Show the earth to B be like the moon the water of the earth is all destined to disappear from the surface of the globe by being absorbed by subterranean rocks with which it will form chemical combinations the heavenly liea venly spheres exhibit sufficiently striking examples of uch such an evolution the planet mars shows hows what will become of the th earth in some thousands thon sands of centuries its seas are only shallow of legs leas surface than the continent and these there do not appear to be very tigh digh and in the appearance of the moon all cracked and dried up we have a view of the final state of the earth for the absorption of the water by the solid nucleus will be followed by that of the atmosphere popular science monthly |