The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-12
MR.. NUTTlNG'S
THE EARTH ONE or ROW or HOL-
row SPHERES ON n smart.

IIprel'
The respondent was man OF less than
medium stature, lean, with reddish hair and
short beard Of the same TINT. very sharp eyed and
much given to sinacking hi thin lips. lie sat In
a curious looking rack Oh wheels, q sort Of go
cmt, which he propelled by crasping the rims
OF tine large hind wheels and turning them with
his hands,
"Are YOU the man who has found out all
about the open Polar Sea. and the true motion
Of the earth, and lots more OF thingsY
~ am. But come into my room"
A lie spoke he deity wheeled his machine
about. and darted along over the smooth floor
OF the basement story Of the Sailors Snug liar-
Dor. staten Island, to his little apartment
Nineteen years ago." said he, 81 had an in
lury 10 my pine. and l have MT walked since.
But don't suppose you care to hear about
that-what you're after Is my discoveries. Well,
here's the whole secret Of It; IT'S a knowledge
of the manner in which the suns shade Is
thrown on the earth. These drawinRs-l made
'em all mysef-expan it fully Seer
H. pulled from stand drawer six foosclp
page. each bearing diagram or crude draw
ing In black, red, and blue pencil, aud laying
them upon a board Temporarily lifted on tho
rack In which he sat, proceeded to explain.
"There Is no doubt" he promised, :" but many
will say that | have strayed far from what T.
called good theory. he it so. We're ! to give
you some Did theory II would look too much
Ike Lum5ug. should you yet something new
YOU would consider uoon 1t before deciding so
rashly. Drawing No. two circles, one four
times as great as tho other, the smallest repre-
sentiug the sun and the largest the earthl tepre-
seuis the earth and the sun over the centre
the lines drawn from the sun ~ the earth show
the distance the earth b. shaded from each pole
Tho suns light YOU see just touches both the
arcticahd antarctic circles, but the way they are
bumped up, the earth being round, YOU know.
ruts ~ the shine and leaves snade beyond
that.
THE WORLDS AXLE.
"But the sun doesn't always shine right square
on the centre Of the earth, as It shows there,
and that'4 what makes the long DAYS and nights
At the pole. according 10 the season. a. the sun
Is moved M north ur down south. The earth
! has only one motion from west to east, hut the
sun has two motions. from north % south, about
! SIX months cnch-suWiuer aud winter. Its cen
/ ire nis-.s only from one tryric 20 TIE other. It
=. within that dist Iucc II must be fixed to shade
/ the earth aud WORK va HARMONY. If IL wasn't
/ that w.t IL wouldn't be- rllut with the drawings
| Now there Is shaft through the centre q the
earth for 10 to pldy on and to holj 1t mp; same
plan as The sun that YOU see PLAYS on that p!ntle
And what holds NJ the shaft?" ~, sets In a
/ sort Of Framework
! And what holds up the framework 2" "Why,
! the under part ~ H. ~ course"
.And Mh 4 h9,d- up tnc under part Of II ."
IT an itIlE~ fN. or il u Oh ~lif no. ' Nh
see Nv the drawing is the best theory that
/ science hos furnished tous yet. That shlft - "A
! double nuc-the inside solid ana the outside
+ holow-so a. 70 revolve ON the inner one, and
/ 90 the outrrune tAe talth Is attached. | con-
! tend hat n makes little Cr no odds whether Il
/ i d. Ia up In air or whether there Is a c'nnec-
/ tt,n wish the bluo above Us. The drawing,
though. show connection with the blue hy
means Of sor. oi framework, and SO that
earth 1890 hobbs the frtm,wnrk un. IT, the bars
OF that lranrw,rA tuat >ou see some ,imes like
a d ID . 81 O. b l.
don medile much wifh trcm srots'
"tlt Why DO Sou represent the sun as so
II an VOL aware there Is great difrercnce in
SIZE between the san drawn IN tie drawings
| ~. p. thev re ctled. tut the size Of the
-unused ~ the drawings suits SO well that sm
unable TO detect ANYTHING wrong ~ It. II 1t WAS
geo.. er u wouldn't throw the shade right. The
theory demands II sAo lldnt he bigger than that
| iud is that way IN thu drawings. SO that must
Poo right. suppose 'he sun was i've times "a big
'- the earth and there are heopl' VINO actually
n,ri OF the earil ana leave the smallorshade on
! .eoIio. itc side tlo.n tue sun. ind that would
| j troy tte oven cqu llity Of the DAYS and the
l. on the equator, and destroy the arctic
! |f.s ana nights, ana Keep an open sea AZ the
D. ie. Here B, another mystery - account LOT
howi IL that passing north cr south on this
| piil, vr earih. when IN I'D south latitude you
Wunll have 20 look uor'u 90 Sec the sun. and AT
f.- -lme time q nan IN 30 north would have %
luun -Y nth O. sea 10 ~ the sun was larger than
t'.. 18th Il would be seem either way. rher- Is
nrl' mo way INT - this mystery NJ lake the
.4n smaller than the oar.h then there viii he no
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what do YOU compute the suns distance e
be o.
Eight hundred miles. Here Is rule to end
the distance. Draw call four inches In diam
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