Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-06-13

- me intervals between the orbits OF I
:, planets go on doubling as we recede frC
N The orbit of Mercury.
a. An analytic demonstration of I
mi constant relation which exists betwe
er. ne movement Of rotation and the NOV
Is, ment around the sun in each planet. III
~ proof that those two movement are nece
sarily of the same nature, both unior
or both variable. Conclusion that III
motion of the earth as vel as of The oil
Ter planets, on their orbits, cannot be elliI
TIC, but are circular and uniform. EA
PLANTATION and evidence of the illusion
(which induce TO believe in the elliptic me
i ton Of the planets and the eccentricity o
u their orbits.
4 5. The physical constitution ofthe sun
its volume. mass density, temperature
period Of rotation.
6. The nature ofthe spots on the sum:
disk; their cause; explanation of their
movement and of other appearances US
uaIIy observed in the solar disk, and of
those remarked during toto ecIipses o.
said disk. Explanation of zodical light,
oft the belts Of Jupiter and of those of Sa.
turn.
Z. Theory ofthe fixed stars.-Theyare
not so many suns. Each star is a coIIec
lion OF planetary bodies in motion around
an invisible sun. The telescope has com.
menced TO verify this theory, by resolving
a grea! many stars into two or three 9TH
ers revolving in regular orbits. Explain.
alton OF the cause of the scintllation of
he stars.
8. The nature OF the lmPuIsive acciden-
al forces which incline for certain time
ne orbit and axis Of the planets. Coin
Idence between The period of action o. {
AID 'mpuIsiVe forces and The appearance
each Of The organic reigns which have
Dcceeded each other upon Earth.
y. VI comets and their functions in the
Mechanism oil the world =
TO- Cosmogony Of the satellites Such :
'dles have been separated from the mass
Inc planet they accompany, by the sud- i
n and violent action of the same tran. u
mt forces which incline the orbit and n
IS OF the planets. T
IL. Discovery of the fundamental or ef
'"nd plane of the solar system. It is /
equatorial plane OF the sun. Accord. 81
e oil that theory with the calculations NJ
LAPLAoE for the determination of that an
arliable and unknown plane.--The So me
system does not osciIlate, as it is sup. "a
ID, upon mean state. All planetary Lao
'ements have taken place, at certain
DDS, In the fundamental plane by the a
e perturbation which have inclined V
AXIS they return slowly to that plane Ha
have tendency to fix there. q
= The true cause of the procession Of R
qn1noreS, and OF the direct motion of Bnr
2er'heI'um of the earth. Determine. Tin
by means of such phenomena, of The Pa;
n OF me last perturbation of the ter.
'Ial glo5e.-Epoch of the appearance -
70 human race upon the earth: ac. n,
ance between this astromical cbro. ~
gy, that OF biologists and of history, 0"P
owsoevcr new and extraordinary he -
spect under which this work will nre. a
the action Of nature, we offer the ~
RES which 1t contains with the conf. 'lne
"nich must necessarily result from man
act that calculations are cons,antlv Also
cordance with the observations. As Mad
calculations are deduced from the -
'es' laws OF nature, which bring us q
sdiately to results, we come TO them W
out the need of a mathematical anal DO,
oil a high order. The elements Of ohee
'ra, geometry and mechanics are suf- Com
II Tor all demonstrations. Che'
wing succeeded in placing this work IS, {
n the reach Of a great number of DO, J
RS, we abandon it to the scrutiny Conf
judgment of the public. We have I'D
lSoreo 10 express our ideas with SUI I'D
c'earness so as 10 allow the rev Hide
lPies which the work contains 10 he Lii
understood. live succeed in mali. -
nese new truths popular, we shall u
10 other wish than to contribute IN ~
'ogress OF a science, which is the No. NJ
git OF the human intelligence, and
'e called, with LAPLAcE, "the delight Tn
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