The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-11-06
THE EARTH'S IN TERROR
Our Planets Core Is Liquid, Yet
It's as Rigid as Steel.
UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE


Neither Rock Nor Metal Could Remain
There In the State In Which We See
n on the Surfaee-Tbe Lava That
er.aks Tbrouob tho Far,b,s cr,st
The IDEA that the interior OF The globe
Is composed of flowing lava has long
since been abandoned but the picture
that modern science offers Of the in
side of the earth Is hardly less ap
Railing All investigations mite Ia
prove that the hoot increases rs we lie.
secna deeper In The terrestrial crust
M such n rate that forty or 0fty miles
do,cn ma subsfarce with which u.o arc
acouainfed could remain unmcltcd And
vet tbc sauc science tells os that the
core af the olohe Is euor,nousIy more
rigid tban the hardest stceJ This ap
narrnt contradiction Is duo ia thn ire
mendou4 pressure inside the earth 40
rock and no metal can remain there in
tho stot. in ,,sbi,b n,o eeo If an tLc snr
focn= Tts uoIerules must lose fine adj
Eeraf.n characteristic or solid bodies
In consequence. Of the heat Int sill
t,oV =ore not froo# ia aavv Ike an ardI
nary ii,nfd hoenuee of tbc cotnurcssion
In which thcv= are subjected
The pbeno0eua of earthauaI1es have
given wonderful information about the
internaI state of thc plobe All oh
seryations show that the shocks of
eo,tbouoLcs oro continual ia n thin nm
ner ehnIl Tbey orlpinata at n depth
Of only n few miles nj fine most Hut
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arc felt MI tl,rouoh the earth often ex-
tnudtu,, Ia lin nntinnacs The rreat
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trrmelv elnstic md il resnonas 10 n
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