Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-29

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Israters were disfMstly to BE- GEO, |c'f4
" a considerable fiNe toaetkar c.Ies
,ln is, on the other hand 1 an ~
not SO bot as to melt o. p odpce o y
l5low; because the parts ohsenaad 4cS
These abysses, were rot fer. bpt ~ II q
The sun has, for the promotion If to'a Db
|ty a luminous siight fluid lyelc,o ,s' ~,
tae green carpet that covers our r. f.g Ne
because some folds Of lumin ne ayo'
linclinetl downward, in order TO cor. ",s'
tbare places on some of the interior t - &s
Eof the crater. The sun, un1egaeat,
labove mentioned envelope, is IN, ~ re
luminous; because the int nor If :,
NEWLY opened craters was quite aarI, re
1.-The masses thrown ppby them. The ,s'
has probably, warmth nea " srnr, ~. ay
ling to the tem7efatore Of eur esrti. @ y
lcause volcsnoes which are otter than a A.
lrest Of TIE mass Of the earth. rake p 's
appearance more. The san re.orodnh.
1.-THE luminous envelope, whereyer tie IL
tier is broken through because the WI
canoes are gradually covered again with
lit, after the mannlr of an organic. spd,a
}us. unknown matter. The sun accom-
2lishes its daily revolution in about no
hours Of our tine. This ,eriod is sscer
tanned by the re-appearance Of Tie IN,
Idwiduai craters disernable V US on 4.
surface Of the sun !; and on lis occ; sim
lit nav be affirmed, that the SPOTS. as tho
are called, upop the sun, which lare Il;
|therto been considered as attached to Il.
body, are either atmosphere phercmera
or aerolites, passing aboat it. because
they change their situation with respect
ito each other.
Perhaps they may be wrecks from that
remote catastrophe described by Moses
perhaps fragments though Of simaIIer d.
|mensions, yet Of a similar nature with
those which we have in a former lace
|denominated planetary masses; frsg.
ments of that kind which / remarked IN
|diverging columns, more or less fan slap.
ed, which accompanied the last beaut.
|fal comet, like ali atmosphere illuminat.
ed in opposition with the sun, and thrO'
which. on account of the inferior power
OF rejecting light, discovered the real
opaque Nucleus fthat meteor. could
appeal for the truth of this to the testimV.
nv of various eye witnesses, and among
the rest of a professor who observed It
with ne, and who entertained no doubt
Of the reality of the phenominon.--The
sun has. on its surface, prodiseous conca.
vities, and prcportionate protubersuc@s;
because the situation Of the elliptic axis
IF the crater differed from that Of those
which would have been produced on a
perfectly level sphere. Resides is annu.
al and diurnal motion, the sun has a
conical revolution round its pole, which
is performed by its axis in about 4
days of our time: because the last
norton of crater, In the zone orig
nally discovered, re-appeaFea in that
neri0d: after the positive rassage Of
the crater into other zones. | might
mention some other discoveries worthy
Of notice, bit this letter is already long
enough. Allow ne, however, to express
nv ardent $1,000 at astronomers. pos
sessed Of Il = bite instruments and
skill. would Inc and confirm tie
discovery Of fAsFstest planets ttat have
issued from the sun. The three Iarsest
seemed to me to belong to tie class Of
Venus and Mercury. IF the suns light
should preclude observations of them at
present, in their eclipticai situation, they
might be found hereafter in more "a
vorabIe position. The DISCOVERIES mi2't
then give them what appeHatlon they