| Show SYMMES HOLE the discovered undiscovered world in the in til horlor prior of the earth A little more than half a century ago john cleves symmes then a captain in the regular army of the united states with headquarters at impressed with the idea that the earth was hollow and habitable within as well as without he devoted all his spare moments to the study of philosophy and in 1819 while stationed at st louis made known his theory of the earth by means of circulars lars first and then through the pres press of that city the theory was then talked about considerably captain sy mines concluded to devote the remainder of his life to the realization of his bis theory and for this purpose re resigned siz sig n his position in the army ilis his next step was waa to make known hla hia theory to the world this he strove to do by lecturing through the country principally however in the aliddie and eastern states captain symmes was of the opinion that congress might perhaps make an appropriation necessary for nitting fitting out an expedition to the north were his theory presented for consideration about this time he visited colonel hi chard ar M johnson of kentucky and prevailed upon him to present the theory and desiro destro of the originator to congress 11 colonel johna johnson oil did so and after numerous delays the in matter a ater received the consideration of congress by which body it was was laid on the table tablet the vote for such procedure being small however vi J er captain symmes was discouraged cou raged but did not despair resolving to again present the theory before he 40 could do so however count Bo mansoff of russia having heard of captain symmes his hia h hopes op es etc wrote him a letter concerning the same the letter promised captain all that would be necessary for fitting out an ari expedition to the polar regions and an all invests investigation gabiou of the theory besides agreeing to place the american in command if lie he would conduct the same under the auspices and authority of russia this kind offer by a foreigner was declined because captain SY symmes mines preferred having the expedition fitted out by liis his own country and should any ho honor nor result resu lt from an ma investigation of his theory that honor would belong to the united states the theorist then well weli went t east and while lecturing in ili new england was taken sick and conveyed to his home in ohio here he died beseeching his eldest sonin his last moments on earth to uphold and endeavor to investigate the the theory ry this son bon 11 t 4 then under age and by the death of his father made to care for a larze larye family for years lie lived without doing doin doln gany anything thing concerning the tho theory he is now an old oid man but at this advanced period of liis kis life has resolved to revive the hie theory mr americus symmes now lives ilves in jefferson county near nean louis louisville and devotes much of his time investigating h his Is fathers fathered scheme schema from hima him a copy of it has lias been obtained he firmly firmly bel bol believes levos ieves that it will bome some someday day be verified and indeed says some of its statements have been proven by the tile discoveries of hall and in the tile polar regions mr symmes now hopes to do something for the theory by lecturing his initial attempt will be made next tuesday in ili louisville and if properly encouraged he be intends speaking in all parts of the tilo country tho the annexed copy of symmes theory will give the reader an idea of what it ii according to sy Syr miners theory the earth is globular hollow and widely open at the poles the diameter of the northern opening is supposed to be about two thousand or four roun thousand miles wide irom outside to outside the south opening is supposed to bb somewhat larger the planes of these openings are parallel to ench each other but form an angle ankle of twelve degrees with the equator PO so that tho the highest part of the northern plane is directly opposite the lowest part of the southern plane the shell of the earth la is supposed to be about one thousand miles thick the edges of this shell are called verges an and measure from the regular concavity within wl th i n to the tho regular convexity without about fifteen hundred miles tile the verges occupy about twenty nive five degree 4 and if it delineated on a map would show only the outer half of the verge while all above or farther from the equator both north and south would lie on the apex and within the verge all the polar regions upon the present map would be out of sight the meridian lines extend at right angles from the equator to the outer edges of the verges and then wind wini round along tiie the surface of tiie tile verges under the highest parts of or the same both north and south from tile the regular twity ot of the interior concavity of the earth across the verge is fifteen hundred miles a distance so f great that a vessel in sailing over tile the verge would not perceive the eb changa change drigeL in ili her direction except from the tho apparent change of the heavenly bodies or from the observations of the ulf olf ference in the expanse of the visible horizon A 1 ship 41 i lp ging going nor north th niong along the deflected C ted meridians upon and over the verge causes the apparent change in the north star mentioned by captain parry because he bays hays that when sailing northward in high latitudes the star in question rises over the bow of the ship to the zenith and then declines towards the stern according to the newtonian tiie tile ory the ship must have sailed directly under unde tile the star and over cover and down upon the opposite side of tile tiie earth this can hardly be true as no navigator has sailed so fan far north tile the vessel must bave have been salli sailing tig ove over r the verge arid and into the earth this would bring the north star over t the he stern of tile tiie vessel captain ross lother another ai experienced perlen perien ced navigator jn tile the north when in high latitudes beyond tle verge speaks of the sea as calm and clear of ice while south of him was a belt of ice he describes the current of air coming from the north as being so baim as to dissolve the snow and ice far to the south captain parry makes frequent mention of these warm currents of air coming conling from the north and northeast that is from nom the interior of the earth accord according Dg to the theory of Sy symmes nimes explorers all agree that thab 63 03 deg and 70 latitude is the coldest region to pass through and the farther north one goes from that point the warmer it gets driftwood is found on the northern sides of iceland spitzbergen Spitz bergen and norway while none is found on the southern sides flowers are also found in these regions they certainly do not grow in arctic regions and must come from a warmer climate says symmes By nimes names which is pro Fro probably bably babiy to the north as the flowers and drift are always on oil the tho northern sides of the lands mentioned the most common objection to this thih theory says kays sas Sy Syr nimes rimes cals is that if it were true the un nun mild cold not possibly bly light anti ami warin lite tiie interior of the tile world this is easily explained the rays of li alighi lit come parallel from the sun to tibie tile earth and if it were no larger than the earth they would fall at least twelve degrees upon the concave interior suli suii teo tee ico ag as they passed over tile the lower part lart of the tile verge both north and south bouth but the 4 arth earth in her annual revolution owing to the inclination of the tho poles to the plane of her orbit alternately permits the incident rays to fall much more than twelve degrees this inclination is twenty three degrees and willy tiling minutes which added to the twelve degrees angularity of the ve vege voge ge gives ives thirty nive five degrees and thirty of the concave surface upon which the direct rays of the sun fall but these rays posing over the dense cold air ot tiu tin verges are refracted many degree probably ten or fifteen so that 11 1 V one olle ie refraction fraction and one or two reflections the rays of light would be tit til thrown rown out over the verge to that through which they entered arld and because these thebe rays would converge upon the concave sur bur surface face dace instead of diverging they would produce abundant light and heat beat through the tile interior so that this objection has lias not the slightest eligh force many people believe in symme symmes theory others h souls do dor not place any fai fal falth faith ih in it and can produce ad fauts facts too per pera a hap to prove its impossibility the present mr symmes says that had captain hall gone 0 ne several degrees farther borth he e would have been enabled to find such evidences aswald have proven his bis fathers theory beyond a doubt mr symmes has collected a lot of interesting and wonderful facts concerning his world to come based upon the discoveries of rahe kahe hall and others and proposes to use them in verification of his fathers theory at his lecture louisville courier J our burnal nal |
