Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-16

around the earth From New York TO
San Francisco I. about une-srvcnth the
distance nrnuud the earth on ilr turlirth
parallel These trt disnn,sN That The
mind can grasp, aud by nnnlhar line II
W. Keep VI mind what n required TO con.
stiWtc one thousand miles ~ measured
irum New York. or lrln Chicago west
ward. we cuh have SOME Idea ns to The
length Of line 2iOOo milc- long, which
would q little more than reach around
the earth NJ iis elnninr.
| want TO use that line for a yard
stick, hut unless my readers make a
special effort they VIII not comprehend
the yastncss Of The distance around the
earth M thu equator, " we had "a make
The distance unr foot nt twenty-five miles
day, II would require 1000 days. mprc
Than three years resting sundays. aud
such a journey would give n better idea
Of the great distance.
Using The rnrths circumference for a
measure Il Is about 1870 such measures
from the earth To The sun. aud after we
g,i there, This snne great ynrd-Rlirk
must be- used before We rnn forlu an
idea Of The yAstness Of The sim Itself.
one trip around thu sun would require
100 time around The earth. II We cpnnt
ihc distance around OH top Of the suns
clouds.
Herr. at the outset Of this mycrtiga-
tlon, ! caution my readers against fol
lowing the plan ~ investigation laid
down by our great ASTRONOMERS and IN
sfimtnus Of ltnrnluu, for II X erroneous
misleading and miscellaneous We nnrtnls
cnnnOi comprehend, except by cOmpnli-
son nul In counting distances on our
earth we come down to the solid earth
and It's waters and never 20 10 the onter
parts Of the cnrih'S atmosphere. Our
astronomers in discussing tho SIN aud
~. t.VtYaeaallt al fhntr
mates from the outside of thu ntmos-
plicro aud cloud belts Of those bodies
The time 10 knock" pcrsimmDns q
when they are ripe, aud ! want to move
this one from It's mOorings now.
Onr Astronomers say that the suns
weight Is one and Uue-hnlf times that Of
winter while Onr moon ~ three and four
tsuths time the weight Of water. A
ten.yenr-Od school-boy TINT would ne
ccpi this most absurd Of all nbsurtliflcs
should b. knocked Oh The head for a
hmpletOn ! can have no patience with
0nr great astronomers nnd educators for
their utter disregard Of nnturnl laws
when they are lnying down fundamental
principles for the guidance IT mankind
IN The Investigation Of these vastly ini-
pOriaui uue-liors.
The mniior composing onr moon j.
mdrr liin twice NJ liravy ls that which
cnmpnses the sun, they fclli MS n thar
were true our earth would Immediately
sink 90 the rpntcr If ihe sun. aud our
moon would come tuinhlhe CLOSE AFTER
II. The laws of nninrc. aud especially
the laws Of gravity. require that the
heaviest mast take position al The cen
ter The error y IN counting the suns
ATMOSPHERE and cloud belts as part
81 lis solid matier aud ilirn compnr.
linz II with our moon which has M
atmosphere and with tho earth exclusive
Of rs atmosphere Evidently the cloud
holts ~ Inc snn are from $1,000 to 100
900 miles In depth. and there Is no
good reason why our great astronomical
inaihemaficians should noi approximately
ralrnlnie the depth NJ the atmosphere
aud cloud envelopes that surround The
sun aud ali the planets except the Earth
and Mars. Then We could better COM
pare those bodies with what we know
Of the earth