The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-06-07


DR.. G. upon the point here alluded to. We
will now give a few extracts concerning earth
quakes, that the reader may judge for him
self The DR.. frequently alludes to predic
tions published in Tile Random, formerly
quarterly, now monthly publication through
which be advocates his peculiar views:
al have found, by seven years experience,
that not only the changes of atmospheric tenn
perament, but also the bearings of these
changes, on the general health and feeling of
men and animals, can be pre-calculated by
elements similar to those of eclipses, with
seldom failing accuracy, to within the hour
out of the twenty-iour.
81 have also found, that by observing pri-
dence, and meeting with a determined quiet
Of mird, those adverse atmospheric conditions,
which, by disturbing the nerves, tend 10 cloud
the mind with feelings of gloom, or irritation,
&c, thereby disposing still more to indispo-
sition, that have attained a degree Of health
far hey ond what once anticipated, sufficient,
| hope, to enable me to bring this important
discovery before mankind.
81 will now proceed to some remarkable
facts bearing upon this discovery, of more
prominent character
"On the occurrence Of the brilliant aurora
of February l9th, 1852, l made careful OBJ
seIyaton of the then existing condition Of the
elements, and found that nearly similar
condition would exist, on the 23l Of April,
1852. published this pre- calculation, weeks
previous The aurora occurred at the time
Since then, many auroras have occurred at
dates which had long previously calculated
as more predisposing.
/ lhe occurrence Of an earthquake in one
Of the remote South Sea Islands, near the
tine that the aurora Of February l9.h iumin
hted the northern polar reg 'ons, induced the
conviction that earthquakes, as well as auro-
ras, result from electrical disturbances of the
elements, by strongly polarzsd currents Of
light from distant sources.
Ascertaining that highly electrical con
/ di,Ion oi the elements would exist from this
cause, near the close Of April 1852, pub
lc'y expressed my conviction that earthquakes
would occur near that date.
( The earthquake at Washington, April
29,h. 1852, was confirmation, and induced
me TO urn my attention more earnestly to
the phenomena of earthquake S.
Most OF lhe earthquakes since, have occur
Ied at precise da,cs, which long prcviou.y y
calculated and published as more predispos-
ing,
Il
"No less lhau eleven earthquakes occur
red curing the highly electrical condition cf
the elem, n,s, which existed from November
2G.h to e9-h, 1859, Including h remarkable
shock which attended TIE il Simultaneous ban
ishmcnt Of the cholera from S.. Jdgo.
"They occurred in different regions ofthe
globe lar distant from ach other, and at dii-
f-rcnt periods in The day, which shows them
to be 80 many disirct quakcs-ueaiy
twice as many as ACQUIRED during the whole
month besides
To settle this int more positively, the
fall number of TIE Ra6Joa0 for 1859, which
was published many weeks previous, contains
my prr-calculation, based ON these physical
laws Of light, that such & more highly eIcc-
/ trical condition of the elements, pr, disposinI Z
more to earthquakes, would exist during that
period Of three days"
Many more equally interesting extracts
might b. made, but the foregoing must suf
fee, by adding the following:
"An announcement of the French Acade-
my OF Sciences, some two or three years since,
discloses The simple, natural, bu still over
looked cause OF these stupendous fluctuations
of electrical excess or deficiency.
! "The fac! announced by this Scientific In
stitution, was the discovery, that in regions
whore earthquakes are frequent, that frag-
m mt Of iron attached to suspended magnet,
would drop to the floor just before the shoclI
of an earthquake, from the apparent tempo
rary suspension Of the attraction of the mag
net.
81 know of no agency that will totally sus-
pend, without destroying, the attraction OF
the magnet, although its power las sometimes
been found to suffer great temporary dimnu-
ton, during such great deficiencies of cleo
trcity as are attended with the serious preva-
lence of the cholera, like that at St. Peters
burg, when, according to statements, twelve
pound magn is would scarcely lift four
pounds,
elf a magnet could be unmagnetized by
an earthquake, or any other natural cause, il
would then be the same as any other bit oI
unmagnetized steel, and require to be artiici
ally re-magnetized before it would attract, in
stead of being found IN the full possession Of
its power as soon as the shock passed.
"Hence, it is evident that the effect here
produced must be upon the fragment Of iron
instead of the magnet, and this could only re-
suit from the conversion of the fragment into
an electro magnet for the time This woulC
at once release it from the attraction of thC
magnet.
"No agency from within the earth coulC
magnetic this fragment, 50 suspended in tht
air, Besides, this phenomenon is only limit
ed feature of general fleet, or change, il
N ~. A.. IL
the magnet, occurs before the shock, it show
conclusively, that the cause Of all the phe
nOmena attending earthquakes, is deyelope,
in, and operates upon the atmosphere, betor
it does in the earth,'