, 1879-02-15

uueIf !" WHICH he nas tnroRh Gill aome antefest
Ing spccnlaitous a. to tic EXPLANATIONS or tfIt
relative distribution Of land md water nm tIIs
rnhc. ami ~ ~, noo,,nf.n, c,,f,,,". ~, ,.s 49,
~. ""N ~ ~ eee'os w. e'l''''tes' l'e sa}7
t"at iHcteo''e uust e1lbte to q lhuch ETeaief CT
tcnt than was formerly suspected. III 18B7 Dr.
t'hpsou published the result Of manY cxoerl-
,uc,,ts In tn.nv countr5c.. w.,fch ,ho.ro,l th,.
l,v crrt,s,,, .,oa, ~ ,ia., aa.~s 1"su ~, sa,
g'scefinc " strong wind, he has collected on
IL Dlack. angular pattic1ce, which he Inns BY
chemical tes{s found to he iron. It IL. however.
only In N. wn,ur ,nnnt,,, ,,,,1 ho In. tr,,nh
''l's @ " pe t''e easc' III 1871 Ill. Sosdenks'.
)old collected by magnet mctcortc. trou
particle. FROM snow which Ind fallen near Stock
holm. In 1877 he collected tnl,rh oi It frulr.
pedlttou VI 1877 Ind opportunities Ut collecting
snow tnE fetnuyed frou, human baLtntIo1ss, nI,I
,hsy fund targo ytop.ortions Of magnetic par.
,sieS; H.. on,:. ~ Hssan,sr Hs, H. lsa9 os',sd \.
tnpsphrric dust. III which, nillong other things,
he Inns alluded to the Iron fund IN tue dust tul-
lectcd Oh the towers VI Notru Dame. Again,
Dr. WnlfGr Flight published In tIe f3c,fo1;rui
4uagasne In 1876 puprr in which he COLLECTED
tho evidences Ut troM '.duat' found III lIoes In
ti,c Ice IN Hreensatd. III 1873 ttr. John Alur-
ray publ,ahe1 puler In .Ile " rrocccuiuEs Of
I'll. ltoyal Supicty VI EuiDburg," In which ho
gave I'll account Ut Ills examination of tho bot
tom nf le 0ccails and visited by her Mai
csty'b ship Challenger. In inuny Of tiIG d.
pusts rilagiIetlc particles were .ouud. It
ycntcd pxiulzatiu,I. while th,. fnrt ftot
tAe n,etcoric PARTICLES wicn had fa,len Into tie
sea hal not nccn xashcd nway was attributed
Jugs VI lu,ul suriaccs which ,y.,jd cover II m.
AEMn. III lsiU, NJ. iunE cxult,.heI thu 1ruu par-
ticfcs iound III tIc snnw whct lind fallen at tic
nospise ot St BERNARD. Mr: RAnyard Submits
matter fnljnt. If, lin. Jans. nj aocr nnst ",stn.
rally contribute to t1lE n41tter vi tile gart|l'a
ti,cu oru cousst,ie.t' !, IN tI i,i,.Lrr rrrim,. ~
hut many nartit.Irs rc,cII tt.r cnrIi, w,tnnnts
iaYit,g undergone Change. Iheec Is ittt]c dount
iIs high abosu tic enri,'s surface III. air Is In,
S,esei st,uw that ,nnny nj ths tJ,rtror,r n,nss~s
enter lie caris nttu,,sucrr IN nirrr,tnns ,,tli.
eating tlmt tlcy 10 uot bcIUnE to ol,r smjar
d iarec ouap,ity ' Of mutcurir cr inss ss
ia flrrivc1 frEn eonr..,s ,utetir
our system. The cartE aud the nIauct. as thcy
urc carried along With t.r sun In its moiiu1
portion ol ,ustcoric matter on tl,ctr % nort,1srn
IHu,, ~, 1irIr s1,th"ru i,aut.rhrsaa ~, VI
Kau{ard suggests tl.nt this lnay accout tor lii,
prepoiItscsutsi,g mass Vi ti.e continents tn tnu
nuricrl, l,rrtsni,rrc uf fin rnrtt n,"t for ii,s,
lurs tlut TIN rrrat neninsuins oII tanrr r., ti,r
su,ItiI Anut7,r in n"r,n,ss ,n,ersnra j., ,yht',
slr lanyard directs attention IL that IL Is known
i
ttu. res11Its fran r,,ntiu,n,s nj, ~ n,ci.or,,
natter s t.t asrons ,nn,trr ID I,rnnahiv hnfrnr
continually ndtii;l to I'M. nt,nnan},rrr. 6rrnrr.
in. IN ~ t,t, lar 1he srf !, ,rr ,'ass,n,, tnrov
n r,snn nf s,rr IN mh,t,' .i,n.r,' ,... r,onv ~
f,w ,nrtccra th'. h'.,t NJ I'm ~" ~ nns,.yera ~
wnt,,b n. fnr.os,1, ~ '1,.rcns". Vs.! ~.
,rsas ~, t..,r,,,, ~ ,,,a IN; o,' ,.,.,
In ,tt ,F ~ s a,,, ~ ~ se , Ifu' ,o.t"
ncrf',.I ynm r"s,,,t WHr,,f ,,,,rc,soI ,,", tas
tnn"r,inr,. w,,,lt ,r,1mfy i.. ,ii.s tM", ~ liz
~ rorInnT.r'u,. nn-", p""''' ~ ''''- |"A| ~ wv
e-''o.'
ffos' Nolleston IectarcA recently at the Lou-
don ll1stutfun OIL "prchistorlg FalNns RHl
F!oras." Part Of lila lecture WIS In eontinlla.
tlou, he said, of one he gavc iu April, part wa.
in continuation OF one he gavu Inst week, mud
hc had, he submitted, too mitch TO say withu
the hour 10 adopt my de!lnite scqueuve llo
spoke Of wiMt would be thu rc4,lt II tho tu-
iuenre Of n,an wcro withdrawn from the world,
,rJu nu,,unIa tIn, had Go,,rsh.a Il, ,c,,u.o,n,,,o
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