ABSTRACT
The ratio of the energy of the short-lived emanation and its products to that of water formation out of its elements becomes 2·5×1093·8×103=658,000. The energy given out in this radio-active change, that is to say, evolved from within the atoms, is thus about 600,000 times greater than the intense chemical action of water formation. It is seen that the phenomena of sun-spots, aurora and magnetic storms are intimately connected evidently with the suggested process of radio-change or bombardment taking place within the sun. The origin of the aurora in the Polar Regions where the magnetic pole plays an important part in giving rise to various electrical effects, as seen in the vacuum tube, has led to certain well-known investigations of this phenomenon. It was suggested that atomic nuclei and electrons were ejected from the more central part or nucleus of the sun owing to a pressure effect therein.
