Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-27

THE HEAT, COLD AND RAIN we published 8
paragraph the 18th inst, setting forth that nc
eording 10 some German tables, the distance Of tn
sun from tho earth was Increasing annually ant
some credi: seemed to be given to the tradition 0
the ancient Egyptians and Chinese, tint its disk il
the early part Of creation was almost four times a
large as it new appears, and the apparent diamete
of the sun was double what we now see it. 1t i
therefore argue that in elk thousand years the dis
lance will be so great that oa!V eighth part OIL
lie warmth we now enjoy from the sun will beeom
municated TO the earth, which will then IL covered
with eternal ice.
Assuming this theory to DO correct, We should
like to inquire what amount of heat the human body
could endure i've or six thousand years ago. The
weather through the summer reason appears to be
quite hot enough, particularly when the mercury
in tie Thermometer stands above 90 degrees, at it
did last Friday and Saturday week, and if by
doubling the size of the sun the amount Of heat
should increase 10 like ratio, what would become of
poor, suffering humanity With the mercury at
49, or $780, it would be impossible for amin al life to
exist the sarth would be dried to powder, should
al be roasted and the Almighty would look down
on rivers and oceans filled with boiling water forests
on fire., while the whole earth presented arid
aud barren sarface Speculation in regard to the
heat, cold and ra are alike futile A lew years
ago it WAS thought that We should have NJ more
severely Geld weather. 1t was argued that the
clearing away Of the forests ard the draining of the
marshes lad SO exposed the suface Of the enrth to
the sun as to modify tho climate, as it was alleged,
hal boon the case 10 tho north of Tttly, where in
the days of Virgil and Horace tho Rhone was frozen
atnfas tcbed nv IN tha ica "a bn,yy
teams ard the most porderous munitions of war
so it was thought that our Northern rivers would
present no impeachment to navigation at any season
o. the year But few Of the last winters says the
Baltimore Sun, have taught these philosophers
very different lesson TIE cold has returned in all
its severity TIE open pl6ins exposed to the un
ehstructed rays Of tho sun have been as deeply
buried in snow as the densest forests used to he
Our northern friends told last winter oC drifts Of
snow fifteen or twenty rect high The raitord
trains were showed up AMI stopped II is Plain,
therefore, that the mllonium Of mild winters has
not CINE, nor even approached. We seem to have
entered upon another cycle Of Indictment winters
The cuuses Of our cold climate evidently lie deeper
than the absence or presence Of forests They de.
pend on the Tostion we occupy the continent
be direction { the prevailing winds OF tie ice
which aceunulates on our northeastern coast or
something which human culture does not bfTect
Jas so it aeems to be as to the dryness or the In
nudity Of our climate. About half century az o.
Yolnay, tho famous French traveller, philosot Ter
anil ithlel, predicted that he climate of the United
Ssttt would soon be as dry IS that of Spain The
valley Of The Shenandoah, be said would become so
arid as 10 be early uninhRbtabe. Those limestone
formation would be he Hrst to suffer Our stream.
would shrink to half their sse aud navigation wopId
he3one an impossibility This Jour certainty does
not confirm tho prediction, Never, perhaps since
the settlement of the country has so much rain
fallen in the space Of three months as We have see,
aiHcc the beginning OF May
TIE fact is thar the causes of rain n,a m, Al, ,,.,
and eiFcnmcrbea as bsve been imagined Fvanor'
ation is constantly gong on all over he ertb bnt
especially on the surface Of the grent oceans and
unnel The blaze of tropical sun There ia thon
tendency TO an equal disribution of moisture
ttnmughont the atmosphere, Currents of afr than
NAYS hucn more to do with rains than loeal ev nor.
',9h' t"F instance, we have a Succession Of heavy
fSl'5 for three orths The earth has became fsIly
saturated by moisture which did not ascend fTom
y, but has been brought fTnm a distance There
seemed 70 be no possibility of exhaustirq the source
~ .ue showers Tor they came in rapid succession
lnoet my Intervening clear weather They must
,g 'aeh troln latge masses Of atmosphere saiur>
httd somewhere with evaporation, Tie exnIano,
i9n Of u la We have bad prevalence nj son,hanst
nlhas blowing directly from the broad Atlantic
Sflhg'ng over US the whole evaporation Of its I'm
mense ssrlOee The same ssuse will sius ~ In
aaae the asm0 eject a'7 P'"