, 1876-03-18

and tho working OF The tides . swaylng Of TIM
wntors forward and back from ono aitlo Of Tho
e'obo to tho other. This may appcAt no diff
en'e thing When hon looked ae sureras!ally. Il may
people of former times have Becn no difficulty In
tho sun and stArs making circuit At grent l!s-
! TANGO around tlas easth, while tho itlea Of Tho
cArth's revolving, when first bfoschct1 to them,
inhaled : II was by observation that The people
beloved tho earth standing ettll and tho sun
! moving. Many yet think that tho .Dfrper IL
"sps 'oa at se ss ho5 Ss5 e Hn'G 5osnss In tToy yv
hsy shoJ have frequently noticod H.
Now. liold TINT onr observations Of tho
ebbtnR and flowing OF tho tide llave led 10 tho
forming Of wrong conccptions Of 'ts nntnre !;
that In roAlity, there Is no fno and fai! Of Tho
water, but the conttary,-.a rising and sinking
| Of TIM land; that sho smith proper IL 9lobo Of
water, with Fragments OF . broken-up planet
lmnierHcd in is,tho largeas prot,illng. and thus
forming tic lnad portion; that tho forces Of At
traction and r1pulaton existing botWeon sun,
moon, aud tue two olo1nents OF land and water,
produce tho hea7ing mud rocking motion OF Tho
ocean, calloA the tide, that, although but very
small part Of tho frag1nontary solld eloment ls
EXPOSED or above wasor. Jet tleso aoltt,s do not
by long WAY Reach tile lowest depth. and 10 tue
centro OF tho oatth would be wator
Tie tirHt contradiction lIkely.to bn met will DO,
that a bottom is found naoss anywhere in tho
ocosn.' This may DO 60, and yet it mil mot trn-
pair tho abieneas of tho theory. An np-
parent bottom wosltd not necessarily ont OF tho
watcr from the cnntre. Suppose tho two const.
nents wore entirely separate whom thoy had
fallen tuto tho globe Of wator. Aftor having
aunkon down into II till their Rrnvi.aIion WA
balanced BY the pgesaure OF tho water, and thoy
conld atnk no farther, they noxt, by the atkEac-
tlon existing betruen them,-bonK Of tho sauao
matorial,-wonid have boon drawn togetl,or, tho
smaller moving IN to the larger. Suppose,
10 tho direction OF tho Atlantic thoir gront bulk
not only NJ to t1apth, but also to breadth aud
lonGth-wAs undoE water, 80 TINT tho
contact took place deep down in tho same, aud
thua at once Has formed the bottom OF the At
lantlo 0conn. Ar mono but very largo bodIoa Of
that nature. (fock) could bo pravontoa from being
entirely aubmorgoi., enough small fragments
Bunkon down AZ fac aa their gravltatlon towards
tho centre Of this globo could accomplish,
brought together by THAR own attraction, and
thuB lnyo formed Eu apparent bottom for oVcry
part OF tho ocean. Indeed, tho aholt theory may
bo correct only ir.ldo Of it no hare cold water
instoad Of liqnid fra.
The claims Tor ttus theory ara tisat Il places
tho ti.se-phenomenun III rational light, obYiat-
lug tho necessity OF tho wntors being carried
lIfsh0r and thEther to produce thom That II will
furnish q far bottor solution Of volcanoes.
earthquakes, tfdaf-Waves, ocean currents, tho
u1Rolssrom, thRa tho other advanced theories do:
that It makea clear Cho reason why tho ocean Is
confined to It's boundaries, 1t docn not
rntso or lower becnlrso Of &tho great OF littlo
away With tho nocusslty that lis evaporation
Should DO equal to Tho amount OF water 1t re-
celv9s from tbs rivers and tho clouls nboye It.
A further suggestion, lot our scientific mon
consider this theory III connection with tho!r In
yostssations. LonENzo 1sANK.