1924-06-21 — Page 9

FEATURES

FOR

E FAMILY

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 21st. JUNE, 1924.

ALL ABOUT

FUSED

QUARTZ.

Bends Light Rays; New Cure for Diseases.

ANOTHER WONDER OF THE AGE! THE PHOTO IN THE UPTER LEFT SHOWS LIGHT BEING DIRECTED THROUGH A CURVED BAR OF FUBED QUARTZ AND DIRECTED ON A BELOW A BAR OF QUARTZ BEING TREATED IN A PRINTED PAGE IN A DARKENED ROOM. BLOWTORCH. AT THE RIGHT DR. E. L. BERRY, INVENTOR OF FUSED QUARTZ, AT WORK IN

HIS LABORATORY.

In an interview; Dr. Barry explained the properties of fused quartz, demonstrating its posai- bilities with tests that astonished.

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME.

"It is my belief that many of

botwoon England and Franco is the least. That point is botwoon Dover on our side of the English Channel and Sangatto near Calais the French elde. The

our diseases are caused by our Sir William Bull Answers Some Objections. Call on to sha

indoor living," he continued. "If we lived in the sun there would not be so many germs. Thus, in our presentinodo of living, wo have to find something that will make us for the loss of sun we suffer. Fused quartz can go a long way in that direction.

"A rod of it, one motor long. will omit at one ond about 93 por cont. of the total visible light passed into the other end. In the host gratios of optical glass the porcentage is not more than 65. Thus ultra-violet rays of the sun can be strained through fused quartz and directed into parts of the body hitherto in- accessible."

"It has been possible for many years." Dr. Barry declared, "to make fused quartz by hand labour and in the ordinary blast flame. The art of making fused quartz dates back to 1839 when Gaudin in France discover- ol its ternin properties."

However, it was loft to. Dr. Berry, who has worked for ton yours with his experiments, to perfect a process that would pormit of quantity production.

Boiled under 4000 degrees heat, the quartz is frood of its im purities under 1,000,000 pounds) prossuro in Dr. Borry's huge:

It is oloetric vacuum furnace. then molded into rods, tubes and parious shаpos. vrocess taking no more than 45

minutos.

ENGLAND

LONDON

MAIDSTONE

DOVER

FOLESTON,

ENGLISH

CHANNEL,

CACH

FRANCE

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BOW THE PROPOSED TUNNEL WILL LINK ENGLAND AND FRANCE. AT THE RIGHT: SIR WILLIAM BULL, CHAIR- MAN OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION ON THE TUNNEL.

Just so

soon as the British always been blocked by British Promiar, Parliament and War foars of military invasion.

Sir William Bull, voteran

Department sanction it, work will tho entiro

length, of which 24 would be under the so0.

"It is really proposed to build two tunnels, one for each line of railway. In this manner the size would be kept within reasonablo bounds and tho difficulties, of ventilation would be lossened, It is estimated that the entire project would cost £29,000,000 and that it would yiold a profit of 5 per cont. on the investmont. There will be no trouble about finding tho money. One half will be supplied hero and the other half by Frenoh financiers. But the chances aro that the French would lot the Bolgians and the Italians take a share of their holdings. Once the government gayo its consont if nature hud spacially preparod to the project, the British tunnel company and the French tunnel company would supply the nooded money within a wook. It will take five years to build.

"One of the main objections to the tunnel in the past has boon that it might serva as a moans of invading England. But this tunnel would be so constructed that in time of war, by prossing a button in Dovor or in London,the. tunnel could be flooded in a small soction near the Kentish coast, forming an effective water look. This dip in the tunnel would fill up with wator in a few hours.

"It has been asked whether a. o started on construction of a member of parliament, a dis- 36-mile tunnel under the sea, to tinguished lawyor and chairman connect England with the con of the parliamentary commission submarine or an aeroplane of a on the Channel Tunnel, is urging hostile country could not destory Cost of producing fusod quartz tinent of Europe.

It will be the greatest tunnel upon Mr. Ramsay MacDonald the tunnel by dropping a heavy the bottom of the is yet prohibitively high. Closo to $500,000 is believed to have in the world-far longer than that the prosant Government bomb on

But our engineers do not think boon expended In perfecting the those through the Alps and the amooth the way for the tunnel channel in the line of the tunnel. fused quartz.

Andes and in under-water oxtont project.

Interviewed on the project, Bir this le possible. Not only would Soon the windows of your But of far greater importanco, Perfection of fused quartz has

"But before we thought of making the Hudson tubes in Now

instond of glass. hoe may be made of quartz fused quartz one of the most just been announced by the costs," Dr. Berry said, "wo had York look like toys. It has been William Bull said: It looks as the tunnel have 180 foot of s08 General Electric Company labor- to know whether or not we the dream of engineers, railway things to make it easy for man to water above it, but it would be Stranger still, you may have a amazing substances to be con- atories at Lynn, Massachusetts, could produce the substance, men and financiers for nearly a build the tunnel and to build it at 130 foot below the bed of the light in one room that travels tributed to science, promises to Dr. Edward L. Berry, assistant so that we know we can there hundred years and the dream has the points where the distance sen." invisibly, bending along its course give access to ultra-violet rays director of the Thomson labor will be steps taken to bring it into another room where you may which are counted upon to cure story, is the man roeponsible for within reach economically." read by it

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Lord Ernie is the now president of the M.C.C.

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P. G. I. Fender had the dis- tinetion of scoring the first 100 against the South Africans.

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At their annual meeting, KIL marnock F.C. reported a profit on the season of over £1000.

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In an Association Football match at Prague, Cardiff City beat the Czecho-Slovak Olymplo team by thros goals to two, the scoro at half-time being 2-1 in Cardiff's favour.

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