New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-23

more extensive than any other, and the doctrines
OF which still exist in many creeds where they are
little suspected The serpent. not Us m object OF
dread. bu, hope, was held UP by the great jewish
luwgivcr fer the encouragement OF his People and
il * adopted even in the Christian system as an
emblem Of the great work OF salvation. Ills men
toned bv lob in his astronomical allusion TO Tie
garniturc OF the heavens. and b. most OF the scrip
,tirc writer's bett. Jewish ard Christian In Fee
sias vision Of the wheels. we have an inestirEabie
view OF tho grea, cycles OF the heavens, a ex-
hbted in the grand orrerie- OF the temples: AID
in the Apocalypse We have notonly the doctrine OF
the serpent. or SPIRAL motion, but the ycry a<tro
nonnica numbers and periods By which that motion
Is regulated, il !. series o; prophetic views whici
appear to embrace all the great mutations OF The
earth through The future p0rods Of tie destruction
and renovation Of ali things.
might greatly enlarge upon this interesting
topic bit must for,ear the Hindu Scriptures are
equally profound upon these subjects with TIE
Christian. and their harmony with the latter, and
with the evidences OF nature, calculated 10 hi
every unprejudiced SUDDEN; with that admiration
and delight which the discovery OF vast generliiz-
ing truths illustrative of the grand phenomena OF
nature. alone can inspire. Cannot refrain. how
ear from referring 70 the profound science en-
bodied in one Of the Scripture numbers. about
which there has been much controversy. Il YOU
will take the number $50 the division of the cir
cc-fud the French philosophers i,tle knowwi!a
they do in discardng this pure and fanlties se>a-
gcSimal division for ,hcir new decimal onc-and
reducing il by GO. the pumbcr OF minutes IN de-
cree then divide i, b. $50 the mystical number
Of the beast Cor livin. creature). and thus reduce
and divide until operation be carried no far
thcr, you will get quotien of twelve results. ex-
pressing the mean diameter of the >uI-nst ex-
actIv.. though very nearly OF tina, diameter a.
rivcn in the astronomical works the slight diff
ference arising from the circumstance tina; the
mean diameter OF the sun. as popularity gwen is
,.,,n according ~ The present l}ip1irity Of the
.ar,b,s orb, ,rh;le tho t;ameter thus f1uns en-
,,ra,o Ia, c,ao.cr cl;,t;c;,,. rs orb;, wbich ac-
,.a,,,.,,,;,.s r,o:,,c q, I;o,,;t &c eci;,,ic and
;,,JapJ ,l,o of o}i;,,;;,,,brb rniIn,,s
tho scent Of The ca,t axis from :, horizontal 10
j, no-nond;crlar nos;t;ou: for MAJ mention the
di.rovcr that rho cll;ptcity o. orbi, can be c.lc.
l,,ad - ~, cas, and d;rnct nner,,;on from rho in
l;,a,;op af .ba o,i. h, the aro,, laws of kcplcr
.,,b;b bo,,o mn, baratofo,cs bcer o,nI;ed in ,I,i
,,,a,,cr Aud ,br. ybor. tho ;ncIi,a,iou. IT rho
aIi:..:.:...
"H'- = .nI IL ~
.a1 IN Nv.
~ ~, IL, no , ,,,f,,t ;Io od bo ~ 26n
..,,.,,n 10 lo,,I, o,,,,r,
rho adon,;on of ,b;s vcrv anc;en, merriam. i'm.
memorial division of the circle The ouoticnt
inns chtoined expresses not onIy the true mean
d,no,cr of tho SIM enr mi. rpriod bpt the mean
a,,. 60 o6ill of The ,nn,,l morton oC rho moone,;c
noes ro,nd The earth nnder the SIMS forces and
tle n,,ximura amo,nt nj tho Dr.;ccion of tho Carl
NJ the couator when the nxi, become. pcrpendicn
Tar, far it NAV be interesting to state that. as the
,ictv OF the carth's form decreases; and when the
former is minimum, the latter will be maximum.
and rice rc,sa. And the shape CT the earth or
irs deviation from perfect sphere, as calculated
from these numbers and upon these principles,
agrees. within the most trning difference, with
the figure of the earth as calculated from measure
men,s of axes of the meridian, and demonstrated
in the learned treatise bv Professor Avrcv the As
tronomcr ROYAL of England might add that the
table OF the angles Of the line of no variation.
which after deducti,. the nattening of the earth.
is also table of the angle Of the moons orbit
round the earth, forms perfect tide-table for
every latitude, 80 that the mat hcma,ical demonstta
lions of these new principles of magnetic philoso-
ply arc conclusive. comrrehensive ana inpregn
BE Indeed, il is the destiny of man 10 advance
in certainty and to multiply the exact sciences
nil they embrace the whole held OF nature. In the
age which is proceeding, botany and other branches
of natural history, as we'll as chemistry and geo.
logy. will be added to the exact sciences
In the fuljne,s OF The golden age. upon whick wc
havo entered ali nature so far at least As our
Earth il concerned will follow simple aud regular
laws, far less complicated in their phenomena han
they now are. and more easily ascertaincd and de-
,,on.,r,,oI M, only will mankind walk The
Earth as rods and ood.. scs in form and beauty
but tbey will be as gods in knowledge. knowing
GOOD and evil" in All their yariou. r.la,iors Of
truth and error. bappiness and misery. And will
thcy no, then discover tina, these o,al,ie, are
bpt rcjativ,. cxi,tinp nnrey in relation "a eacl,
l., r::