12 THE NEW METHOD 



" It is very warm today and the sun shines about 

 half the time. The other half of the time the sun is 

 behind a large cumulus cloud. 



" Yesterday it was very foggy all day and the sun- 

 beam could not get through the fog. The sun is so 

 far away I should not think the light could go so far 

 even when the air is clear." Edith. 



"We had three very interesting experiments this 

 morning to show that air swells or expands when it 

 is warmed. When we think there is nothing in a 

 dish or a bottle it is always full of air. The ap- 

 paratus used was a round flask of thin and very clear 

 glass, a bent glass tube in a cork, and a small glass 

 tunnel in a cork. Water was poured into the tunnel, 

 but it would not run through into the flask until a 

 part of the air came out." Henry. 



" The sun rises very early now, and soon we shall 

 have the longest day of the year. Soon after sunrise 

 this morning the dew-drops were very thick on the 

 grass and on all other plants. 



"Just as the sun went down last night some of the 

 clouds in the west were brighter than gold. One 

 cloud had four or five shades of red. The lightest 

 shade was pink and the darkest was crimson." 



Nina. 





