The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-08
The Final Fate of the Un1Vefse'
rF,op. the Scientific Americana


tn two hodies we're placed in space without any
force acting upon each other than their own grav1,
ty thew would Immediately, start II toward enca
other. and would rush together line sun IN anu ~
planets which constitute the stellar na syssot gyraxante
from running together into one mass by their revo. "
lntons about each other. The revolutions OF se
nIanets around our SUM- and Of the satellites apout
thnir prinaries have boen ascertalned, W1tn sna'
wonderful precision which is the just prloe OF as-
!. aared in tho sublime problem of unravelling the
Revolutions Of the countless suns that MAKE np 9t
atel1ar ayatem. Already the olustor OF the Pieadoa
is Indicated as the proxmate locality tne centle
around which our SUM- WITH m ms T. tha}
It is probably the common centre OF tho orolts OF
all the suns of our stellar system. .,.
II the force Of gravity extends across the lncon- M
oeivable spaces which separate the seyera stenaL
systems Of the universe, those Systems must rusn
together unless they are he1o apale Wy
r l;eht we're an emanation, as held by Newton,
the spaces between the solid bodies OF the universe
might be absolutely empty and IN that case sh
90 on forever On the other hand, light Is q VI. I.
bration in subtle fuid the fluid must oostruc. y
the motions Of bodies revolving IN IT, ana a. tney
must finally como together in one mass. mt Inc nd eA,
carried out WITH such honorable regard for the
fame Of its designer by Messrsx Fouoault Fizeau
and Bereaue. to determine whether there is diff
ference in the velocity Of light in it's passage
through air and water has fa sha tbat a
far as light extends space is filed with material
fiud which resists the motion OF bodies reyolvlng
in It. and bodies within this space must graduaHy
wind their way inward, and ultimately como to-
gether into ono mass. .,.,.-,...aa,a.
and nearer the Garth, and the two bodies IN tne
far distant future, will come together. Inc soma
crust Of the Garth will be broken up by tho shock,
an in1n,onse quantity Of heat will be goneratoa oy
the destruction Of the moons motlol ana el9 ymo
bodies viii fuse together into one molten globe.
As the new and enlarged earth is cooled upon It's
surface q second series of geological deposlts VIII
be Constituted, accompanied, perhaps, by strange
and inconceiyable forms OF animal anu ve6etaple
life. ,,.-.-,... -, xr.,
inward toward the sun, and must ultimately tall
an inoonsiderablo pebble into the vast glowing
mass. The Same fate awaits all the planets. ana
our solar system must one day DO but o slnglo
GLOBE When this globe is cooled to me r'gnss NJ
temperature, it may be covered with multitude OF OF
inhabitants, and astronomers may rlse who Wllt
watch its revolutions among tho associated sums OF
our stellar system. II their knowledge and intel
lect are equal 10 tho science OF our astronomers
they will foresee the ultimate coming together OF Of
ali these sums into one common globe. And not
this only for they will predict the final coming To-
gether Of all tho stellar systons OF the visible UNI
verso into one mass Of mattor.
When this mass is first collected, it will be IN
tensely hot from the destruction OF motion in the
several suns and sytcms of suns as thoy come to-
gethor. Tho heat will be radiatod outward l, INTO
the universe, and tho one mass OF matter Will be
gradually cooled. During the cooling thoro will
30 tho Same pl W and mutual Interchange Of heat,
light, electricity magnetism, and other impondera-
BE forcos that is now upon this earth. AS the
cooling proceeds tho action Of these forces will di
minish whom 977 degrees is reached, Light will
vibration Of heat leaves the material mass, it will
expand outward at tho rate Of 1872 600 miles per
second in all directions in tho form Of trn swift IT
absolute cold is reached (-4932 dogrees) the last
vibration Of heat will leave the mass Of matter and
will expand outward through all infnity OF space
IS supposing, however, tho ethereal fluid which
fills tic visible portion Of tho universe is limited in
extent SO that the last vibration Of heat will reach
its boundaries and cease, what then becomes OF
the force of tho universe and Of the doctrine Of the
CONSERVATION of force