Show t tn a Wandering WORLD AUSE the Great S. S V 0 r r rL L Lr r in the Course of the Ages a Great Body as Large or Larger Than the Earth Had Chanced to toss ss Within Ten or Thousand Miles of the Earth the Tidal Waves Created by the nal A Attraction Would Have Been so Tremendous as to Result in the Flood Conditions Which t Science Now Knows Actually Occurred in Biblical Times f OD until until til recently and then only as the result result re- re sult of investigations did scientists decide to give gie serious consideration to the Bibles Bible's lInt ant of f the great flood as given in the sixth th in inand and eighth chapters of the book of This great flood known as the eis e s set down as having taken place some ty- ty centuries before Christ fast what cau caused ed the great eat flood has been a acry cry crypto to scientific investigators However as Gernsback editor of Science and snows shows it has been established today with- with ny H doubt whatsoever that such a E deluge luge actually did occur since man apa ap- ap d a n this globe And the flood can be proven m n many ways he first place with the exception of some n tribes there are are flood stories in every T of of the world whether they be European can scan Asiatic or Australian All of these theses s or r races have some tale which was handby hand- hand wn by word of mouth that such a great greate e occurred some thousands of years ago To Toe e the story varies considerably as is the theof theof of ny any story transmitted by mouth down gh generations but the fact remains that ry persists If this was the only proof it might be questioned But there are many reasons rea- rea reasons reasons rea rea- sons which can be cited as proof that a great flood actually did oc occur occur ur Mr Gernsback's theory of what produced the great flood is at least very plausible and is he says based on undeniable astronomical facts That the flood was caused by the oceans and not by rain can be proved from the biblical account ad- ad count where the inundation is represented represent d as s shaving having been occasioned not so much by liy the rain which fell as by the breaking up of all aU the fountains fountains fountains foun foun- of the great deep In plain English this can have but one meaning viz the waters vaters of the ocean That these waters were actually ocean waters can best be proved by the fact that fossil sea seashells seashells shells have been found upon the summits of our highest mountains in all aU parts of the world with the exception of some some African mountains Mr Gernsback's explanation of the flood is very simple and might readily have occurred as follows If some celestial body in its wanderings through the heavens passed sufficiently close to the earth that is within ten or twelve thousand miles there is no question of a doubt that such an encounter would have caused havoc on earth |