The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
P POLARITY OF THE
SEISMIC IMP UL S {
BY CHARLES HALLOW. NJ A,
Member Of the Geographical Society.

II is said that there is a magnet in the
Edinburgh Museum weighing only three
and one-half grains which can lift AS
times It's own weight Assuming the
earth to be q magnet. according 20 the
modern Electrical Theory OF the Uni
verse" an incouceiveable amount of its
electricity must be- involved in every dis
turbauce OF molecular equilibrium. quite
sufficient. at least. 90 move the entire
mass Of loose material Of which its ex-
terror crust is so largely composed. Great
masses Of rock set I'D motion .n turn gen
crate electrical currents. The term
is reciprocal Clark Maxwell says: "A
current Of electricity can cause motion
IN a mass Of matter and the movement
of mass of matter can produce an cleo
trical current" This electrical hypOth-
esis, which includes light heat. power.
and the divine source itself. has been ac-
cepted with reluctance boy scientists.
though under recent startling manifesto
ti0us 10 has Won a number Of notable adj
herents like Sir oliver Dodge. Dr. Rogers.
DR. George J.. Wright Prof. Larkn,
Prof. Hitchcock. Dr. Robert Bell, Or.
Paul earns. and others. who have given
&c public Endorsement. They have be-
come converts under the evidence multi
piled.
There can Doe no doubt that this planet
is al the present time surchJrged with a
voltage Of electricity quite unprecedented
iH history, and that this induction is the
immediate cause of The seismic disturb
auces, cataCiysms. volcanic eruptious,
and terrestrial disturbances now being all
most weekly recorded. and recently emu
merdted by Hugh Clements. the London
mcteOrOlOgist Were II not SO they
would not De occurring over all parts Of
tie globe at once. from Norway 10 Alas
ka. and from Java to the West Indies
Polynesia, and South America, and not
simply iu Isolated localities but in geo
graphical groups, as iustanced within the
week IN twelve counties Of Pennsylvania
on the same day, and in Michigan, Indi-
ana, and Maryland simultaneously. These
tremoTs would not De- due 20 faulting
only. as scientists must be willing 20 ad-
mit when they accept the pOstulate that
the whole earth's crust is but the arma-
ture Of a great dynamo whose potential
energy is derived from the sun. as is
set forth by DT. Rogers in his New
Philosophy Of the sun That this force is
concentric, di6usive, and centrifugal,
operating from the interior to the sur
face. is capable OF scientific demonstra-
ton. one striking proof is that all these
great catastrOphes are antipodal and
occur at periods nearly synchron0us. For
example. the San Francisco earthquake.
occurring in April IN latitude IS degrees
north. was nearly vis-a-vis. geographic
ally. 10 Valparaiso. in latitude 81 degrees
south, occurring in June. Maps Of both
hemlspheres, indicating where recent
show many ike espondences. Malta
IN the Mediterranean and Hawaii in the
Pacific, Nesuvius in italy and the break
ing up in the west coast Of Alaska the
tragedies of the West Indies and the
catasrophes in Manila and Polynesia.
&c. SC
Electricity exhibits itself. when In un-
disturbed equilibrium by a circuit move
ment. so that while these widely dis
uibuted Phenomena may not be said 10
be strictly sympathetic. they are melted
by the same initial impulse which is
electricity. While time lasts there will
be intervals OF interrupted energy and Cuf-
escence lat earthquakes are likely 10
continue so long as the crust is honey
combed and composed OF unstable heter-
oseneous materials which are constantly
settling by the law of adjustment
1t viii be a sorry day when II becomes
solid and compact, closing UP the under
ground drainage, and thereby causing in
undations TO engulf the world.