New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-06
SEISMIC PHENOMENI
INQUIRIES SUGGESTED BY THE su,
DOES ATMOSPHERE PERMEArE THE WHOLE sr.r..
URR or THE EARTH


URE or TIE EARTH
| TO ne Bdttor Of Ths Trfouns
SfRi ven ture o few inquiries upon tie spb,..x n
| seismic phenomena. A widely accepted thsor-
modern science declares terrestrial globe 70 ma 49,.
posed Of orust-surfsce OF rock formation, the inn,
component and great remainder being molten mstt..
and fire. Now fire exist In the absence Of stmo.
pherei Or II not. does atmosphere permeats IN.
whole structure of the earth to its very centret n
the earth beneath the crust Is vast body Of heat whS
are the regions surrounding the poles ntolersbv
frigId Could the heat of this vast internal body.
be felt In any degree upon the surface in tho
absence Of solar influence In the absence Of solss
influence would not all the crust surface beoo me
once as intoerably frigid it Is at the polar
regionsi
Dos the inner molten like all other heated
bodies emit rays of heat If So where does this emit
ted heat appear Are the few aud nfrequent volcanic
eruptons sufficient account for the emission Of heat
from so vast body Of fire IL the earth crust ID
constantly contracting under the cooling process has
the extent Of its circumference been abridged, or ito
circumference any less than the "a, 500 miles which
we were taught 1t was at school, Or was such cir
cumercnce any greater since the first appearance
of man bereonl Or is there any record or data By
which such fact appears
Are earthquakes local or general in their nature n
local, are tney nero acciueuts no"ins oo@' O"n-
dtonsi If general, why the manifestations con-
fined 10 localities the margins of the sea or other
large watersf Are not these dreaded occurrences
caused by the same conditions the Geysers and
eruptons upon the surface in many localities breaking
forth in hot water springs and fountains, volcanic
eruptons, etc.. viz. by the commngling OF the
chemical properties of earth and water beneath the
earhs surface generating gases Of active force seek
ing outlet at the surface and producing combustion
or tremuous commotion when coming In contact With
atmosphere at the surface Finally. is not orr
terrestrial habitation combination OF solid substances
from centre circumference. interspersed with fs
sures and cavernous spaces, charged with chemical
properties constantly exuding from these solid sub
stances into the subterranean spaces. constantly
evolving from inward TO the surface. producing and
suppo rtng in conjunction with the external influences
ali the varied forms and conditions of animate and
inanimate life which we behold upon the surface Is
not all matter active and constantly moving in varied
degrees of rapdty. to perform it's work. and accomp-
lis6 the will of the power directing it'll Is not the law
of motion he n olive power to ali accomplishment.
and without notion activity evolution could any
thing which exists have made And does not
motion pervade all the works Of the Creator changing
and evolving all substances Is not all this vast
machinery Of inner and outer evolution disciplined
by an intelligent Power to the purposes Of ap inel
gent WILL acting by general and exact laws and are
not earthquakes incidents to their operation
N,tc- York Sept. 2, 1886. JAMES Il. ANGEL