The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-03-20


these ~:to,' t.,u, 'cco.ning mingled with the
I.'rcr. and i'.e mall pcr.;1~a,ior, from heinz
''!o,ci with rubbish. For ;:,;< purpose ''.'-
i,"i- the most appropriate"
The prjn~;nl, upon which tnr water a.
,,r.!s in The Ar,r>iar well, J.. We lclievc.not
accounted for Iy Natural Philosophy. as gen
.ral, tanaht in the ,yhool> Tie principle
iirrr jn'u'ra'c'! i thr' Of l.vr!rosra,ir pres
urc. hy ,uperin rmhcut water Ii ghcr than
the f,.ntlin ~ which ''ir water i. forced ~
r'lrou.l, The o;iiicc: naturally existing or tE">
artiiicial!y n1'!r. Tie o'l and popular may
i'm, that 'th" stream ranMoi rise higher than
the tonn,air." seems to b" here comtradictrd,
and to meet sill an IMPORTANT cxc"ptjon.
TIL pressure, hv which 'hc wa'r: Is forced
rp IN the Artr$ian well, cannot he hHJD>'ri-
r.. i, W., have said. AZ the earth has to be nrn-
,lratrd several hundred feet far below this
superintendent pressure. existing near The
surface. II must he produced by SOME other
cause perhaps by an internal pressure out
ward from the interior parts Of tn" earth, o.
ra<ioncI by powcrf" elastic gases, or the cen
trail fires with which Tie earth is filled, i,
conjunction with these: and which great
pressure outward is necessary to prevent tli:
thin she'll Of earth upon which we exist from
coNnpsinq and falling in, by the force Of The
attraction Of gravity constantly operating up
on il.
The .nrrc Of that attraction constantly de
rrcasing as YOU descend into the earth, from
the Influence of the attraction of the parts a
tovr and that of water, too, decreasing. The
specific gravity Of which is only one fourth
OF that Of earth il comparative lcvitv being
thus increased aiding to The attraction ofthc
parts above operating upon it, water would
De disposed TO rise spontaneously to or ncag
the sulr,rc
1t is also the opinion Of some that it is Tie
operation Of the "1"r;t"Goi force Of the earth
which is probably The cause. But we are per
haps H."i,i,g too much The fart stands as
j, is, that water can thus be made to rise and
flow from the surface of the earth almost any
where, from the depth OF several hundred
feet. Audi, * probably on this principle.
whatever may he the cause of it. that we can
account for the existence "i springs on small
islands. in thc bosom of the ocean. as at s,
Helena and on mountainous elevations where.
j, seems impossible for any superintendent
or >uhiacrut hydlo>tatic pressure to exist a
hove the fountain. And i, Is probable that
thrrc is occasionally sprin" 10 be found. i'll
all countries, in which the #atcr rises on thi,
prin"pls.
All the "tnunt;ins of the great deep. men
toned in the Bible az being "hrukcn up a.
the dclu2c, were doubtless OF TINS character;
he water in :::c:n beir@ forced uP and ont 10y
the internal pressure of the "rcnt ng.> Of
central waters" with wiii"h the earth wa
chen flied, the decreasing st the force Of "ra.
i, and ,i,r centrifugal force of tie car.h a.;
~ in forcing them NJ and out.
Ih" ads antaars Of Artceian wcii-. to hy-
gisnc. and to gri,ultnral ant, r.anuar,urin.
l.'rrrst<. ar. very oh,iurt. Water % .rca,-
tr pur,I can be detained IL them tnan in
ill! other way, as the immense depth trun,
whence it generally comes prevents imruyi-
ties from contact with alluvi,l beds and mim-
cral strata. The supply nr,cr varies, hu. j.
constantly the same; and is not affected l.,
changes of weather And what is most i'm.
rortant Of all, an abundan: SUPPLY Of pure
flowing water can he obtained anywhere.
A spring may be made 20 issue at any p"in
and i'll any location-an almost inralcula!'
advantage in nri.hborhoo,ls and situation
destitute of water. The only objection an
principal obstacle 20 making them. is the T.,
i''nse that has to be incurred But tits wi
I've greatly lessencd, if not already done. b
improved and expeditions methods of BORN
and Alc use Of steam, and other labor-sayin
machinery.
As the heat of the earth increases as it
penetrated downward, by going sufficient
deep. water of any suitable temperature #
ha,hing may hc obtained and the trouble an
expense of heating i: saved. And as the W;
ter may be made to flow out at any elevation
a constant supply can thus be obtained at
many points as may be desirable on tarm.t
'rrlGatc the adj laccnt fields however elevate.
they may be and also of suitable tcmpcratur,
and the effects of drough: thus obviated
\ sufficient supply of water for steam m;
chinery may thus he obtained in any dcsir;
ble location: and by uniting several stream
AT sufficient elevation, plenty of water for h,
draulic purposes may be had, and for movin
any kind Of machinery.
MELANCHOLY SUIcIpE-Miss Amcl
scott of this town. lady universally esteem
cd for her amiahitv of character. cominittc
SUICIDE on "Wednesday night of last week. l
thrown. herself into the A!aScoma River
East Lebanon. Causc-insanity-Lrino
VIVA.
LErrrES FROM THE ISTHMU S.-Lctte
dated at Panama, Feb II. have been rerciv,
ircn q company Of young men. who recent
lett ti.is vicinity for California. They conta
natter Of considerable interest in regard
!he passage from New York to the Pacii
coast, but we think not enough to warrant
H. publishing them entire. The names of Il
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