Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-20
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( Mot "i %" planets have probably
t""i. down hN tnd dution tp solid uu-
dr. crust lkr tha earth Tbo .un. nNin,
4" hI- greater mas. B. -t,li u tier, rlnur
unt Nri vpul,'j down 80 u, to have A
,"l i crust Hut uur mupn hrp- a
hod' "i small mas. uul, abouu once
| Irlg1tl''h ~ th. EARTH mas. is .u-
/ pp.rd tn have bad lim" e. rual down i,
a ."lid giub' all The way from b.. .ir.
/ itr To- b.. crnt.r IL, Internal heat +,
.nptu.'d tn have brru ril rnIint-l
aWN iuiu the surround ng culd sptrr
| New the hot intsrtur mas, ot the earth
can ~ rpur.r. cont in uo water. aud
| iittlu ur ma" ui The irr' gao. that run-
sttut" "a atmo .ph'rr. TIC, wnuid bee
| hn lrd ui. expanded and df ,rn tn III"
surface whrra ar,' found nuW the r-rrbt
| hull ni uur ur"tn. And uur atmpsphrrr
l't when tn earth shall hnsr parted
With all T. Internal heat. having thrown
/ y into thf surrounding cold space ~
| the muun has done. thrn the cold.
| ~olid htt porous mas. within IT, prr-ent
crust, whirh j. nov incapable of sb-
s"fh!ng water nr air, on account II the
| prr-"ni high temperature. will begin to
/ lrink up the water and air iu-t ~ the
| rhtt'hr'l sul after summer. druugh,
dfinks up the rain. and the ground IL
| drA w - Few minutes after the shower
| Hut you mhN we'll AN. could the solid
| porous mas- Within the prrsrnt crust of
ih" earth thu. drink up the whole ui
The water. ui ~" Atlantic aud Pacific
thrnn- nnd cause all the waters ui our
.l"i" I" disapprarp l."i ~ cNamln.
this mnrr Clo.rl,
While ~" interior ~ the earth re-
main. a. hot ~ u y u, present II i M
inorr pn..ihlr Tor The wat.r aud air -
our glul~ Ia penetrate To- these fiery
/ regions than II j. fur u drop IT water ~
rrmain on n hot stone. Hut the earth
Is l".'ng u. heat IN, by dn, aud year
h, Nrnr radiating " uut intt, the sur
rounding cold space. I know u has
larn computed that the earth receives
irnm tn sun annually Just ~ much
heat ~ u lo-"s IN u year ht 'ad.ntion
mt" the surrounding space. Grnni
| that " hr 80 Tor III" present and Tor
mlny thousand. II year. io come Bi
the truuhl" y that The -un himself -
r"uiing on. and. therefore. will not b.
nlWa,s able Ia send ". NJ much heat ~
hv do-- ~ present The tim. will.
therefore. .urrl, come when W. shall
lo." more heat hy radiation into space
thar the -un will hc abl. ~ return 10
a. Then u viii be- only QUESTION ~
time iur The earth gradually 10 cool
i"wn, -. ~" muon hhs already dom.
from auriaGr tn the ceuirr When that
time comrs will me-, "a. dr, hat salid
and porous rurr ii uiir globe drink up
10" creams aHd atmosphere. causing
ihrm to disappear. nat Into large cav
rrn"u- ps"k"t-. hat Into the mln1tr
lir". ~ ~ suh.tahcrP
The proposition appear. Ia be- esiah-
lish,ai hy strict calculation that the in.
i"riuT uf the earth when suld will h.
,hl" io absorb mnre than four ime..
pn-.ihl, moFV than thirty times. the
amount ut water nov un it, surface.
Nov, " srs,ins ceriain that in The man.
urr first explained the earth will eon.
| linue io loss lssth ~ superficial water
nnd u aiensphore The earth. the
other piaBri.. and even the sun him.
, .eli afr rgaried - ,iaome,l ~ som'
tutur' daY Ia the samr fate Molan.
rholN iatr' soms vii sa, Hat why
complain ~ The general Ian ~ naturrP
E'rrN thing IN naturv has ~ mnrning
~ lie. " high meridian ~ glurt ani
sirngth, u. evening dccline aud u
~ ghi IT hlscknr aud dralh. !.
hr ra.v II wurld j. that the last
term II q srr'esF Iiruf roali,g