, 1866-01-14

supply the eolas sJstetn arc generated BY com
bas.!ou. Tut II rrGulrcs About th1pc aud h.A
ticnas tnere actual weight Of ga.sols f,.l TO
kccp certain sized snsss Of g1Aeo1s ds11e In
a state Of combustion, than The weight 9!
tol!d sucl required 10 keep up - toass o, roiii
atr Of The s.ms a!le Ard Afaio, i. r.a3 be
a*,:"d. vhenee wnn;a come tbs supi,lyY In
addli!oc to Tho fuel 1sres&ny t., both the.e
theorses, supplJ of oxygen :gas would b
neccasArJ 10 snppoF. the combustion. In The
cAsasut,. lss.natlA a1ns, thls Is oataiaed
EpGa lie oetth's atno<rhrrr, and Is con.
sumed In pEodiEtuua qukall,!es. in d rceeu.
aecotsnt VI the DorlAls lroa furnaces, At
GwanstA, South Wales Il Is stated that i" op
An average SD ious Of orc, fuel aod umes!onc
are thsnwu Into e4eh furnace weckly. and
that TO enable these to act upcu each other,
oot leAa' than 3 so tons Of Atnospheric MI
arr driven In hy tho blast TIA. l. u,2ss than
thsre tlucs~s raucA' AIr, by weight, - OF
spltd tnstsftala.''
13rnt il produced In Tbs ca4e Of 4 common
rol fire aoncwhat ~ follows: Tho oxyvru
gss, which fvfma ons-ffth Of the eAs1.t
Atmosphere, ooolalnk - laren 4mpuut 'af
latent caIor3c- A. this sxs ehem!ea!ly CON.
hats With particles Of carbon, II becomes
csYhonie acid gzs. In ills form II cannot hold
In latent state - mach caIoric hyt..4N
cssrt,et, a oefort Therefore this 7,a:n deg.
Of ea1assc, sxlns sci Esoe durfng The proeeas
oE eosNbuts4ou, bec1nes Stnslh1r bca1. and
ftf.E then In connection With thu f.cl OF
Slish The Tire h composed. IL satueaA,s II
7t&h Eush Quantities Ct he1t ~ 10 re1,drr 1t
tncncdcseent- It Is upun this PRINCIPLE thA.
the above ealculal}en. arc aascd, respecting
The combustion soi.,g On iu the suu. as thts..
theories supPo<a: for unlees such combustion
wcte produced by different Nnds at ts1et conf
Ing Ia Contact, and combining a theI come To-
Iealler, it could not he lasting sna II the fuel
ofwh]eh the sua l1 composed c1ls:ed together
IN pfrI<9 psorcstkW sor combustion, instead
Of stavtng to come IN contact Ia timely order
during combustion. u would all explode 1t
cnee like barrel Of yunpo~ der. OF . mas. Of
Ecp. cotton. To lccp such ats, ~ tie sun Is
suplo'.d to he. continually burning, rorld
require shower o. planetA 10 fan tnio It Al
Thick ana fasa a. hashtoues Nh IN The Garth
during hall stoEtn. md L gsobe Of nts.os-
rhtre that would fin the orbit Of Neptune,
u'e tlsmrtr al which Il 5,slo. OK, ,nD miles.
would not last lonsts than yrar. Again, "
II wrrr tsre that Light and Aea. EssIe iron the
funfn e~-rJ dEtetion,k Il evident that the
few struggling planets In thv sol.,@yst17n eoaIc
intercept scarcely the hunlxrl mill an.h Of ltS
rays. auo tGAt the rest would p4s4 oI. lntu
erset. Tha involves e pruatssslts4 cn:ssrly
nj variance ulih the wise economy VI nature-
We Apu~ that the quantities Of light md
heat that each p,snet would receive you'd
decr-aa. Aeeerdlas to the square Of the DIS
lance e4ch &C: wcn1d be fspM the sua- Mcr
tur5 would receive about acsen lines .norr
than thr Earth. AL iis waters would bt dis.
etiatsd, all vegetable and anluaal Lilo tlsa.foy-
cd. aaa It would nove IN it, orbll, Aie1e.s
VOID. The temperature Of Mars would bc
aeuut The Sane - ttat ol o,u polar gesions !;
~hi.e the et,:1 in Jupiter or Saturn would le
20 snsuife1ae.J grrat that We can farm no
idea cl i.s severity; aaI on them no knn~n
kind Of arl1nsl vegetable. or fu1d, could
c1i.t- -
1stiothcf theory. called the unA Arlsto.y
theory, aur;pscs l}sh. md heat 10 BE- only II
fec:s, the shme Al sound and As sound re-
quircs msteFlal roedIura through which 10
tIauEIntt ltA H2rrA or unlnlattons. s4s TIC un.
dnlstka,s which produce tic effects Of lieht
and heat require \ $lr.ilat IroiIuu to trsns-
nit item. 1t ts thtreloss ssgued test snse~,
betNceu the atnnsphera Of Hastds, l. tlled
With material eahsrs~i ms<'un. Bnt spAcr
oaeTs no oppositson to the raHh's nso,!cn ei
es,uu niles IN Gouf In lis orbit; whereas. II
II were flied with e1haF, horeves aiteauated
such lcsttef may Ia, II must oppose aa4 re.
tAsd Lh,s motion. Again, c'an,ets, when TO
eetins from The suu. always travel With tbeis
tails IN frprt Of thclr nrclenses, Without sny
change being teodueed ia the form of theIs
tails cs IN their position, whereas II apAee
wert occupied By matter, however Attrura.
tel, IL taass eject the vcry n;us4s matter ol
which the eHasotaltIss Of ihe tails of couet4
ksv composed,
! In The foregoing remarks We siaap!y repru
duce The a1Sumtnn and siIinsts asL,na - 49,
Harrington, n8iih.-.-snunf 70 e1pre*s ~
I sT7-,-.s .N u 7A11a.~: FROM come OF
tI-S,,s.,,S .:.Ns ~ ~ 'u'oa We snoala
49, s s'.,, e',.a saa aM se@ssasnf does Dol
- ',, LII p"'osopN'e@t. ~ nat taefe eaa
~. vi s,.asosIS s'" =, ~ soaolt5 aao eaaso'.
49, ~ -. seH upon 3a'eo .oe ~taess
'e"Aase !" Or acaate
WY e'.Me ~ vs. ouees ~ iFotn Hnpses4 VI
~ Nv "" ,N1 t.sA1on ena ne! oonia1n at iess9
'-A ~, y. l''.pe ~. @ns aieeo' e,.ss. "noeref
.. =" e4'@Eoa o. the
n. .,,..s.,.,a uea NII..c "M uno II
-. - ~ 49, - ~ 'ur re"-a..ut1oo 81 tas
I IAuFStsy ~ ASuNH%Q1 1SuU2l4 IN inc lAts