The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-28
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Yesterday evening Profss Onstsd q Yale Osllses
dsvsssd his fourth sEd last lecture the above -
jet 1t ths Broadway Tabernacle.
TIE lecturer sad ~ have sometimes snasavoesa %
form rsvsntly faint idea Of the view which The
Crestor first took Of al his works whom he had fnsAs
the work Of creation have thought Of him = EN-
tsmpating the world suhject to mechanical fososs
seeing the vapors ascending from the water forming into
naes, cloud and scattering their treasures upon the
earth-viswing the earth o. commanding it, progress
under the laws Of physiology buds beginning 10 svsl
and germiRate plants to uofold their reh Leaves to
glisen In the sunbeams flowers expand and sxhale
their perfume and all the beauties Of vegetable creaon
starting into LIE before his eyes, have then asinsG
that he followed out animal creation animals walk.
ing upon the earth, creeping In Its gam
boiling in Its floods sporting in the air bat above a
have imagined that he viewed this great machine Il The
unyene commencing Its sublime movements, which
quissd eternity to complete them; and well indeed
upon such survey, he would say that $ Ill was very
good.n Now will Offer few explanations a. to tho
nsbuar hypothesis believe it il generally known that
is 10 the property II hes ~ expand al bodies and that
cold conaiacts them, smplate this principle
In the tail Of comet find that, by its nssrcr ap
proach to the sun becomes expaodsd; and - II 70
cedes from tho into ceider gton 1t becomes
trscted There is smother mechanical principle which,
must be brought into vie~ and it il thisI body i
revolving In an orbit around centre and 1t b drawn
NJ areT that centre will revolve with rapdity
Tho third principle 10 Its centrifugal force for when
bodies rotating centre, in curve they have
tendency to fly eff direction Of tangent 70 the
La Place, who was the author Of the net uar
hypothesis, had investigated tho law Of gravsaa N -
applicable to the reconcile phenomena OF solar
system He desfeOus make IL exOlAn everything
in tt syste but there certain things that did
not explains for instance did not explain the fact that
sill motions Of the system in direction.
There which revolves its axis fr0n west to
VS.. 70 9, the me ~ av sos s.s
at all and the primaries revove from west 20 east
Ard now, where there is such uniformity,
producing that uniformity what Il it GrAvitaion
would effect this This uniformity, therefore,
would mot have been the law Of gravta0n any other
law impressed upon the solr system The orbits ps-
nets al nearly In the ssc pars of the heavens called
La Place was led to this view Of he by tn.
Sir William Herschell bad rhro respecting the ap-
parent progress In the formation Of nebu but Ia Place
mathematician confined himself to that study,
and was mot an observer He believed that there was
progress In nebu@ from age age and that by conden
sive stages condensa La Place commended that
q very remote period OF the whole solar system
composed great n-bua witch haa extension Of
sufficient compass to he whole Of the solar sys
tenn This being understood that the whole solar system
consisted originally OF such nebus, let be endowed
with motion upon Its from to east and the nebu
lous matter Of which kept in state
ofIotstion BY the asency heat and that in the
Of time it contracted leaving all the while revolution
upon its axis from west to east and when it con.
tracted It's velocity increased It's velocity win b In
Its centrifugal force increases ALSO And tho
ring which 1t leaves Ia space uaorm in density there
Ia why Il should not continue In the form Of
riDg but there Is part Dense il will form
nucleus round which 1t will coDdense itself and form
ahsstics for what power cssted the matter Originally
and what gave s motion from west to east its
axis 1t could not set Itself in motion. do not
how escape the idea Of first cause ct AL for
only remove it further bacK and BY removing 1t further
back, and impressins upon original nebula the
power revoves the world does not give lees poser than
created,
escape s that the nebue never had beginning but
listed from eterDi " from west to east but
would submit to the ca portion Of my audience
whether operating through eternity develope
itself in time 1t appears to to be absurd thai eause
be eternal in Its action and yet Yoduce itself In
time; for rst cause is essential and the nebue mus
have had beginning acd been turned upon ts axis BY
come hand competent to turn 1t. aa not believer in
the nebular hess and soy With great desrsnce
to its great author With great respect TO brethren
Of the profe. sion who think otherwise with full recog
milton OF their ability think for themselves II Is
hypothesis for there independent evidence Of
its existence Have We not often seen two hypothesis
insisnce, the two OF electricity whether
matter consists Of or two bodies and it could Be
planned by either and there is in science which
oth.r suppose take no Newspaper, ana psrcsivs =
ter the sS y
all cases. 1t viii explsin some cases and not
others, and then 1 abandon it. and take 3 In
and go to NJ, which viii explain oil the matter You
would thersfcrs 4 was the letter NJ But no.
whether 1t be or and in science two opposite
pothsfes will explain the therefore assert the
fact that the La Place theory all pkenome
ma cannot certainly be allowed to prove that true
does not furt her explain why the satellite Uranus hae
Backward notion and unless that is explained it is a.
recty In the teeth Of the hypothesis and viii re-
main 80. until an explanation is deducsd We cAunot
think forgive this Inconsistency These and various
ether rasons occur to refutng this theory and for
these reasons while treat the hypothesis with great
respect both account OF the author and the many
eminent men who favored It, yet constrained to say
that there and others inGuce to dsbseve &C.
Ths ladies ana gentlemen. completes the few lectures
which have been engaged to give in this place 1t In
impossible to treat the whole OF astronomy in four short
lectures. The whole question with me, has BEEN what
would BE- most interesting and most instructive TO those
who honored with their presence and attention.
have made il careful matter of study and selection and
though comparatively little Of astronomy has boon
taught these four lectures yet. venture to suppesS
leave to tender acknowledgements to those who
have kindly and patiently listened to my long Arguments
and to bid you all respectfully, farewell.
City Int nlRencc.
TIE bATrLr OF Nav oRLEASs VII! be celebrated by
the Tommany Society this year Monday the 10th Of
January with extraordinary display and effect by
grand ball. supper great Indian march, ehoras and
dance The rear roem will be splenddly decorated with
new III original oil painting Of the battle Of New
rtrikngly Illustrative Of the fierce and terrible conflict
that closed with such glorious victory to the American
arms The large room will present tented field. artist
eally the that followed that memorable
battle The whole ARRANGEMENTS are In the hands Of
separate committees headed by chairmen OF taste ana
exIericncs whose pames alone give assurance that
nothing win be LETT uDdone TO make the celebration,
worthy OF the ancient And honorable society. large
number Of distinguished members Of the democratic
party Of the Union have been invited and 10 Ia eetly