In the sixteenth century neither the barometer nor the manometer had been invented — how, then, could Saknussemm have been able to discover when he did reach the centre of the earth?
No one has ever seen anything like it; but the sight may cost us dear. And, if I must say all, I think we are seeing here things which God never intended man to see.
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This lucid explanation of the phenomena we had witnessed appeared to me quite satisfactory. However great and mighty the marvels of nature may seem to us, they are always to be explained by physical reasons. Everything is subordinate to some great law of nature.
