Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-04-23
Earthquakes.


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en- with human existence, and mel
spend their lives tn toll to acquir,
possession Of n small patch OF "thi
huge, firm aauh"-- a possession
which Black tone tells rs extondi
even 80 Che center of the globe
Wh.a, therefore, a sudden convusior
shakes tho ground beneath the feet
and an appa'ling noise, louder than
any thunder, comes from unknown
depths belov specchiess terror
falls upon meni which probable de-
struciion OF property aad absolute
| personal danger scarcely augment
| Aud hence, although the mere dates
and prominent facts Of earthquake.
aro transmitted % us from remote
centuries, careful observations such
as are necessary for scientific re-
search into their causes, aud which
must be accumulated for many years
before definite results can be predict.
ed upoa them are exceedingly few.
There VII doubtless 30 those who
will seek connection between the
depl9rablo catastrophe 81 Antioch
and lhe more extended phenomenon
III Clliiornia Ever since the hy.
p0thesis was started that Tho crust 81
the earth r. Gowhero moro than q
hundred miles thick, tina within the
crust there Is q mass Of melted mat
ter TO which volcanoes act a. safety
valves, aud THAI when the valves
are ohstracted a sudden dovelopmen,
Of volcanic gases, pushing against
the crust, starts series OF waves
from some central point Of agitation
and tbg8 constitutes an earthquake,
/ there havc been plCnty OF earthquake
coiucidonccs. Sometimes tho shocks
on both sides Of the globe have been
simultaneous. and chose were suppos.
ed t0 have started from its center
Sometimes hours havc elapsed be
tween, ana calculations have been
made os 20 the length Of timo il sho'a
take q wave in the melted nucleus "a
travel some 5000 miles through and
strike the crust on the other side. l.
But while the melted nucleus hypoth.
esis answers for few Of tho facts, il
SCENE Go Be contradicted by Tho 9th
ers, AMI there are objections TO il
made by physicists Of high standing
that are wen nigh insuperahlc.
IL is improbable, to say the least
that such an igneous mass would not
have cooled il the long geological
eras. notwithstanding the protecting
crust lt bas been shown by exper-
imena that such o melted nucleus
wonid BIO Soly to melt It's sheil--es-
i pociaiiy as, h1 shell beiag heagiol
Than The nucleus. there woall Be 4
/ strong tendency ~ the surface e.
tumble ia. There woc.d De tides III
/ The aeted matter due o. tae moon.
attraction which would DO visible
but arc not in active volcanoes. Th,
shape Of earthquake waves Is not in
accordance with the central nucleu,
/ theory. Prof. Thompson Of England
q man CT high authority il such re
searches, has oven demonstrated by
mathematical means that absence OF
| change in the figure Of the earth IN
0o' 'Ho 'iiOo' 8 "I''"o''o"' 'n"icf. o'
r'Adi.y Throughout tne S'oo' 4"
comPAupio win anything oaI q Sol
ia mass,
me 4acI mar earthquakes occn'
most frequently aioag sc" to"9's ha
~ 81 rs = '.'o 'io'i = : "a. a''
o"" '.... 7 : su .1,- o' i y Il
~ ",ii p = ~ y 'l'ou l''' o-o' S7si }.
eo ~ tHe immense amount o so'
carried 'H1o I'M sea w Myers. ~
was o:l-iAai'y "d 7fAcea ~ Or ) 2.iH
I9faenei' o'' moro arc oiLh5aI1'oa
aoou1 ~ osiae from !ls telalr'"5 III
'hcl',a nucleus 10y = o"sis' ll''a oo': :.
80 H. r. '''eu .N,.o li''.J ~ ~ 90 =
oAa.'7 among tne'A wv Aa'Ss
were sUl9 oelofo 'HcJ @oIo sa's
81 anu 'l'as e0'..s'l IIH + = I ne
n ta'iF sIr@ta "oa'd ie@!o afone'
/ spas anu guy e'ns, N,lou: o''c
tcrlng through them ana undefmIn