,
' )w en ma. :it . ii.< I from t hf
that h. was -hot In a nee:
1w i.s met on the road, running
stock ng feet. l?v W 1! Wood
?l | dent of the \merican Trust < o
I. rSCS, .?IIIIPS .' < i?I liv Mr. Wood was brought
1 i? h -a?l ! 11 .t rtc: s. w here she b
. . story. Adlng on her story, the
time, r resli thm night arrested Krnes 11 n
neyro on suspicion and held ii
^ til he was turned loose by the
pcti'd. Will jury. No other arrests lave e\i
made in the case.
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(lit. | Itcsolutions o I respect.
Whereas <od in hVs wisdt
removed from our midst one
faithful members oTXIIeath
I! "ti-t ( burcli. Mrs \\ A M<
ilo-rcfoi ! I.e ^jAresolvii. 1. \
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*cinY, Inc. r
~ 7 That we recognizf^V^e r
'!( i| to <all one of hi- ( h.lilNi
him v hen )o willd
\fllirlt'S. 3. hat we tender our liea
sympathy to the le-reaved f.i
I That a copy of these res(
scut to the family, a copy
lluptist Courier ami to the
! paper* for publication.
Mrs. W. *C.
Mrs. Ira Mac
Mrs. Nell Sn
Committer
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THE LANCASTER
" knowledge of thermodynamics
I process is theoretically Bound. 1
m has never been able to finance 1
? I V velopment. Norton is a prote
Cottrell of the Bureau of Mine
the latter insisted that Nort
result of conferences in Bjven money to erect a plant
1 the main problem was pjant js now in operation, and
the Bureau of Mines and ^ j,as a8 y^t produced helium
pportioned to those who higher concentration than 16-1
t prepared to handle lheirlcenti its workings are being co
University of Kansas was pUy lmproved and the fndic
o the analytical work in- ar(, that it also will be successfu
the location of the most encouragement of the Norton ji
ouree: to determine the|is cottrel's chief contribution
>r helium tn liquul meth- hellum probl?m.
uid nitrogen, and iti mix-L Another man who contr
e two; to prepare helium largely to the success of the i
reau <?f Standards to use ^king was G. O. Carter of the
:>f its permeability through Department, Bureau of Steat
brio (we later also made gjneering. He had formerly be
r'ments along this line ; soc iated with the Linde Compan
ae the density of the hel- j believe that his advice and ?
pared, t<> see if the neon ,?nce were most helpful. Ilurr
always present had an head of the American Vniversi
effoi-t on its flotation and periment Station, had general .
ermine how much hydro- ,,f jj,e whole problem and wa
be present in the gas with- efficient; but the man to whon
? an in da mm able mixture, bablv the most credit belongs
d tint the best available William Hatnsey. who first sug
ich was ready developed the use of helium for this pu
on a large scale was the in our laboratory at the I'
Vtrolia. Texas, supplying sity of Kansas my chief as:
1. Tin o ran o.pfi pei cent. -.\ -,s r. W. Seibel. 11. C. Allen,
ver than the Dexter (Kan- Karigher 1* W. Bruokmiller
but that supply \.a> ex- Kmii\ v. Berger were also very
lie solubility was found to the matter.
t that one-third or more ? ^
>st if efficient fractionation I
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