Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 24
arth upon whichwe human beings live andmove?A question more easily askedthan answered, as regards a verylarge portion of it. For the earthis a huge baU nearly eight thou-sand miles in diameter, and wewho dwell on the outside have nomeans of getting down more than a very little waybelow the surface.… … 2 Wonders of Earth, Sea, and Sky enormous lake or furnace of fiery melted rock. Butnobody really knows. This outside crust has been reckoned to be of manydifferent thicknesses. One man will say it is ten milesthick, and another will rate it at four hundred miles.So far as regards mans knowledge of…
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