Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-26


and chemistry at Franklin and Mar
shall college announces a new ana
startling theory of terrestrial con-
sfruction and evolution. His theories
are Numerically opposed to those
espoused by biologists and scientists
OF the past and generally accepted to-
day. and moreover are given ad-
ditional interest and plausibility by
the recent volcanic eruption and the
accompanying disturbance of the sea
bottom in the neighborhood.
Prof. Schiedt holds that the earth
is not solid, as we have been taught
for generations to believe. but that
the center is gaseous and ultimately
Will be a vacuum; and that the center
of gravity is not at the center of the
sphere.
Professor Schiedt is well known In
the scientific world. 1t is significant
TO note that the eminent geologist.
Robert Il. Hill. of the United States
geological survey. after a personal ex-
animation of the conditions at Mar
Unique cables:
There are features of the eruption
that are absolutely new as scientific
facts" Professor Schiedt says:
"Geologists MAINTAIN rnar the earth
Is solid sphere, increasing in density
and temperature from surface to
center. The apparent contradiction of
Inc well-known physical law that In
crease of density implies decrease of
temperature is explained by the a.
sumption of an ever-increasing, i'm.
mense pressure which prevents ex-
pansion.
My objection TO this theory is .ha,
the aggregate condition of the max
imum density of such a center is be-
yond all human calculation or com.
prehension; l. e., simply imaginary;
because 1t contradicts the universally
accepted theory that the earth has
been for ages gradually cooling and
contracting; but contraction means
decrease of volume with decrease o.
temperature
THE way out of the difficulty Is
to remove the center of attraction
from the center of the sphere to
concentric sphere whose radius in
creases with increased cooling, and
whose exact position and nature can
be accurately determined by mathe-
matical and physical calculations.
This sphere would represent the
region OF greatest density OF the
entire spherical mass, and the center
would find the relief necessary for
decrease of volume.
THE density would decrease In two
directions---on the one hand, toward
the surface. on the other, toward the
center Toward the surface the solid
aggregate condition would prevail on
account of the decrease OF tenn.
perature; /, g., II would gradually pass
from the molten to the solid condl.
ton; toward the center the tenn
perature would constantly Increase
and finally reach the degree which
conditions the transition into the
gaseous or vapor state, finally passing
into vacuum
1T has been argued that the
crumbling of the crust OF the earth
proves the gradual solidification of the
once gaseous or liquid interior toward
the center, but this crumbling is too
insignificant compared with the
diameter of the earth to admit of
serious consideration. and we are
forced to the conclusion that the as
sumption of a solid interior implies
rather an increase of volume instead
of a decrease. which is absolute non.
sense from the standpoint of physics.
without going further into details,
which are to technical and would oc-
cupy too much space. permit me 10
state in connection with this theory
my opinion of volcanic eruptions.
ut is generally assumed that the
solid crust was first formed along sea
bottoms. II is my conviction that
qualification took place at first in
separate spots or masses, which
gradually increased In thickness and
contracted into high elevations, form.
ing the original continent. The re.
naming depressions slowly hardened
but, the crust being at first In the
nature of the case very thin, the
molten mass below involved in its
own shrinking a further deepening of
these depressions. causing the pro-
found ocean depths of today. Finally
the whole crust covering the globe
hardened sufficiently to become
honogeneously solid and TO cease
from further shrinking.
What. then, are the causes which
have so profoundly influenced the
transformation of the earth's surface
since then? thing we have to look
TO the moon for one of the explana-
tons. We are all familiar with the
influence of the mooa upon OCEAN,
and atmospheric motions: we are
prone to overlook its effect upon the
earth's solid crust. There is a mutual
relation between the two bodies; that
of the earth is evifsnty much greater.
which to my mind is proved by the
fact that atmosphere and water nave
disappeared from the moon. and its
surface exhibits the traces of immense
volcanic activities, a condition caused