Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-02-24
THE EARTH A GREAT DYNAMO.
An Interesting Argument Advanced by a
MetaIIuroicaI Engineer.

MetaIlurgicaI Engineer.
The earth is great dynamo, revol-
wing around its axis at periphetical
velocity at the equator of more than
1000 miles an hour, a much higher
speed than is attained by any dynamo
made by man.
the earth, electricity is drawn into it.
And as the dynamic action is largely
due to it's velocity, and, the velocity
being greatest at the equator, the dy-
manic effect will be greatest at that
point. Hence the greatest amount of
electricity will be drawn to the earth
at the equator and the Least at the
poles.
Temperature being the measure of
molecular activity (as weight is the
measure of matter) the temperature
will be highest at the equator because
the molecular activity is greatest at
that point; and SO the temperature will
be less and less as we pass from the
equator toward the north or the south
poles, because the peripherical velocity
grows less and the dynamic action is
diminished. The phenomena we call
sun rays are produced by the electric
currents drawn to the earth by its dy-
mamie action.
Matter per Sc is imponderable and
inert; it is endowed with energy by the
physical forces, and is thus made cleo
trical. The different elementary bod
les are endowed with energy in differ
ent degrees, hence they vary in their
electric Lcapacity. The phenomena of
weight and specific gravity are caused
by the dynamic action of the earth
drawing electricity to it, and conse-
quently drawing all matter containing
electricity, and as the matter is differ
emily endowed with electric power,
the dynamic effect in drawing it to the
earth Will vary accordingly. We thus
find that the difference in the weight
and the specific gravity of matter is
caused by the dynamic action of the
earth.
Matter may be divided; the end of
physical division is the mOlecule. Sir
William Thompson, an expert in
molecular physics, says that there
are nineteen million million million
molecules in a cubic centimeter of any
gas" From this we learn that the par
ticles that compose the atmosphere are
infinitely small. The dynamic action
of the earth drawing the electric sun
current through the atmosphere forces
these minute molecules into such
high state of activity that they exhibit
the phenomenon we call sunlight.
Sunlight being produced by the mo-
lecular activity of our atmosphere is
confined to it, and darkness prevails
between our atmosphere and the sun.
The electricity drawn into the earth
by its dynamic action increases the
molecular activity of the material, and
as the electric currents approach the
center of the earth they focus, and by
their aggravated action the molecular
activity of the earth is increased to
that velocity that exhibits incandeS-
cence. Thus we find that the heat of
the earth is not produced nor is it sus-
tanned by the combination of fuel,
such as coal, oil or natural gas, but is
generated and sustained by the dy-
manic action of the earth.
The greatest peripherical velocity
and the greatest dynamic action being
at the equator, the greatest amount of
lncandescent matter will be found be-
meath the torrid zone, and for this
reason volcanic action will be confined
to that locality.
The normal path of energy is from
the higher to the lower degree of ac-
tivity, hence the electricity drawn to
the earth by its dynamic action passes
from the higher peripherical velocity
to the lower velocity near the axis,
and from thence out at or near the
north pole, and from there to the
north star. thus producing the north
ern lights and an arctic open polar sea,
for the electric current passing out at
the north pole will put the water into
such high state of activity as will pre-
vent its freezing, Notwithstanding the
low peripherical velocity of the earth
at that locality.-Jacob Reese in Phila-
delphia Inquirer.