FURTHER RESEARCHES ON THE PHYSICS OF THE 



EARTH, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FOLDING OF 



MOUNTAIN RANGES AND THE UPLIFT OF 



PLATEAUS AND CONTINENTS PRODUCED 



BY MOVEMENTS OF LAVA BENEATH 



THE CRUST ARISING FROM THE 



SECULAR LEAKAGE OF THE 



OCEAN BOTTOMS. 



By T. J. J. SEE, A.M., Lt.M., ScM. (Missou.), A.M., Ph.D. (Berol.), 



Professor of Mathematics, U. S. Xavv, in Charge of the 



Xaval Observatory, IMare Islaxd, California. 



(Read April 24, igoS.) 



I. General Considerations on the Physics of the Earth, with 



Especial Reference to the Secular Leakage of the 



Oceans and the Resulting Development of 



Mountains, Plateaus and Islands. 



§ I. Introductory Remarks. — In three papers recently communi- 

 cated to the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia 

 and since published in the proceedings of that Society,^ the writer 

 has treated at some length of the cause of earthquakes, moun- 



^ I. " The Cause of Earthquakes, Mountain Formation and kindred phen- 

 omena connected with the Physics of the Earth," Prog. Am. Philos. Soc., 

 1906. 



2. " On the Temperature, Secular Cooling and Contraction of the Earth, 

 and on the Theory of Earthquakes held by the Ancients," Proc. Am. Philos. 

 Soc.. 1907. 



3. '■ The New Theory of Earthquakes and Mountain Formation as illus- 

 trated by Processes now at work in the Depths of the Sea," Prog. Am. 

 Philos. Soc., 1907; issued in March, 1908. 



The following shorter articles have also appeared : 



4. ■■ Outline of the New Theorj^ of Earthquakes," Popular Astronomy, 

 April, 1908. 



5. ■' How the Mountains were i\Iade in the Depths of the Sea," Pacific 

 Monthly, Sept., 1908. 



PROC. AMER. PHIL. soc. XLVII. 189 K, PRINTED SEPTEMBER 21, I90S. 



