A PAPER 



PRESENTING FACTS AND. SUGGESTIONS IN PROOF OF THE 



THEORY OF THE GKADUAl^ A^D CONTmUOUS 



DIMINUTION OF THE QUANTITY OF 



WATER UPON THE EARTH, 



AND ITS 



PERMANENT CONVERSION INTO 



Solid Forms of Matter. 



PREPARED, TO BE PRESENTED BEFORE THE 



"American Association for the Advancement of Science," 



AT ITS MEETING IN 



PORTLAND, MAINE, IN AUGUST, 1873, 



By MRS. GEO. W. HOUK, 



OF DAYTON, OHIO. 



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DAYTON, OHIO: 



PRINTED AT THE DAILY JOURNAL ESTABLISHMENT. 



1873. 



