Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15

Halls despatch and statement by Mr..
Meyer, which are emblazoned in large
stencil letters upon q partition In this
curious geographer's curiosity shop
Halls statement, which doubtless has
CONVEY ed mo sacK meaning to- amy one
else as is put upon it In this case, is as
follows: Scanning the horizon beyond
SO deg. min he said, stThere Is the
| appearance of land farther north and
extending more to the eastward than
that which1 have just noticed, but a
peculiar dark clond that constantly
hangs over what seems 10 be land, pre-
vents my making full determination" !"
The statement of Meyer is put in a
| semi-circle over "A hollow globe, and
reads tins: Directly to the north he
observed on a bright day from the ele-
vation mentioned "A line of light ap-
parently circular in form, which WAS
thought by other observers to be land,
but which he supposed to indicate open
water" AS one enters these queer
rooms, he will perhaps hear this q pffori
discoyerers rehearsing TO visitor, In
measured tones, that expression of Cap
tain Hall about ga peculiar. dark, nim-
| bus cloud" = q p f,as a-alf our
He may be asked. ssWhat is there in a
nimbus cloud there more than else
/ wbere?'' - -
| He. answers, sit is evident that this
appearance AZ theApoie pfesentea itself
during the three days of their stay
There. 1t could have been nothing but
the opposite side OF the hole" ,fls.3
s.But what proof have you that there
is a hole there ?' ale a~& -sssts}
"Proof enough. Captain Symmes,
who, promulgated the theory, was no
/ a. s,,rf l,n sxrur nf
| 1912. He first announced his idea in
i 1918, in circular. He wrote copfously
| for the papers and delivered lectures.-
In 1895 and 1927 he spoke before the fac
ulty and students of Union College,
where Drs. Mott and Wayland were his
respectful hearers i.s...4-i ~ = 90 -
"What are the outlines of his sys-
tenn ?'' sH',-aita iisFs'N
"He said that the diameter of the
northern opening must be about 1900
miles. and the south larger. The planes
of these openings are parallel TO each
other, but form an angle Of twelve de-
grees with the equator. The shell of
the earth is about 1000 miles thick. The
edges he calls 'verges,' and makes them
l, 500 miles from the regular convexity
without to the regular eOncayity with
4 in.'' ~ Il -ts4sa a-t ~ afsifeti5L .il>~73 =
ssBut on what facts does he base this
astounding starement?"
i8 oThe Captain got his facts from Ross,
Howe, Parry, Mckenzie and others, as
get some from Captain Hall. -
stYet none of these men believed the
earth hollow ?',' i,.,s,,l- il,1 ~ ~.
s'No; but they were astonished at cer-
tain facts of their experience that Capt.
by the hollow, globe theory Il ofg
l. ss T1ile v0ts kn0v- arvtt,ifr0 ahuflf Gant
Symmes, or bis theory, when your at
tention was 4tst attracted to this mat
tsteHs2', - sa1aVbs. 81 .aunHazs lsq -
81 had vague idea OF some such man
but about the winter l870E1 ,'tife' thought
of the globe being hollow began to
lpress itself upon. my mind, and find
that another man out West began tt
dwell upon the same subject in thai
iyear. The result in his case was an In
teresting book calledt The Hollow Globe.
This volume came into my hands iI
EMays He claims that the first thoughti
he lad on the subject came from
the result of any such Inspiration. Yet
his method is much like mine, inasmuci
as he works out the conclusion analog
ically. We both maintain the doctrine
that the earth must resemble man in it'
internal structure "a. -
+ rsAccordingsto what known laws o.
physics do you consider that your hOl-
low open-ended globe was formed?"
'.It is the result of balance between
the centripetai- aud centrifugal forces.-
: The matter OF the globe must have beer
, condensed from the belt in accordance
with the nebular hypothesis of Laplace
because it would be impossible to reacf
/ a dead centre, the law of centripeta
| hasn Mt ho ,tr,
than the centrifugal
: "Well, about Symmes; let us hav'
more about his facts.p r5
some leading thought with him i
t that the only sensible explanation of tn
fact that the climate of the eastern coas
of North America Is much colder thar
that of Western Europe lies in the ide
that as the 'vcrges' must be the cOldes
parts of the earth's surface, because be
ing more convex they diyerge instead o
eohyerging the (slin' stray ysAttie temper
ature of any part of the earth's surfac
: depends as we'll upon its proximity Z
the verge as to the equator. symme
makes the lower edge of the northern
e verge identical with the line of perpet
ual frozen ground. This line passes
from 68 degs. north and 20 degs. eas
!, from EondonA fhcehSM z Spitz zbergen
p Southern Greenland, Cooks Inlet, Fo,
A Island, Southern Kamschatka, ant
e thence over the mouth of the Whit
+ Sea to the starting point. e-As this jim
comes further south about Hudson Bay
the coldness of our coast would be mai
ural result according to his theory
Certainly the ocean current doctrin
will not explain it. There is no reaso
why the Gulf Stream should not model
ate the climate of North America q
| Ill hot, ,0fE
"What, III brief, are the other fact
, upon which Symme's theory is based ?
"Among others are these: /. Th
2 highest altitude of the suiiis not at no0
in very high latitude, but at some TIM
after, as Captain Parry informs u.s..
In the Pacific Ocean, at the lowest pa
of this supposed verge, navigatOrs hay
observed. opposite the sun, a luminor
belt or ring, of a crescent foru, Is deg
: above the horizon, which Symmes say
is caused by the reflection of the sun
rays from the opposite highest part
the verge. 3. But at the highest part
the verge, they see a dark Opaque spa
low in the horizon, which he says
produced by the fact that the incide
rays of light, as they are reflected fro
fracted that they fall below the eye
the observer. 4. Captain Ross says tn
in high ATTITUDES the horizon is SO lin
tied that objects can be- seen only
short distances; while in a directio
east and west the horizon is greatly e
tended. 5. Captdn Parry speaks Of q
elongated appearance OF the sun al
moon in high latitudes. The dense ;
mosphere of the verge would cause til
6. The brilliant twilight of the +
= North is explicable upon the Newtoni
theory, but would be caused by the SUI
rays thrown into the interior throu'
the southern opening. which by two +
fractions, one at each opening. and t,
or three reflections from the inner co
8 cave surface, would produce this Iigl
7. Captain Parry states that when sa
Sc ing northward in high latitude, t
81 North. Star rises over the bow of t
ship to the zenith, as you proceed, a
then declines toward the stern. On t
Newtonian theory the ship must ha
% sailed directly under the star and oy
Z and down upon the opposite side of I
earth. 8. Further confirmation of
sw theory is drawn from the variafious a
HE dip of the magnetic needle. For
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