The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-07-13
REVOLUTION IN GEOLOGY
The FIRST Edition OF One Thousand Cop.
les Now Ready.
Prof. King Advances Some New and
Plausible Theories On the Formation
or the Earth.-Thc Author Writes
The "POst' Explaining HIS
Theories aud FOrtincS His
upnsi6IArp

The post Explaining HIS
Theories aud ForiincI His
Position,
NoRRIsTOwN, June 20, 1899.
GEO. W. WAGESsELLER, A. Nj.
My Dear Sir AFTER much men
tai and bodily labor, | havesucceed-
ed in getting the first edition o
1000 copies of my text book "ln
the Science OF Geology" out. will
enclose a copy and send it to You
with this evenings mail. You will
notice the work is not large, only
1l6 pages including the appendix.
But it is the advance specimen Gn
part Of a much larger edition in
the near future.
If You have studied geology you
will notice that | have laid down
diverging lines from my predecessors
and contemporaries.
They tell us that the mountains
were formed by volcanic actions,
while the earth was in an igncous
condition, undergoing an immense
state of ebullition. l say, if that
would have been so, all our mineral
and metallic substances would have
amalgamated. ] say the mountains
and valleys were formed by thepres-
sure OF the frmanent (Which is our
atmosphere) ON the second day, as
recorded by Moses in this manner,
"The earth was of unequal density,
consisting of minera! and clay sub
stances, when that adhesive pressure
known to us as our atmosphere was
first applied, which is sabout IS, ,ooo,-
900 of tons to the square mile, the
softer portions sunk and the more
solid portions rose under that pres
sure, thus forming our mountains
and valleys" If we melt lead in
the top of tower and pour il
through sieve it will form into
globules called shot by the pressure
of the atmosphere towards its CEN
tire and be perfectly rounded be-
cause the lead is of equal density.
The same also with drops of rain
falling through the atmosphere.
l accompanied my landscape pho
tographer to a stone quarry this
morning. He has made very beau
tiful views for our next edition,
proving clearly that my theory is
correct.
BY the way; | may perhaps send
you photograph of the same if |
think of it when it is finished.
My predecessors and contempora-
ries tell you that all limestone for
nation was caused by insect life at
the bottom of the ocean, like corals
are formed; that is a visionary pro-
duction of the brain. Where did
those Rhizopods and Zoophites, the
insect lite, claimed to have been the
originators of limestone, get the ma
terial from?
The "Natural Bridge" in Vir-
ginia, one of natures most sublime
productions, is formed of limestone.
Could any person stul,ify himself so
much as TO believe it was built by
by insect life, at the bottom of the
ocean?
| am fully satisfied from the vast
amount of different kinds of coal,
deposited in different parts of the
earth, IN erery country ON the globe,
that the earth at first was fertilized
by the carbonate of lime asa natural
fertilizer, with granular SILICA, dis
seninated through the soil to keep
it loose, in a friable condition, or we
would never have had such an i'm
mense growth of vegetation which
now form our vast coal deposits.
If such a cataclysm would now be-
fall our planet, the amount Of vege-
tation would amount to nothing
compared to the antediluvian period.
But the sinfulness of man caused the
earth's physical destruction. God
said: "All flesh has corrupted itself
before Me. l will bring on food