Chapter V. Further Arctic Exploration : p. 111 CHAPTER V. FURTHER ARCTIC EXPLORATION Arctic Exploration in the nineteenth century opened out with the brilliant expeditions of Sir John Franklin, beginning in 1818, and when he was lost with 129 companions and the two ships which had been fitted out in 1844, a tremendous effort on the part...
Bibliography : p. 453 BIBLIOGRAPHY Only the principal works consulted and found to contain valid contributions to the solution of the problem of the earth's interior. BALL, SIR ROBERT STOWELL, LL. D., F. R. S., Lowndean Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. "A Popular Guide to the Heavens". New...
Chapter Vii. With Nansen In The North : p. 165 CHAPTER VIII. WITH NANSEN IN THE NORTH Nothing can illustrate better how really ignorant the scientists have been concerning the real constitution of the polar regions than the ridicule which many arctic explorers, and especially Greely, who seemed to believe in his later years th...
Chapter Xx. The Moon And Our Theory : p. 373 CHAPTER XX. THE MOON AND OUR THEORY How on our theory do we account for the moon and what do we claim to be its structure? We may answer those questions wholly in the words of the orthodox scientists and the answer will show how inevitably all real research into the structure...
Chapter Xix. How Our Theory Differs : p. 358 CHAPTER XIX. HOW OUR THEORY DIFFERS FROM THAT OF SYMMES Some very unintelligent readers have accused us of putting forward a theory that is not new but merely a rehash of Symmes theory of Concentric Spheres. To show how utterly foolish and misguiding this idea is, we shall give a short...
Chapter Ix. Was The North Pole Discovered : p. 190 CHAPTER IX. WAS THE NORTH POLE DISCOVERED? Some people have said that they would consider our theory triumphantly demonstrated if it were not for the fact that the North Pole had actually been discovered. What we have already said about the difficulty of finding one's way ...
Preface : p. 17 PREFACE THE MAN whose acquaintance with cosmogony and physiography is confined to what he learned in school, and, perhaps, afterward read in popular publications, has certain very definite notions about the shape of the earth and the construction of its interior. These notions, he thinks...
Chapter Iii. Mars : p. 65 CHAPTER III. MARS If the theory as outlined were correct it ought to be possible to make it more and more probable and at last prove it without a shadow of a doubt by making closer and closer observations. We have made it sound plausible by examining celestial bodies which are very far...
Chapter Xi. The Mammoth : p. 220 CHAPTER XI. THE MAMMOTH This is not the longest chapter in this book, but to anyone who wishes to prove our theory "in a hurry" it may be commended, for it brings proof to bear so startling, so incontrovertible, that we wonder how these observations could have been made by the regular...
Chapter Vi. Greely's Explorations : p. 138 CHAPTER VI. GREELY'S EXPLORATIONS We now come to the many and valuable observations made by General A. W. Greely, who as a young lieutenant in 1881 began his "Three Years of Arctic Service" (as he calls his book) by setting off on the "Lady Franklin Bay Expedition" one of the objects...
Chapter Xv. The Eskimo : p. 292 CHAPTER XV. THE ESKIMO Throughout this book there have been many references to the Eskimos who live nearer to the north polar orifice of the earth than any other people but who are not found near the south polar orifice. Of people in that region, people who in our opinion undoubtedly were...
Illustrations : ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of the Author facing 6 The Earth Showing North Polar Opening facing 24 A Photographic View of Ring Nebula and Spiral Nebula facing 36 Photograph of a Drawing Showing the Head of Donciti's Comet as Seen in 1853 facing 62 Enlarged View of Mars facing 68 Photographic Views...
Chapter Xxv. In Conclusion : p. 442 CHAPTER XXV. IN CONCLUSION We have now stated a theory of the constitution of the earth and of all the other planets, and this theory seems to account for every fact that scientists have recorded as a result of their observations. This theory either represents the truth of the matter or it...
Chapter Xxiv. Our Country And Our Theory : p. 434 CHAPTER XXIV. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR THEORY We have opened the road to a new world in our theory and it must be a world of inconceivable richness. When we think of the untapped richness of mineral resources that must exist in such a region, of the untouched veins of gold that may run down...
Chapter I. Introductory : p. 21 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY An author who puts forth a new idea must expect to meet with opposition and be ready to defend his idea vigorously. He knows that the great mass of people is very conservative, especially in its habits of thought and that it is inclined to take many things--the shape...
Chapter Xxii. How Our Theory Has Been Received : p. 380 CHAPTER XXII. HOW OUR THEORY HAS BEEN RECEIVED Before telling about the actual reception which greeted our theory when it was first propounded we wish to lay stress upon one particular point. Before the reader can intelligently accept or reject our theory he must make up his mind whether he...
Untitled : Marshall B. Gardner, a hollow-earth proponent, published the first edition of this book in 1913, "after" Peary reached the North Pole in 1909. Gardner thus had a much harder job than William Reed; that is, overcoming the public perception that the poles had been reached. Gardner's book is in some...
Chapter Vii. Nordenskiold's Voyages : p. 159 CHAPTER VII. NORDENSKIOLD'S VOYAGES The next Arctic explorer whom we shall follow in his voyages is Adolf Erik Nordenskiold whose experiences in the Arctic extended over twenty-one years. Nordenskiold was a Finnish professor, and on all his expeditions he was accompanied by a staff...
Chapter Ii. The Nebula And Its Evolution : p. 36 CHAPTER II. THE NEBULA AND ITS EVOLUTION Probably the most important concept in the whole realm of astronomy is that of the nebula; for it was only when the idea of the nebula as the original material of planetary evolution was advanced, that astronomy could be put upon a really scientific...
Chapter X. Two Congressional Opinions : p. 211 CHAPTER X. TWO CONGRESSIONAL OPINIONS ON PEARY AND COOK To back up what we have just said of the claims of Messrs. Peary and Cook to have discovered the poles, let us briefly quote from two members of the United States House of Representatives on the claims of these men. These remarks were...
Title Page : p. 1 A JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S INTERIOR --OR-- HAVE THE POLES REALLY BEEN DISCOVERED "By" MARSHALL B. GARDNER "Revised and Enlarged" "Profusely Illustrated" PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR AT AURORA, ILLINOIS 1920 Scanned , June 2005. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public...
Chapter Xviii. The Formation Of The Earth : p. 341 CHAPTER XVIII. THE FORMATION OF THE EARTH We shall now proceed to explain the shape and the formation of the earth which has resulted from the evolution of our planet from the nebula, a shape which we are quite ready to understand after our study of Mars and the other planets...
Chapter Xii. The Life Of The Arctic : p. 247 CHAPTER XII. THE LIFE OF THE ARCTIC In describing the voyages of different explorers we have spoken more than once of their observations of living creatures in the Arctic and Antarctic regions--creatures which could find no sustenance if there were not warmth and fertility in those regions...
Chapter Xvii. The Journey To The Earth's Interior : p. 321 CHAPTER XVII THE JOURNEY TO THE EARTH'S INTERIOR Having actually established the facts in the case we shall, in this chapter, use those facts in an imaginative and constructive way to show the reader what an actual journey into the interior of the earth would be like. We shall not invent...
Chapter Xiv. The Aurora : p. 272 CHAPTER XIV. THE AURORA Every reader of this book has heard of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, and the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights. Some readers may have visited Norway and gone far enough to catch a glimpse of this mysterious phenomenon. We say mysterious because...
Chapter Xvi. Evidence In The Antarctic : p. 312 CHAPTER XVI. EVIDENCE IN THE ANTARCTIC The Antarctic has not been so thoroughly explored as the Arctic polar region, and so our evidence from that end of the globe is not so voluminous, but it is startling in its conclusiveness. One point, in fact, will doubtless be admitted by the reader...
Chapter Xxiii. Our Controversy With Dominian : p. 424 CHAPTER XXIII. OUR CONTROVERSY WITH DOMINIAN One of the first newspapers to recognize the importance of our contribution to the world's knowledge was the "Pittsburgh Leader". In their issue of December 28, 1913, they devoted a whole page to an exposition of our theory, with illustrations...
Chapter Iv. Early Polar Exploration : p. 100 CHAPTER IV. EARLY POLAR EXPLORATION One of the most prominent writers in England, a man, too, who had had a scientific education, was given a sketch of the main arguments in support of our theory, and he replied that our presentation of the facts would have absolutely convinced him if it...
Chapter Xiii. Other Interesting Animals : p. 265 CHAPTER XIII. OTHER INTERESTING ANIMALS OF THE INTERIOR The mammoth and mastodon, while giving us our chief evidence that there is habitable land within the interior of the globe, are not the only animals which may be studied in this connection. There are records of other animals living...
Chapter Xxi. A Note On Gravitation : p. 377 CHAPTER XXI. A NOTE ON GRAVITATION It has been objected against our theory that the weight of the earth is known and that it is much heavier than would be the case if it were hollow as we have claimed. At first glance that might sound like a plausible objection, but a moment's thought will...
