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Show HIIU. IMIUIUIS. Will HIT ATRAIT Ul t.tt:yllM. Al.-WAH Al.-WAH HHALIUWH Till DIM) 111. MlAil.4 Ul lUHIUH I HUM till ALIK4. Tho greatest Millcj floods never ytt railed the Mowing tlUo lu thla K mini tide benrer the major fradlon uf n foot proUibly never bo much aa thu tenth of n foot, according tu tho actual obicr-vntlon obicr-vntlon of nautical uu n rirueulliigaiid expuiuntd lu It, the. UHMithorltj In audi a ca ou audi a mutter, for tho ejeofthu rat Ileal sailor or watt rinaii notti halliually uud almost by Ihitluct the rogltMnnd tillllllli s of tldta. let, from time to time, Uutlug the gentrAtloii last ast, grave tloutiu and uunnsu. to thu cjiucltl of thla giant factor of the oitan havutiraii ralsnl on thu very tiajieclablv and very wink o Inlouaof laudsnisii and lubberly laud iiigluwra. I well wot of a reall) nccompllalitd Attrnge civil tnitlnrtr, who, oiicu In rrseuco of an olllclsl botly having nii-I nii-I ro rlnlit funt tlom. u aiue atln.llc lu jrophttuf ttrrlblo UUaattr bttnuae t'atipiluri wasn't big though Intake ondtatrj great lallty tlmals. It waa ouoof thosuiagarlm without n single fact to aupiairt Its thrury, that are hatched ninl too olteu llrdiicd limit r color of Bclcntlflo prtttnslon, and which, by the shier t licet of roniiil-gallon roniiil-gallon lu the name of silence, carry doubta and something of dismay Into the i ublln mind without ai much aa n shadoof shadow of dtniontratlon. In view of the undisputed lil-tort of tVijulutxBtralt and Ita all-time t ivrformautea In the dlathargo of al-ley al-ley Hoods, I tannot doubt Ita pout r to dlsUMi al onto uf any Inly or Hood water that may le resented nt the northern lobe of ueii water In Hiilsun lliyl'j a tidal chauiid through the Monttzoma tnlmula. Whetbtr n Lacksrt of water would timporaill) result upon tho bay Mauda can nuier bo known by coinpulAtloti, from any dalaixltlng or attainable, without thu oiieratlon of the Monte-tuma Monte-tuma Clianncl Hat If, which woull solve the,n,ufstloiicoucluilvelf without with-out computation at all. Doubtless acn s of flgurta could lu inadu to atijinrently rou an) thing nnd nail) rovo U'tblug, and reglmtnlaof luathtmatl-cal luathtmatl-cal iih)slclsbi bu fuund to inaku nut verify them to thu list of their knowledge knowl-edge nnd I tlltf. .Nnthlngof that kind In thla matter should ttuttusttni ortol-irated. ortol-irated. I-iery iisslble nttdamagu to proiarly oujht to le, and undtr thu ileuuutar) lawuf our Hlato woull bo paid. Butli damage, If ever found at all. nouM lai nu inoro than an liillnl-teslmal liillnl-teslmal otTlet ngnlust leglotiaor gnat Uueflta of most aubatantlat kind, evt u the cent ral habituation of a new earth of Mine worth In them valley a. (It Ihathlnga that I do not know, which are many, of my II rm lallcfs, which am few, perhaps tho chlrfeat or all, next to thu supremacy of Dlvjuu Intelligence, la the belli f that Hood wateradtllrered by the Monttziin-.a Channel, If It la to be, will Iki no more floods, excej t aa tonstltuenU of the mighty ebb and How, until resurrected main by evaporation from old ocean and again trauirt'd and drposltnl by thuiowiraof the air Uuti thla or another land. Jutt here, charily, asagalnit cum lit sclcutltlo opinion In the main. 1 venture ven-ture n thought that a thorough tidal current at ebb liaa greater power and caclty for discharge than a tiou tidal or semi tidal river current of like virtual vir-tual reitlon. Tho radical ara-ihraseof ara-ihraseof thla thought waa exitaal by the writer In a publication iiiailo rVpttmUr SI, 187S, lu thu following words' II riiu home of tho tldua la very tllghtl) K-tturbcd by thu ilverUoodt that tteiaatata the rtver margins so grievously, Thu flowing tides from thuaia that man finds ou" ao easily and i Met tually, htvo powar to drag aftsr them at ebh tho wliolo rlvir Hood that deflia him and hla works. Any quantity or water a caring at the tlooror Uiutldu will iaa out with-uutdtlay with-uutdtlay or surface eleiatlun aboiu high tldu worthy of remark. It la thla truth that glua audi aramount Important u ton tidal thannel through llm Moiitrtuma, During thesu twelvo Jean, slnco thosowords worn Indlttd, they halo been vindicated and lerlflnl by the elementA nf more than onn hcaiy rlvir llootl, us they theretofore had la-en guaranteed by iinnumU red Hootla I receding Hum. Hut I hi run turn tu my theory of tidal fort ra nnd boast nothing. lllvercurnntaaretho edict of grav. Itatlonoieratlug lu llioillrrcllouoflhe irth'a radii, and causing rogresa on llnea of liullned plants aucli rta llie tarth'asurfaee may hapiwu to ludlcaln for Hum. Tho Inherent cohealiu iroputyor watt rcula small flguroaa a factor lu the progress or a flowing stream aottly Imiwlled hy gravlutlou, towards Ihotartli'a centre, rile i re-valllngiluiracttrl-tlo of rlierala that of thegrtalirdwllilty near thu itourcu and the leaser ncArthoilebouctitre. riiotrattlleeirectof cohesion Is thus ututralliedhy thumoru rat 1 1 turreiit mar thu aoiirce, which llinista thu slower currtnt font anl lusttud of bolug 11m If drawn forward by cohesion to thu latttr. The ixcitttona, audi aa the falls of thu Kile, (lm .Niagara, tin. Congo, only I rove the rule. In wit: Ihatllio wattr of rlvtrsgllj, , roll, mslies, tumbb-s, etc , with slightly ap-I ap-I reclaUo aaslstincu from thn tractile prtit rty luel It nt to thu eohwlon of Ita pirtlcles, whltli traction when lu mam d volume under tidal liiltueiiet', la brought Into stoidy and most eftlc-llvoaitlon, eftlc-llvoaitlon, logethir with tho tarth'a gravity as will. Mostefletllvil), Ita), for the motor oflheuceaillllal rlsu la not Hie i Hut uf gravitation toward the tarth'a ten-ler, ten-ler, butthoforcia onratltij Inniiullo illtlerintdlrettlou, as luitaneo tho attraction at-traction or (grailtatlou toward) thu sun aud thumoon, thu centrifugal fortu uftheearth'A diurnal revolution, and o uu. riiatlhu Inlucimenta ti the tllca are but lni orf.ctly uulcrstood by thosnUat InformeJ lu them la noli-rsseutlalandluditd noli-rsseutlalandluditd hardly riferontlul to my tlioory of tbo power of the ebbing tide 1 1 draw along with it gnat ao tunitllltlolls of water net tilacei! til thellowlne tldnnt all, but ty llou.H from tho Inland watershed It la quite auOlclent for my purpose to know the mode III tl'oant fall nf tldcaailnftrredfroiu thcai two facta, rispccilut), seen ant unlrersAlly ad milled. Ocean tidal elevations occupy lm-liKlisuautfnttaou lm-liKlisuautfnttaou the plaint audal-vance audal-vance with atupen loua velodlyj yet Ihu water comiioalng tin in reivancca almost not nt all It Is simply lifted up, and wheu tho tidal elevation his viii by and the water falls, II ttcedta not atitll, txcej t from lt tlevntlon. It Is lifted and low i ml lu a miss, the surface sur-face an 1 thu deptliarlmultiiieoiisly If only tbo surface water was stlut.il by tho rlse,aurfact'rndll currmtsntlwi u lytlnn-s railroad aei woull If dait. Ing toward Ihu culminating point nf thu rl.c Me know no such thing liapK us. Iltnce, I lctot, Ihu ml face and the dt the rise lu corn ss-uidciitc, and all Is B?rcui. or can wu Imagine that the w hulu inasa ut octan lallfttd cltir of ItalKittom, anl uiidircurriiita At twenty tlmia fjllnal s.d fornunl to flll tho vacuum. Hut It Is iay to conceive Ihu e nib's crust nt theliuiloin or rather the wholn m i of Ihejdant t fltxlblo t uoilgll to ) lei I llm fret I r twoor three that formi thn maximum tidal elelnlloll al luldicelli The flexibility ofthu rattli Is lllus-tratetldtarly lllus-tratetldtarly at every llttlo shock nf rarthqiiakt, Wtro there no flexion, tho surface woulj la, lirc.lt n ly the liastoflhem Aa It la, thuicirth C-tns only nn It r gn nt shocks that extntl Ita tla-tklty nt pirllcular lnt It la Ultn lusslble, mid l vt li robable, that ttuitlnenU exjierlencu an lus rcij lib u rlae nud fall from the siiuu causea that ruduce the rise mid fall el tl lea In Ihu ocean Our old "soil I earth" la n lltilu mi I'ow after all, and It ma.tce us glad to Ihli k m. I uiu a little wile of my main subject, sub-ject, laitsliill rituru and get thelo all tbo Kiuie. Whin the nhniiclng tidal elevation flnda mi ubsiriutlou. In-dililum In-dililum or Inlot at Ihu land, Hit ti, mil only thin, la an ap-irieiibluadvautliig ap-irieiibluadvautliig Liirrinl of water firmtil bi the laud, trodiitlng thu "flowing llde." 'riiecurrtntlat.Itnvl) iums)ioudi nt to n liver current of tmial di I th, and la thru.l forward, not draw ii forward at nit I ) rt aim of Its coherlon, llHtigh gravity oiArntta by nasoiHif Ita tidal ilevation. II lathe I tactical eUlialt ut ul a rlvi r turn ut lint w Inn thu culminating wlnt of the tllul dilation has iaed, tl tu the turfjru aud thu de Ilia of ocean fall simultaneously ntidconiniunliatoaltku tendency to acieorlc In lays and lu-Itls. lu-Itls. lltnci, the tidal mm nt at tbb lu thesoactessorleaaroiieail) uniform from surface tluwiiwnrl, olteu ttrong est beneath tho atirfaee, wlillo rlitr curreiitaarualwA)a rttarued trout thu aurface dow nward Thu river current la prtxluccd nnd maintained ahttrl) b) the graillyot Hie lAtlli: llm flowing' tide by tho Ihrusloltlio tidal elevation aul tho gravity ofthu earth; tho tbblngtlde t y thu Joint motors ut the gravity uf the tiirtlimnl n iowirful traetlon through the cohtmloii of thu atcnllly moving mawrstr water dlreilly suijolned to n iinlform draft from surface lolioi-torn, lolioi-torn, equal to thu u hole sluklug weight rf tho ocean column or tidal einvallou, IimHio dltlirinee In dtptli txtwieu tho J rlnclpal nnd 11b accintMiry, In view of etuiietidouA achievements In tho tllnchargo or inland llootls, achleveminla that diitd tuglniHra hav e ma uy tlnien and oftuu U-cn nn ly bi denouoee M lintKj.lt le, even In the facaof Ihu trlulil) luut facia known nnd nnd of all iilAcrvcni, I much In t line lo trust my theory of Ihu tljal In-lluimi', In-lluimi', and Hiluk II truly disclose thn riaacu why tin Hlrnlt of Capjuliica alwn)iBWaIlowa the liumeusu massea of Hoods from Ihtao valkji wltlumt apin-cUbIe rlsu i f Ita eurfacu or ouu aiiiiloui or goiglug. And If Hie theory la true, Hun tho strait has a far gnator capacity than natural ex-Igtiic) ex-Igtiic) has evir yet demauled. lit the will known fatta that lllustrata Carqulnexarea basis of faith stronger than can he any theory of furies,uulisa approved by restilla. |
