The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-05-02
WHOLE NO. 52e.

100 miles along the coast--apd for
more than 100 miles the coast was ele.
vaied from 3 to a feet, and it is coniec.
'ured that an area of 100000 square
miles we're thus raised up. The number
OF ofearthquakes is probably about the same
as that OF volcanic eIuptlOns, or about 20
annually.
Vertical movements ofland, either OF
elevation or depression, or Of both in al
formation, appear TO lie taking place ia
various parts Of the earth, even in dis.
lrlcts not known TO he subject TO Garth.
quakes, or volcanic agency in any form.
On the shores Of the Baltic, from Goth.
enbnrg 10 Torneo, and from thence 10
North Cape, distance Of more than
1000 miles, the couniry appears to have
been raised up from 100 10 200 feet
above the sea. 1t is supposed to go at abou,
The rate Of 4 feet in a century. The
evidence that such movement is taking
place, is chiefly derived ilom The shells Of
mollusca now living in the Bailic, being
found at such elevations, and some Of
the barnacles attached to the rocks
They have been discovered inland a, a
distance of70 miles.
The existence of numerous volcanoes.
and the effects produced by them, renders
ii extremely probable that the internal
parts Of the earth are in a melted state:
that IS, in state Of lava-for il is psoven
that there is an identity between tho pro.
duct of volcanoes and the older slra,ified
rocks. They also render it probable that
The expansive force of ibe internal hea,
on the external surface, during its differ
ent states Of refrigeration, probably
called into more intense action by chem.
ical affinity, has been the upheaving
cause Of mountains; of the distortion Of
the earth's s'raia; and in short, of the
principal geological changes.
The temperature of The earth's crust
is oberved 10 increase as we approach
the centre; and careful experiments on
the iemneralure of springs in deep mines
and of Anesian wells, have shown that
the average rate of such increase is about
one degree Of heat for every 36 or 81 feet.
AT this rate, assuming the temperature
of the earth 10 be SO degrees, a hea suffi.
cien' 10 boil water must exist at the
depth Of 1862 feet, or little more than
mile. A heat Of 1000 degrees, sufficient
TO melt all known rocks would be reached
at 4S miles, and at the centre of the
earth, il would amount TO $4,000 de-
and other collateral evidence Inc codcru-
sion is obvious--that all the interior ofthe
earth excep, crust from SO TO 100 miles
thick, is at present in state Of fusion;
that in all probability, the whole globe
was originally IN the condition Of an ig-
neous liquid; and that the present crust
has been formed by tho cooling Of the
surface.
To account for the primitive condition
ofthe earth, some have supposed il 10 be
part ofa comet brought by some acci-
dent into the sphere of the suns attrac-
ZION and compelled 10 revolve around
him. Others conjecture that it must be
a fragment from The sun itself, elected
in liquid and gnted state. La Place
calculates its history from period when
il was floating in space as nebulous mat
ter, thin as the morning cloud. With
such specuIations we have nothing TO do.
They are the records Of the vagaries Of
great minds; and i, is such iheorizing
which has disgusted many, ESPECIALLY Of
the religious public, and drive them from
the study of nature, perhaps TO greater
speculatlons.
To the facts of geological science we
cannot refuse an assent; nor can we re-
iect the evident differences 10 be drawn
from them. 1t, is. however, gratifying 10
know that the volume of nature and the
volume ofinspiration are consistent with
each other, proving them TO be the work
of the same Greet Author. Both illus.
,ra,e the Divine attributes; both teach
man humility; and both stimulate US to
the ardent pursuit of truth. The Bible
was not written TO teach US the structure
of the earth. nor does geology intren ch
upon the sphere Of revelation; yet the
lat Ter confirms the authority which de-
clares: "ln the beginning God created
the heavens ard the earlbc'