New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-25
Total hight from bottom OF. Pliath Il

tI!esti NEFI III t!lt
last century, 1t caused great varieiy OF opinion
and TN. was NOS confined TO scientific men, but
even the poet GOETHE wrote an ESSAY 70 explain
how the salt water OF the sea in which slone til,
iithodomi EXIST might have been barred out-cn-
closed IN barrier 50 as TO accounts for thisappea
ancc. IS there no tides in the Mediterranean
towi' the water 70 be carried up not only TO the
hight OF twelve, but OF nineteen feet IL do not
say thatit there were tides thev would explain it
because the Lithodomi cannot live six hours out OF
water like bvalvcS, which take water into then
shells:thcv must be always submerged.
But some scologiSts have asserted that there mas,
haze been Il general change in the level of the sea
that it must have stood nineteen feet above its
subsequent level Blu, it may be replied tina, there
thousand proofs to BE- drawn troru tie history
OF all other parts of the Mediterranean, that no
such change has cvet taken place. It's certain
that the temple existed in the third century: for,
in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lave been found record
ing the separations made by the Emperor Niarcus
AurciiuS, and the additional ornaments given 10 il
By another Emperor, Septimius Severls. We
know then tina; it was usad as place of worship,
or for whatever purpose it was bult-down IL the
third century: and nothing is more certain than
that between the third and the middle OF the last
century there has been general rise of the Mcdi-
tcrruaean.
Nevertheless, in spite of this difficulty many
mainta!ncd that the had gone dow!l. So I'M
willing are they 10 entertain what they called the
paradox Of attaching consistency to the sea and mo.
bili,y the land But aftcra time their oppo,i-
lion gaze Yin 1928, the wear when.I had an
opportunity of examining tie place. some cxcay;-
tons were made through the pavement, and a, the
depth of six feet below it the antquarans came
upon another pavement more rich and costly than
tins. This suggested the idea that there had been
sinkln. dewn previous to the charges we have
noticed. The building being near the sea, as it
gave way 1t was necessary To construct a new
pavement six feet above the other; and then upon
this the whole buildings erected.
The next discovery was made bv Niccolini. who
was employed in 1907 TO make drawings of the
temples: he was in the habit of remaining there
all day and yet ncvcrsaw the pavement ovcrilowcd
by the sea. Sixteen years after, he had occasion
to go back TO the temple and to his surprise he
found many part, OF the marble pavement where
he had stood in 1907 dry, covered at higll tide By
watcr.=Q said there was no tide in the NIcditcr-
ranqnn; and it is usual. considered idecss sea.
Still there is slight rise and ,ll Of Il few inches
in the Bay of Bain.) This led Niccolin to make
a series Of experiments with the hydromcter; and
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Ill, do, Ton -, i. ::
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thai the land is thus positively going down every
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now inc QUESTION was was 'n's SINKING grad
''a a'' suGce',sS. IS 1t eeeil since LOW o
WIS ~ soouen ma 10 l3lls We nane most sn-
'is'dc'o1s answer Ia loo WI nAh"Aet, nv
"1ticii'dt'' anu n''otiiI' VI ny
lr'enus, Mr. HEAD carefully examiner ''e tempe
a,' "ua ,'ls cates' Saefe ta' t'le W'lo
/; - Icnd n ,bs .s .bed r.nl,s
nt W.fn1 ,bo .nlnmn.
=, tho ands and ,o,, ,lo .;do. nd ,l.,, ,,.},,.d
so, ha H. all,,,,
rb., rad ,a ,,a
"a rho ,,o,,on, ~, bl,c dcnosi,. ,,yo f,,et
tbicE cout,inino S,r1s1,y and marine animals
We may suppose that the temple had then begun
to sink so that The sea should have covered the
base of Tic columns where this incr,lstation was
deposited The top of the deposition represented
rho water level Thop GANG = shower &c asbc.
covering the columns for six or seven feet
from an erun,ion If tbe =nciobbo,ing= volcano of
Solfntarn. ,.robaby though there are many Other
volcanic cones in thar vicinity Now this NAV have
z.hpt ON the sea and the wafer flowing INFO pool.
and ponds of the uneven surface ,uny have caused
the fresh water formations, as there are nc Serpu;.
or marine animals TO be found there Then NAV
have occurred another shower OF ashes perhaps
from the eruption of ll49, when was con-
siderable earthouake. which NAV have thrown
down the other columns which PERHAPS stood I'll
thar time. Suppose the marble oDe.. for the
oranite arc untouched then 70 have rost,. IN fE,,
nnevcn surface of rho layor nrodu.ed v second
shower: the sea ilowins in mich, nave carried the
lrhodonj thitbe,. and thu, the Columns might have