New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-11-28
sIas The Earth More Than TWO
Motions?

That in times long past the present land was
the bed of the ocean, and that in other ages
there existed period usually called the glac,
ial PERIOD" when the grim ice king held full
sway, and all was ice and frost, has been clearly
demonstrated and to reconcile these facts with
the theory that the earth has only two motions,
one on its own axis and the other round the
sun, appears absurd. But suppose thlrd mo-
ton, slow-perhaps only fraction OF q mile
yearly-has taken place, and is still gong on
round an axis at right angles with what is call
ed the polar axis, and we can then readily &C
count for much of the phenomena met with
and there appears to be every reason to suppose
that such q motion does exist.
Commencing at point north OF Hudson Bay,
in latitude 20 deg. min north ana Longitude
sc deg. As min. west of Greenwich, line runs
nearly south through the United States on which
the magnetic needle has no defamation or
points directly north and south, while at points
on either side of the line the needle points in
ward at angles depending upon their distance
east or west of the true magnetic meridian.
The declination Of these lines is not fixed, but
increases every year at regular rate, the INES
on the east inclining more to west, while those
on the west incline more to the east as if the
magnetic pole was slowly moving to the south
along tho line of no declination.
In respect to the EARTH the rises IN the east
and warns the globe in its passage to the west,
inducing currents of electricity to flow from
west to east as the needle always stands at
right angles to the electric currcnt, it follows
that the direction of the current must be chang
ing at the same rate as the defamation OF the
needle.
| very slow third motion would account for
| this annual change in declinaton, the glacial
period, and the time when the present terra
firma was the bed of sea for the earth, being a
spheroid the high lands ofthe north in their rev.
olutions by third motion would gradually be
submerged as they approached the south, while
| the bottom Of the in the present south
would as gradually rise as it was carried north
ward. Astronomy would show this motion If ii
| did not every four years with certai1 excep
| tions) add one day, which would appear to com
pensate for a change in the inclination OF the
axis of the earth due to third motion.
On every side in the Rocky Mountain region
We have decided proof of the actions Of glaciers
and mountain torrents that in past ages cut their
way through the solid rock, where now little rain
falls and the old water courses are ever dry.
| Coal, also, in the greatest abundance exists
throughout the Territory of Wyoming, showing
| that at one time dense forests covered the soil
now bare of trees, proving that climates vast
| ly different have existed at various periods.
| Assuming that America is slowly revolving
to the north, and consequently rising out of the
ocean, we should expect to find that other por.
| tons of the globe are slowly revolving toward
| the south, and being as slowly submerged and
what do we find in England? That the climate
of that country has greatly changed since its dis
| submersion, where are the large estates of the
Earl of Goodwin? The wreck of many noble
vessel and the blanching bones of thouands of
| brave mariners answer, Here at the bottom OF
| the sea on the Goodwin Standardization Tran
script.