HEAT AND COLD. 



ally effective with regard to the northern hemisphere 

 owing to the location of the equator with regard to the 

 sun. And in consequence the water forced into the 

 cloud form and coming within the range of the rays 

 of the sun bearing diagonally toward the north, and 

 is in consequence driven off toward the north. When 

 carried away north by the diagonally effective rays of 

 the sun then the water in the cloud form is acted on 

 by the cold of the northern regions and in consequence 

 is caused to precipitate in the form of w r ater and snow. 

 After being precipitated in the northern regions it is 

 further acted on by the cold causing portions of the 

 water to solidify in the form of ice. This process con- 

 tinues during the period that the sun is situated south 

 of the equator until the equilibrium of the planet be- 

 comes disturbed by the piling up of great bodies of 

 frozen water at one end of the globular body. 



The great amount of matter carried to the north 

 during this period causes the earth to shift its position 

 with regard to the sun. That is, it causes the earth to 

 gradually lean as each load of water becomes added 

 in the solidifying form to the amount already deposited 

 by each prior precipitation. This leaning process 

 comes about gradually in accordance with the amount 

 of matter detached from the southern regions and 

 caused to precipitate in the northern regions by the ex- 

 posure to the action of the cold. 



During this same period, while the water is being 

 dispersed from the southern seas and carried off to the 

 north by the propelling rays of the sun to again be pre- 

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