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Show CORE OF THE EARTH NOT MOLTEN MASS Chicago, 111., March 2S. Ancient and popular beliefs that the core of I the earth is a molten mass have been Investigated by scientists of the Uul-vcrslty Uul-vcrslty of Chicago who will announce tomorrow that the planet is more rigid than steel; that It could not explode ex-plode or be destroyed by a flr within Itself. The experiments were designed by Professor Albert A. Mlcbaelson, head of the department of physics, at the Instigation of President E. C. Cham-berlin Cham-berlin of the department of geology, and Professor F. R. Moulton of the department of astronomy. "The experiments." said Professor Mlchaelson. "show that the Interior of the earth Is not a fiery mass, but resists the tidal forces of the moon about as It would If the earth were made of solid steel Nevertheless the earth. In spite of ta rigidity, behaves as an elastic body; not liquid, of course, but still subject to the same influences as arc the oceans which Mqrm a part of It. ! Earth's Ebb and Flow. ' That the solid surface of the , earth Is subject to the same ebb and flow aa are the tides of the ocean, al-' al-' though to a lesser extent, is a state- ment that will astonish the average person who Is prepared to assert with all the assurance of conviction tbaC ', the earth is nn Immovable body. The " fact that there are tide's of about n foot in the surface of the earth has been demonstrated as a scientific fact" |