The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-03-23

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1Tranlte 81 Aqueous onglnn- -"hat Next s {
Professor Thompson, by rigid mathe.
matica reasoning from we'll known
physical laws, also proved that the eXis.
tence'of a liquid ocean in the interior of
the earth was simply impossible. He
declared it to- be a physical necessity
that sthe interior must be even more
rigid than the Superficial parts"
leading geologsts are frankly sur.
rendering the old theory, and Professor
Ansled, in paper read before the
British Association in 1869, says {;
"GeologIsts, until recently, have spoken
Of granite as a pri imitive rock, rs The
neucleus Of the earth, and as having
been from time to time erupted, playing
an important part, in, the general dis.
turhances by which the general frame.
work Of the earth is supposed to have
been constructed. The observations of
Daubree and Sorby show that all true
granite has been elaborated with water,
under great pressure, at a temperature
below melting heat that it has neither
been elected nor has it formed a frame.
work. There are GRANTEES Of all ages and
of many kinds. Numerous cases show
that granite alternates with and passes
INTO st"t'fied rocks, and that ITS ,,pEodGEc,
ton does not hecoSsarlly involve DC
struc'lon and obl'teratlon OF all the
strat'ilrd rocks with, which 1t is assoc!a'
ted. This view OF the nature of'gran'te
greatly atectsit''s theories OF geology"
THIS IS no longer a matter OF theory,
but OF demo.nstratlon. Graanlle haye an,
gneous origin. Chemists tcSt,ty cannot
that the laws OF chemical action disProve
It,. The',pres"nce OF black iead.ln granite
and gneiss Is inconsistent with melting
heat, Tor black lead pure carbon and
would haVeaoeen reduced to ashes bJ
heat and 'ntutn would ahave also re-
d"ced the mica and hornblende,i las
t,p carbon always operates 9n sllllcaless N
blast iprpSFH" ST. Ihe chemists also tespYty yYy
thai y c;anltess Yere, ONCE N melted
Stag the m'gnetlcc lron ore ln Ythemi A1i
wopid have united united With the sihl ssilhlcGases,
forming = iYitreous I'nstea.aoi crystalline crystalline
rock. Attempts. have been made, to
resely" granite ey beat ~ lntp = what was
regarded as its original state, but they
failed utterly A. would not H, melt, ilgs
crystals gradatnlaeIi y, decompposed or turned
INTO black glass, continuing the pplmnoonFs
OF the chemical critics -
!Re lays ,0!gray'ty also pear witness
hga'nFstFthe ignsons ..erlgm;, AS the
Annual OF ocleh'lhec7 nlissccoveffyg says ::
III granite were once IN mo'ten p, CO. con. =
d,ton, then,S asst Coo eoolea IN n, ehe |, Ihrss
place qnaf'S must nav. nave crysta''aeu 'o"t,
"na.pwonid s,M nave, nay SUNK Gown Gown through
Inc sun .r'o'ten .n mass VINE 'r ,',uspar
ana MICA musoShevo' crystai'zed AZ a
much later stage OF coo''ng' as as: the neees'
sar1 eonssapeneei 0i;tAelf aiiiefent "de'
grees o. ius'oli'ey. .Nsta sahlp0 - !.
.S2a; rs iiss Sns sne echci'siss aaSH"a sa!aSe q
prop that graanl!e i9 "a a9leons ana mo noE
OF :gne?ps s DSfssm, csem,sss neg naye snc. =
ceeded III 2rodac'ng ie'dsPah sno paSe
0, glan''e, rom solutions OF kao'in anu
alea''ne. all'HaIes lh'hea.ea WAFER ehoas
IL wtgehs,aey5 eonceaeu e9ae Iuge aha
quartz tne o'ner pf'hc'P", '"sreu'ents'
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