The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-15
! TEN CENT WORLD.
...s Z. yeeseyMAN EXPLAINED HIS
No" 'oeAs OF THIS GLOBE.

81 hA'' r,., as 1t Cooled Showed
pine D.' tn, ne. Earth. which Was Once GO. I.
H's Mass, Got It's Mountains and Seas
one doubts that the earth was
VI ~, leon mass and that its noun
iap cna, sus the seas were the results OF
r'sss sa,i NJ, and settling of the surface
DE cCOlaD ;ts shriveling to fit the ever
snd 'nen ~ oonter. let him see a world
hrnhl , s.id the observant Jerseyman.
made lIT,.t SOL sounds simple, " said one OF
inas ors "but / haven't noticed that
y Ss, s' we're any worlds being made Just Just
thes wOr which progress was any faster
DOW u uisht here, and 1 can't say that l
han r nSssaryed much change in this old
i i'as. V .uce | began to watch it."
sD s1 s saT, made many globes, declared
nav, mot merely insensate
DC ''' 20 'renresent what we know OF the
s,tura aud political divisions % OF .he
H'lu'@ hut miniature worlds of the days
a In,o W. with every particle in them
o. .~'' With heat and all in motion.
apS then have watched them become
al ~ INN ;mmobile and dead, with black
'Ou ronobened surfaces, and it requir-
sI'u, ore, arqot stretch of imagination TO
y. that within the few moments which
y. ,rholo oneration required one had
,I ~ over millions of years in the
si.,Drv Of planet and seen it pass
.Souch every stage of its existence,
u, w hat Of light giving body to that
-. = orr own dead and desolate moon.
Sows with me-" he continued, land l
viii show you the history OF our world
since it first took form.
With that he led his little audience to
.workbench and drew forth a chunk
a charcoal covered on all but one side
with Master of paris, blowpipe and a
jewelers. soldering lamp.
~ will make the globe of dime, "
hs aid And he placed silver 10 cent
riscp on the charcoal. Then he lit the
hmn and with the blowpipe directed
me fame upon the dime. Soon the char
cu began to glow and burn away about
mo dime in a broad hollow, and then
Ae dime turned first black and then
nd and as it approached white heat
i drew itself together until presently it
was gobule of molten silver.
lfvou have never seen such ball Of
glowing, melted silver, you have missed
one Of the prcttiest of sights. On the
outside there forms a very thin skin Of
black oxide which serves, like a wom-
ans veil, to heighten the charms be-
meath it, With the blowpipe still adding
heat to the globe, the silver became as
liquid as water and the gases emitted
y the heated charcoal made it roll
about in the hollow as mobile as quick
silver while within the globe the metal
could be seen agitated by intense cur
rents These currents changed their di-
ntin as the point of flame from the
bOwppe was moved from point to
point and every moment the surface
agitation was so great that the rest OF
The oxide would break and disclose the
dazlng metal beneath.
Al. know the beauty of quicksilver,
anil many have seen the glow of melted
lead or tin or the red glare of iron as il
was poured in the foundry or furnace
out none Of these compares with the
beauty Of molten silver. Melted colo
aS beauty Of its own, but not like
ha Of silver. The light which comes
nom the melted silver seems as brilliant
a that from an arc electric light, but
noI dazzling; it is white, with a tingt
y heavenly violet, and the swirlinf
metal seems translucent like pearl o.
he finest water.
Now we will let it COOL" said tn,
asyman, removing the blowpipe from
~ Ups and letting his inflated cheeks
sune their natural condition. TIL,
lAicOal was placed on the bench. Sool
I agitation of the surface of the tin,
"%a silver ceased, and the quiescenc,
ne aull outer coating showed that ,
AID Of metal had cooled and set il
place ~ '" 'o' .
nVw watch the mountains and val
's'Urin and see the mighty earth
IaASs snake the crust" exclaimed th
SsSyman, and as he spoke the crust
NH nad been smooth and even, begal
Wrinkle Sometimes the wrinkle
' vsu form long continuous lines acros
me globe. Then in spots the Who'll
l @.s would pucker up and again al
~, ~'se would straighten out only t
~ ~ new series of Fuckers and wrinkle
m v'uel places. 1t was all over in hal
a..' and the globe was set enoug
,N Sp mo a glass of water to cool.
.n "Vw look at it," said the jersey
Dd a ,u landing the globe TO his visitor
|Tb~" "a 1t strong magnifying glass
moi. SKINNER of water on il
Nj a. ~ the interstices of the rough
mo- NJ surface, That is three or fou
b. e, w. ",uch water in proportion 6
b al !. mas on it, so you have befo,
|nnt \, .ne features of sea and lant
\ s, % and valley"
ass ro ~ nueed so, and, although tn
tho t t'S.d only the more prominer
ssno a'ures, there was no difficult
M. III l. the others with the mind
New York Sun.
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