Show DR THEORY OF earthquakes this planet is not tho hf movable mass our imaginations i depict it when comparing it to alio atmos phat winch surrounds it to tho eyer movable waves ofilio ocean or oven to the animated beings which wander over its surface on tho contrary the ground which wo tread under our feet vibrates very frequently without alluding to those great shocks which overthrow cities bring down the sides of mountains and open vast cracks across plains thero r other less violent vibrations which have been recorded by the annalists anna lists of geological history and may bo reckoned by thousands as regards civilized countries and mod orn times alono there can bo however no doubt that tho great majority of slight earthquakes pass unnoticed being blended especially in towns with tho confused rumbling of noises and murmurs mr die asserted asger ted and dr falb confirms that the earth is in a state of con stan t vibration tho in of immobility which the former has been able to note with alie help of sets biological instruments hare never exceeded thirty hours what is the cause of these trepid actions of the ground fabbs theory is that iho volcanism of the earth is the result of the cool ing and contraction of our globe whereby tho can aral fire in the interior is set in mo t tion earthquakes are therefore y alie repercussion of the undulations of the great burning sea keilus Kec lus i alio reactions of the liquid nucleus against the outer crust subterraneous volcanic eruptions re suiting from the refrigeration of the earth and subjected to a certain periodicity by tho attraction of tho sun and moon to whose influence the liquid nucleus of the earth must yield as well as the ocean and the atmosphere mo sphere this latter feature of the influence of the moon and to a less degree of tho sun on the earth quakes was first asserted by dr falb on tho of august on which day enormous spring tides in the ocean were accompanied by terrific commotion ftc the sold crust of our globe we may imagine our oarth to bo a steam boiler subjected to an immense ulterior tension which is kept in a mobile equipoise by the twofold pres sure of the earth crust and alie at jr mo envelope whenever alie y pressure of alie latter is diminished by tho accelerated ascent of air layers the pent up vapors and cradles and crevices of the crust of the earth will follow that receding pressure and lead to explosive subterraneous developments of steam such volcanic par I f can only bs produced where ca n the solid crust grant an eunity for the formation of aqueous vapors As lucli exposed points of attack for the action of tho central fire have to consider the volcanoes which therefore are te contrary of safety valves as they wore erroneously aro the chimneys which act as vent holes fury of the internal elements which otherwise would lie chained and dormant powerless and harmless all tho historical eruptions and earthquakes from AD 79 pompeii to tho great eruption of in 1873 and that of etna in tho follows ing boar prore this principle in the absence of external vent holes volcanoes the internal ih fires and vapors may hare dispersed and lost themselves in the cavities and channel of the crust of tho earth above we have stated that earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are caused by the gases developed in the cooling orb they would occur with squal frequency in the different sea bons eons of ahe year if tho sun and tho moon did not in certain conjunctions a particularly strong influence on the central fire ocean so that its convulsive activity is then intensified just like tha spring tides of the oceans these sidereal positions are ahe following greatest the sun perihelion or of tho moon pedigree peri gree tho former on jan the later every 27 days position of sun eaul or moon march 21 and sept 23 for tha former evory 14 days for ohp latter now moon op full jabon and especially at tho time of an clipse whenever ono or moreon those conditions coincide there will bo a far greater danger for catastrophes as has been amply proved b y the different celebrated eruptions and earthquakes fience yo t bhea in abo disturbances of the inferior of tho earth are likely to dis oss the dwellers on alie it la statistically ascertained that tho period of greatest frequency our tellurian tel larian commotions are jan april and oct and that juary for the northern aarl he a point which and hotly contested until dr i alb convinced himself and his actual at the amo of iris visit to hiapo pi apo chili a ah average of three earth lucea luo ea in two ma lt ut ss y w wro extend hii calculations lacee into as forward alo th falb iliade a of of varion fi dereal f ot earthquake for tbt far off inov the important that the retires of the sacred writt rB mat ahw 27 mark 15 luke 23 book of III aitu 10 be abal r T Y vf w at tho time of our saviours Savi ours death on calvary aro consistent with truth and science on that memorable friday aar apr ad A D 33 all the sidereal conditions concurred which were of a nature to produce a catastrophe similar to the description in boly writ even forche detail af the groves opening and giving forth their dead dr falb adduces an asseverating parallel from lie great at riobamba Rio bamba 1797 where all tho dead bodies were casl up from alie open tombs but one other great stumbling for freethinkers free thinkers in the bible finds its corroboration by dr falb it is easy to see that if alie cooper co oper aaion of the facun and moon on the terrestrial surface is able to cause such tremendous revolutions of the central fire and upheavals of the waves of the oceans it must produce far more powerful waves of disturb ance in the atmosphere the consequence will be that in the equatorial regions the heated air rises with increased velocity and forces the polar current to equally accelerated rapidity hence result violent meetings of cold and tepid air which are transmitted into whirlwinds whirl winds and storms thus several abnormal storms of the past year can bo explained by the accumulation of the attractive influences of the sun and moon tho same fatal coincidences of all the abovementioned above mentioned astronomical factors have caused the fearful floods etc of which tradition and history tell us in an exceedingly strong degree this is true of the year B C when according to dr fabbs careful computations and calculations cu the perihelion coincided with the autumnal equinox and so powerfully ower fully affected the atmospheric envelope of our earth that those portentous clouds were condensed which led to the deluge as recorded in genesis more yet with the sama premises and data of mathematical astronomy pr falb lias fathomed the misty depths of the future and arrived at the conclusion that in the years A D march 21 and sept 23 analogous cata are to take place supposing earth sun and moon yet to exist and exert their is doubtful for a good many reasons our reader choso whoso patience has kindey d us so far may draw their own conclusions and moral from dr FAILS discoveries wo have been glad to add our testimony corroborated by exact science to the of divine revelation and acknowledge the dispensation pensa tion of providence in causing alie very un believers to furnish alie mosi substantial evidences of faith |