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the jyejv theory 
• ? n r he r - 30 ^ 1 u,t - tIie Investigation So¬ 
ciety of t!»,s city, discussed the following 
question: Is Symmes’, or the Old Theo~ 
'} *> toe Earth, best supported by facts 
• n <. phenomena? After an animated de- 
uate » °* a ^ out an hour and a half, the 
question was put to the Society and au- j 
V ■ < ? , s » 0 R about fifty) and it was car- 
ned oya decided majority, in favor of the 
New Theory. 
i' he most prominent objections urged 
against the. new theory, were, that it did 
not accord, with the known laws of gravi¬ 
ty ; that the weight of the Earth had been 
ascertained by calculation to be so great, 
‘hiit the idea of its being in any degree 
hoi low was untenable; that, if' the cen- 
tnfugal force protruil&d rinatter outwards 
from the central parts of the Earth, it 
should protrude it onwards to infinity ; 
that, il the Earth was many degrees open 
in the polar regions, a section of irregular 
shadow, not round, but flatted, should 
sometimes be cast on the Moon ; that, if 
the general outline of the Theory were 
true, the inner parts could not he habita- 
I ble for want of a sufficiency of light and 
heat to subserve the production of vegeta¬ 
bles and animals; that, had such a forma¬ 
tion existed, it must have been found out 
long before now ; and finally, that were 
there an inhabited concave, the climate 
would be too uncongenial to our constitu¬ 
tions, to afford us any advantage, should 
we succeed in getting there, &c. All of 
which objections were rebutted by succes¬ 
sive replies from Capt. Synunes, who was 
present by invitation. 
The writer offers this statement with¬ 
out conferring with any of the Society or 
audience on the subject presuming 
that any inaccuracy of recollection will 
be rectified by other remai kers. C. 
