, 1869-09-06

self-suttainlng, rnlcas stopped hy some exterior
agency. On this earth tho atomic motions arc
cc1se1ess and outaide Of the earths cre.poWe1ius
gravity foy Substances near it, surface, and tho
friction Incident thereto, tho uatnn ol u1a9az1al
massea M equally enduring. II Is not supposed
that new c1eatlTe Impulses A1n continually 70.
qulred to Keep the planets In molten OF thels own
sxcs ana around tho s1n, Ind vo sec no reason
to think II necessary thai continually acting
CAUSE must c1ist to tccp up tue solar vibrations,
when science teaches us thAt frat q condition
abno11nM TO crcn inorgnnlc matter, fron the
Ininnsess Atotn thai doAts IN tho sunbeam, to the
bright star whose ,angnitudo IL four hundred
tines greater thaR that Of on sun-
hut, Al already hlnsed, there T. exterior causo
enough for all this exhibition Of sol1s forps--.
eauEcs commensusate With the erteut Of tho sI9-
tens. and coexsieot with It In point Of duration.
The pcrsodic.3 Of tue solar 1poss has AreadJ been
found 10 to commensurate with the periods Of
Jupiter and Saturn The shifting position OF tho
moon IN cauatnE tho dow Of tho tides furnishes q
with faint Idea Of The fluctuations which vii. be
| produced by tho artlon u grzv'ta.iou alone on
thc eolar surface. Int there the raaseriat acted
| on IS lefs dense than watcr and the Attractions
/ are hot one, bnf many. Each Individual planet
produces ita own tide wave, with i,s cer-
responding deprcsslons, and tho endless rartatisaa
In the equation Of these shifting iorce8-aii sepa-
| rate, set ai1 combfned-cannot do ofherwsc than
produce rapid and ceaseless changes Of place from
which arc evolved the lightning putsatlons which
| sirtfy cur world. II matters not whether NO rc-
gard thcsc eballItions Of disturbance Al merely
/ mechanical, or whether We Remember that no
movement can oecnr without tho phenomena Of
electric c4cltation: tho result Il the same. Tho
planetary bodies, AZ tho1 roll onNAyn tn their
courser arc RyC.f, ns veil O. sccciretE uf force:
and though The United maascs of tho primary
/ p!AneA would bo to that Of the snn onlJ ~ l 10
747, Jct Nhen VIC take into tho account tne H.
nurncfntlo p1auei0ldf. and comets, md lcts OF
1c.e ortc 1uatteE which also reyoIYe around tho
snr ~ centre, reor'Ing the tnter.glauetaty
sPncc' thick With tnatsEIRl forms. It becomes
moro than ro&slb'u tht tho TnnRs at tho centre ol
TIM xyhte1u msJ ho hut li,tn tlose thAn the cquv.
nirpt OF tho tuaaaea which c!rcn aroHhd It. What.
ntrr EIlay 1n Tho conditions Of .hls grnntiy H.
! yulutcd cuuIo,He, that0 Chn ts nD doubt thAt Ia
tllla, N In efrr5 uthcf caar, tho atlus ann Fcao
| i!ohA aFo t+}ha Abli TINT IN nc.lhR upon all the
Other tcf,ttrs ot bin family, tho 'nr, hlfnAe' 10
cofnrs Tho snplcct of an exactly rlub1 reaction.
Viewed In thla rcfa.1oH TIM xun bocomcs nlors
interesting nh}rct for rtndY titan t,rfoFn-azsuct
| narl with IN III n grant umpasM,ln rha,a 0. In
arr cAnnat!on. ~ a'ihtioh to Tim partial icnt.5 o
composls!on already rnyralcsl thr.uRh tho spoc
sroscUpr Hut uur itiran Ut regularly a'au rah!ah
We aen. now, tho ncatly roEt,o1. tho taasttnt
light, anil tin wrIt1rrnc'l nr. Rsn3ly because y,
afr t,ut near raouHh to appreciate thn changes O
otl'ili'n Which hr1 .nrolrrd IN fhs pFDtFlAt0a q
tnashts tlany slsousnnds of nrr high, nal thci
rapid fnntiti0tl trom una part Ut the spllcrlcJ Il
, another, will, tho nervous mutation Of tho whol
maaa "a 1ts ccnirn or Gr4HtiJ Ii ahlitei by .lcs
! nntnl&tnnh aAi tho ccntro Of tho kYzscm xNnyc
hlthcE and th!ihet bs u'n planetary perturbation.
Instead o! d globe, tho aun bccomcs slinps
nnAa. With huge lncgllas1tics ID Its outline, Will
the general arrangement OF those Irregularities
nanllc A. shu Wind, nnl variable ~ The InlcIle
1 scopEc y!cw.
} II Is moro than probable TINT This nuIdity c
| constitution vlklatca the following deduction, naal
/ | by kpcctroacoplc Observer:
An element burnca ~ solid Ton the eartt
!, gives no lInea ii the spectrum; Il burned -
Eha It giscs bright iines Ia tho spectrum; II t.
r KBs be burned between tho spectrum md tE
j burning hnlt1, tho t,nch hecome ilaTk; tlcroior
J. "thc dark iIncs in tho solar spectrum psore thl
the Aatue clements tea tfun, sodium, &c J o1tst 1
= burning ao'tss in tho suns tosiy. mud NJ lncal
Q dcaccnt Eaaes in slI1 ettnorphcsc'
i, Is!s exceedingly rsohlcrnatlca! Ut tho beat, m
Il uAiN NC Gun succeed In cotnpns1nH these cansi
:. | Hons, Without involving tho chcmca, cnangs
d produced ~ combustion On tho cafths sursac
!. nc ah1l not pc attic TO kAy, with certainty, moi
than that tho presence ot certain lincs In tho so1
' spectrum indicates tho presence Of ccrtala 81
c snents Ii the sun II a Enseous conatslon.
Q WhI1o tho snpcsnhundancu ot Oxygen
. tho earth anil her atmosphere IL tho psinctIs
cauro O! chcHlicn! chaugcA In Thu constitution
u pro1tmhte c'rmeats hnd the compounds bosh Q
U Ennic and !uutgnnlc notwithstanding tho fact IT,
10 nitrogen Ia regarded ~ tho etemcnt least npt
rema4u In con,bluaslon, Its no4cnco from tho ,
lar composition ndtallH tho possibility Of atom
motion without those chcmcM eamhinatio1
N which arc niso 1cutrrca impossible ~ temre'
:. &uEc Iu Elich tho lcaat volatile metals become
n caniesctut gascs. The abaeuco Of 10th o1Eg
II mi! hydrogen, from tho noou, wou1d seem alao
~ he tho principal condition. OF rugged. unvaf
In ing surface, without moisture or atmosphere al
N probably nlso dcslt7ie Of crery trace Of orga1
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