New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-03

meteors that when they FELL they were converted into
liquid gaseous matter, which spread Itself over the
earth and thus produced those great extensive
regions which originally in an gneous hud state.
And here remark-to show how one may be led to a
theory and imagine ii TO be original with him when IL is
not-that the very theory when advanced and which
/ supposed was novel and startling one, VIZ that our
surface had been rent by great mete0rs and
that the signs OF such violent contact could be recog
nzed the multtudinOns craters OF the moon, was the
old theory OF Meyer as 10 the Ioner cohuon OF our
We will now have a change made in the pictorial illus
tratons One remaining feature of the sun is TO be men
tonedits eolored pr0mnences-lh order mat may re-
mind you OF that epoch OF the eats surface wnen the
bsn after the rst formation Of the Solid crust there
forced itself out from beneath from time 10 tme the
LIQUID matter, not unaccompaned we may be sure with
great fame. SO that at that time, the inhabitants OF
the had studied the earth they would have found
existing all around the solid crust OF the earth great
flames such exist around the surface OF the sun
THE RAIN OF METRoRs.
You now have before you picture representing the
meteoric downfall We find much IN the appearance OF
the earth now which shows that that was taking place
ali the tine the of the earth was being formed
changing from the gaseous 10 the liquid condition,
forming solid interior and then subsequently forming
down on the whole surface of the earth Of meteorc
matter. Then we have clear signs that some OF this
matter must existed In Large globes Nay, we may
90 further speak OF these globes as large winch they
were reality Dut they we're very small IN comparison
10 the earth. have spoken 10 DR.. Sterry Hunt upon
the subject and he feels satisfied that IL Is
the true theory that those meteors which EEL upon
Signs OF the existence Of certain forms OF metals that We
sssosate on the earth with vegetation, were once
Covered with vegetation that they were, so TO speak,
Arr the orbs OF vegetable life ana then that ami
mai life NAV have existed upon them. We know that
those eeors fell in such that there are whole
strata of earth that correspond IN structure with
meteOric masses.
THE EARTH WITH GLOWING CRUST
We will have another picture brought on while pro-
coed 10 consider the OF the earhs existence
At this stage 1t was surrounded by glowing crust,
which must at that time have lad deep atmosphere
The whole of the water that forms our oceans must
have been present In the form OF steam All the steam
corresponding In the surface OF the earth would De
present in The phere and thus there would be an
atmosphere eAertng most enormous pressure upon
the surface OF the earth Quite apart from me intense
heat that must naturally existed AT thAt stsgt
quite apart from that Intense heat, we know very wen
mat under that enormous pressure the bOhlng
point would be very high indeed; and therefore tpe
whole surface Of the earth the whole OF that glowing
crust TO which We have now brought the earth, would
have continually falling upon II great streams OF water
boiling "A intense heat-DOiling at much greater
heat than ordinary water. But that would not De
all. HydrocnIoric acid would be formed, and suiphunc
acd-thOse gases that we recognize the great resDV
ers m which all the n0best metals rcsOlyed-bydr0-
cliorio acid and suphuric acid would be CONTINUALLY