Telegram-herald., 1890-03-17

meters, throwing prolecEIie or ~. vU0
tons, Nth . powder giving il . velocity
OF 2 so kilometers.
Nov, II this shooting takes place be-
low tho equatorial line nearly on the
saith degree Of latitude west ~ the merid-
ian Of Paris. az tho foot Of Kiliman-
t4ro. aad il il is directed toward the
south, these are the mechanical effects
which IL will have n the earth 5 sphere.
Instantly, Ia consequences OF the shock
acting with the daily movement a new
axis will be formed. and as the old axis
will DO displaced 70 tho amount Of %
degrees and % minutes. according 20 the
figures obtained by J. 4. Maston. the
new axis will be perpendieular 70 the
direction Of the eeliptic.
Which point will the new axis start
from? As the point of shooting Is
known, IL has been easy to calculate this
In the North the extremity OF the new
axis will be situated between Greenland
and Grinnelland, exactly sc that part Of
Baffin's Sea were IL cuts the Arctic
Polar circle. In the South IL will be on
the line OF the antarctic circle, a few de-
grses east OF Adelialand. Under these
conditions a new zero meridian, starting
from the North Pole, will pass through
Dublin in Ireland, Paris in France,
Palermo in Sicily. the Gulf of Grand
Sytre on the coast of Tripoli. obed in
Darfur, the mountain chain OF Kiliman-
faro, Madagascar; the Herguelen Island,
In the Central Pacific; TIE new antarctic
pole, the antipOdes of Paris, Cook
Island. the Island OF Quadra, Vancouver,
on the margin Of British Columbia;
across North America 10 Melville
Island, in the neighborhood of the North
Pole.
In connection with this new axis OF
rotation, starting from Bafiin's Bay in the
North TO Adelialand in the South, new
equator will be formed above which the
sun viii travel without ever changing
his daily course The equinoctial line
will cross the Kilimanjaro. at Wanna
sal, the Indian Ocean, Goa and Chica-
cola, little below Calcutta in India,
Mandalay in the Kingdom OF Siam,
Kesho in Tonquin, Hong Kong in China.
Risa Island, Marshall Island, Gaspar
Rico, Walker Island in the Pacific, the
Cordilleras in the Argentine Republic,
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the islands OF
Trinity and ST. Helena in the Atlantic
Ocean, ST. Paul de Loando on the Congo,
and finally IL viii meet again in the
territories OF Wamasai, back Of kiliman-
jaro. This new equator being thus
determined by the creation of the
I new axis, it became possible TO
calculate the changes of the ocean
tides, which was so important for the
security of the Inhabitants Of the earth
1t is just 10 observe that the directors
. of the North Polar Practical Association
had taken measures 70 weaken the
shock as much as possible. II the
7 shooting had been toward the north the
! consequences of it would have been
much moro disastrous for the more civ
! ilized parts Of the earth. On the other
hand. shooting towards the south the
consequences would only be felt most
in parts less populated and less civilized.
The careful calculations made showed
how the waters would be distributed
when thrown out Of their beds by the
fattening of the sphere around the new
Poles. The globe would be divided by
two great circles, intersecting In a right
angle at Kilimanjaro, and az its antip-
odes in the equinoctial ocean. This
would form four sections, two in the
north and two in the south, separated
BY the lines upon which the ocean up
heaval would be zero.
In the Northern hemisphere: The
first section west of Kilimanjaro wouli
take in Africa from the Congo to Egypt,
Europe from Turkey TO Greenland.
America from British Columbia TO
Peru and from Brazil as high as San Sal
vador, and finally the whole Northern
Atlantic Ocean and the largest part OF
the temperate Atlantic zone.
The second section. east OF Kiliman-
faro, would include the greater part OF
Europe from the Black Sea to Sweden,
European and Asiatic Russia, Arabia,
nearly tho whole OF India. Persia, Be
lOochistsn, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the
Celestial Empire, Mongolia. Japan
Corea, tho Black Sea. the Caspian Sea
the greater part of the Pacific Ocean
the territories OF Alaska in North Amer
ics and also the Polar region which be
Ionged to the American society-North
Polar Practical Association.
The Southern hemisphere would en-
brace the third section east Of Kiliman
faro. which would include Madagascar
the islands OF Marion, Kerguelen
Maurice. Reunion and all the islands o
the Indian Ocean. the Antarctic Ocear
las far a. the now Pole). half the island
OF Malsccs, Java. Sumatrs. BorueO. the
islands OF Sonde. the Philippines. Aus
tralis, New Zealand. New Guinea. Nov
Caledonia, all tho northern parts 81 ths
Pacific and IL numerous archipel sros
nearly up 70 the is0sh meridian.
The fourth section. west Of Kilimau
faro. would comprise the southern par
OF Africa. from the Congo and the
canal q MOAN biqus 20 the Cape G.
Coed Hope. the Southern Atlaati.
Ocean 20 the s0th parallel. al
South America from Psrnsm buco and
Lima. Bohvis, PaTacuar. Uruguay. th'
Argentine Republic, Patagonia. To-
Fire Islands. The Nalomne Islands
Sandwich ard Shetland Islands AID 30
southern part Of he PsCisc OCEAN ess
Of The present 1soth degree q latitude.
These would - the foar sections
separated hy TIE line or zero in cslculst
inz the ses-levsl changes Wow. ~
question vas % isdioste re eTscts pro
daced on the surface 81 Ere four section.
IN consequence % ne Displacement o
the orpans
Tpon each - thsse sections there va
II.