REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH. 



erning power of the sun could offset the additional 

 power of the solidifying of the waters would tend to 

 reduce the speed. The waters being exposed to the 

 cold's action more in the case of greater speed and in 

 consequence would drop below the range of cohesive- 

 ness. Having dropped below that range the water 

 would cut off two ways from the revolving power. 

 First by lessening the amount of matter to be acted 

 on in favor of revolution and while lessening same 

 work diametrically opposite from the power displayed 

 at the higher temperature. 



The sun acts upon the aerial properties just as it 

 does upon the bodies of water; it buoys toward the east 

 upon the body of air after it tends toward the west in 

 the setting. The air, like the waters of the globe, be- 

 comes acted upon owing to being plastic, but the air 

 being much more plastic, and in consequence is subject 

 to many minute forces which would not affect the 

 waters. Any small disturbance in the equilibrium of 

 forces on any portion of the earth may affect the cur- 

 rents of the air. The currents of air being a flowing in 

 of the plastic properties to regulate the disturbance, or 

 bring about equilibrium of forces. 



At sunrise it may be observed the greater portion 

 of the time the currents of air go before the sun in the 

 rising, owing to the propelling rays of the sun becom- 

 ing effective upon the more plastic properties before 

 it really affects bodies of matter of a more solid con- 

 sistency. But in all cases the air does not go before 

 the sun owing to some derangement of the forces in 



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