CONFIGURATION OF THE EARTH. 51 



spheroid the action of centrifugal force, resulting 

 from axial rotation; and the cardioid the action of 

 magnetic force, resulting from motion through space. 

 And under the combined action of these forces the 

 configuration of the earth would, therefore, be such, 

 that if on the surface of the earth there lay water 

 sufficient to cover one half of earth's surface; that 

 water lying in each of the depressions, and leaving 

 the protuberances dry land : then the surface of the 

 earth would be divided into the following alternate 

 zones of land and water. Namely: land about the 

 south pole ; a vast expanse of water throughout the 

 temperate regions of the southern hemisphere; a 

 zone of dry land in the equatorial regions ; a narrow 

 zone of water north of the equator; a zone of dry 

 land throughout the temperate regions of the northern 

 hemisphere; and a district of water about the north 

 pole. 



The land in the temperate zone of the northern 

 hemisphere, and that about the south pole, would be 

 raised by the action of the magnetic force concomi- 

 tant with motion through space : and the land in the 

 equatorial zone would be raised by the action of the 

 centrifugal force concomitant with axial rotation. 

 The relative positions of land and water resulting 

 from the action of the forces just described, strikingly 

 correspond with the actual relative positions of land 

 and water in each hemisphere; excepting that the 



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