Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-29
Matthew K. Ryan Sets Forth
That the World Rests on a
Solid Foundation.
HAS MANY STRANGE THEORIES
lie is Exploiting Them in "a Magazine
Run by Money Which Came to
Him In Large Estate.

nished a most interesting recruit
to the list of those who reject
L~ the commonly accepted scientific
theories about the motion Of the earth
and other momentous matters. Mat
thew X. Ryan is his name. Mr.. Ryan
believes that the earth rests on solid
foundations and that instead Of re-
yolving around the sun, the sun re-
wolves around II. TWO years ago Ryan
was comparatively unknown Tip
perary farmer. Today he IL rich
London editor, and much talked Of
man with magazine Of his own In
which he assails popular scientific the
cries that are accepted as gospel
truths by the man in the street.
when he first set his novel ideas on
paper they appeared so startling that
editors refused TO publish them. So
when Mr.. Ryan Unexpectedly Inherited
n fortune he abandoned farming and
started publishing his own paper In
which. of course, he has full scope TO
do and say what he pleases. HIS PERI
odical, Civil Engineering, While pare
six months old, Is already financial
success. and one OF the most frequeht-
ly quoted papers in England.
HIS FIRST ARTICLE.
His first article was on the ques-
ton, Does the Earth ReVolVe roi-
owing up his contention that II does
not but rests on a solid foundation, ne
remarked that the first discoverer or
The North or South Pole may be also
the dlscoyerer Of new hemispheres.
zach month he springs new question:
as remarkable and sensational as the
drst One cannot dismiss Mr.. Ryan
with a wave of the hand. Tor wniie
many of his ideas may be those OF
crank, he seems to be very sarie
crank and his ideas appear remarkable
anouyh 10 force thought and attention
from editors and scientists throughout
The land.
TYPICALLY IRISH.
In appearance Matthew Ryan is
.rno,h- faced. and typically Irish In ex-
nression. His forehead Is broad nus
eves are a clear gray his age - 90
Ne Is strongly built, but OF medium
neight. and unmarried. When | saw
NJ Of his editorial desk he was grind
to- ont another original idea, at pres
emit a secret,
81 am proud OF my paper" he said
as he showed me big bunch or clip
rings ut Is the most qu ed paper
NJ ne day. The secret Of its success
is originality. Incidentally we are In,
Producing some novel ideas OF practical
engineers. ,,,
"As TO my own articles j am glad
they are receiving attention: GER
taInl question many OF the theories OF
I'm scientific investigation is not ono
of the accepted theories Of civil En-
II am going to the United States
soon on a visit" he added. II ap-
nreciate the American ideas. The
American system Is undermining our
press. The American system Is tell
ing every day all over the world
Were / not an lrishman l would De
proud to be an American
WHAT HE AIMS AT.
This month Ryan publishes an article
In which he undertakes to refute one
of the proofs put forward by scientists
that the earth revolves. He says
IN. Foucault's pendulum suspended
from high but ling made circles IN
sand placed on a table and this was
supposed to be caused by the revolu-
tions OF the earth. But II the earth
did reyolve, did not the table and the
building revolve with It?
"Our position with regard to signs
of the zodiac Is said to be constantly
changing, but Is II not much more
probable that the solar system moves
while we are stationary? Some we'll
known astronomers do hold that the
sun has relative motion TO the earth.
III the earth does revolve there
must be some force to produce that
motion. 1t cannot be the force OF
gravity, for that would be vertical
and not a centrifugal motion. The
force Of gravity outside the earth
would also be greater than the force
of gravity inside the earth, and we are
told that gravity holds us on the earth.
Astronomers also appear to forget that
n the earth Is revolving at the rate OF
$40 wards a second the tangential force
would be much greater than the force
OF gravity, and we would be thrown
into space at once the atmosphere Is
also said TO be revolving with the earth,
but does not the wind blow In all
drectionsP II there Is anything more
certain than another II Is that II this
earth revolves the proofs that have
been put forward by astronomers are
not conclusive"
Another article OF Ryan's which re-
Gently caused a sensation was on the
Millennium. Mr. Ryan declares II Is
fallacy for clergymen to preach that
the world VIII be destroyed by FIRE He
claims that the New Testament refers
10 the destruction OF Jerusalem ana
Jewish polity.
PREDICTS GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
The final destruction of the earth will
come, ne thinks. from a Titanic earth
quake or a series OF seismic vibrations.
The Pacific ocean, he says, Is sinking
there has lately been subsistence
over an area OF 5000 square miles-and
water Is percolating through 10 me
volcanoes In the bowels OF the earth.
The earth's crust Is thinning rapidly.
To show the intensity of the pressure
It is estimated that the contraction OF
the earth by one millimetre-one
twenty-ffth of an inch-would cause
800 earthquakes.
WANTS CONTINUOUS RAILROAD.
Another OF Mr.. Ryans ideas is for a
continuous railroad around the earth.
He proposes convocation OF the
worlds powers and an international
railway board The two important
straits to be tunneled are. OF course,
the strait OF Dover and Boring strait.
Since the publication OF Mr.. Ryan's
article, there has been much activity
among the supporters OF the Dover
Calais and the Behring Strait tunnel
projects. Mr. Ryan suggests also that
Inc straits OF Gibraltar be tunneled so
that one could go from London 10
Capetown without changing Pullman
ears II the other tunnels are built,
Dne viii be able 10 journey In a through
ear from New York to London.