HEAT AND COLD. 



land as a whole. And continues to sink until the sun 

 becomes effective upon all the land in the northern 

 hemisphere by having settled so as to leave the equator 

 south of the sun. Then the sun bears so heavily upon 

 the solid bodies of land, owing to there being such 

 great amount of land in the northern hemisphere, that 

 it forces the planet as a whole away from the sun. 

 There being no great amount of water in the northern 

 hemisphere and in consequence the body is driven away 

 a great distance from the sun during this period of 

 the year. Land being of a solid consistency and not 

 being easily detached by the dispersing rays of the 

 sun, and in consequence the heat buoying must be ef- 

 fective on the planet as a whole. 



During this period of the year the water that be- 

 comes dispersed from the northern regions becomes 

 carried off to the south by the rays of the sun, and when 

 south it becomes acted on by the cold and caused to 

 precipitate in the form of rain and snow. Each pre- 

 cipitation adding to the solidifying process going on 

 in those regions owing to the loss of sun power. The 

 ocean currents also carrying great streams of water 

 into the southern regions, which become solidified by 

 the extremes of cold. Cold being extreme in this 

 portion of the planet, owing to the planet being farther 

 from the sun during this period and also denied the 

 warming rays of same. 



As the currents from the north continue to bring 

 in water that becomes solidified, in addition to the pre- 

 cipitation in the form of rain and snow, it causes the 



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