The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-03-19

A scientisvs somersauIts.
DR.. T. D. verano, ono Of the most
distinguished astronomers Of the day is
about to publish book, which as COM
pletely upsets the astronomical system
now INDUCED in as Copernicus and Gal
lileo upset the system prevailing. The
system of Newton, the deduction Of KEEP
Ter, and the opinions of all the great
lights of our present system, are utterly
contradicted. It is understood that
these new doctrines are not the opinions
of one man, but are the opinions of q
school, and this book is its first shot
against existing institutions and we may
look for lively battle among scientific
men. The author sets forth some Of his
conclusions illowr
ContrlH q S-fsaohings of the sys-
ts:n4 OF Corporations, she .oaiy onethat now
gives law TO astronomy, the sun is now
placed In the scntre of the, planetary
system, and the earth and the planets do
not revolve annually around that lumin-
ary.
Contrary to the belief in the system of
Ptolemy, the earth is not situated in the
centre OF the universe, and the sun and
the planets do not accomplish their an
tnual revolving around it.
Contrary to the system of Tycho Bra.
che, the earth is not motionless in the
centre of the planetary system, and the
sun does not revolve annually around our
globe, carrying with it, in Its revolution,
| all the planets that circulate around it.
Contrary to the doctrine of the astron-
| omers of our days, the orbit of the earth
and the orbits of the planets are circles
and not ellipses--Kepler having mistak-
en- illusions for realities in ascribing to
the eIlipse power in space which it does
| not and cannot possess.
Contrary to their doctrine, the moon
does not revoiye around the earth while
the latter is said, to reyolve around the
sun.
Contrary to their doctrine, the earth,
the moon and the planets pursue their
course continually in the plane of the
elliptic, and never go out of it.
Contrary to their doctrine, the dimin.
ution of the obliquity Of the elliptic is
chimerical idea. s4a
Contrary to their doctrine, the process
sion of the equinoxes, upon which the
most important works of modern astrono.
my are based, is something that does not
exist
Contrary to their doctrine, the equi.
noctial points and solstices always pre-
serve their same positions
Contrary to their doctrine, the terres-
trial meridian varies annually, and the
latitudes.en starting point Of icpgitndes
Change from year to year.
Contrary to their doctrine, our civil
year is not of constant equal duration, as
their almanacs represent it. There is
never year of duration equal to the one
tt at preceded or follows it.
Contrary to their doctrine, the Grego-
rian rectifcation was founded upon no
astronomical basis. Instead of prevent
ing it has augmented confusion at q
future day Easter will come round again
in the middle Of spring, although the
almanacs will call it winter, if they per-
sist in keeping the 21st day of March as
the date of the spring equinox.
Contrary to their doctrine, the climates
of the earth are not nearly invariable,
but are subject to extreme vicissitudes.
Contrary to their doctrine, the stars
have general movement that carries
them from West to East.
Contrary to their doctrine, the dimen-
sions, distances and movements of the
planetary bodies, as set forth in their
computations and tables, possess no real.
itv whatever; for they have been deter
mined without taking into account one Of
the most indispensable conditions.
Contrary to their doctrine, no comet
ever precipitates into any sun whatever
in the realms of space, or can in any
event come into collision with the earth.
Contrary to their doctrine, Kepler's
laws are but pure illusions It is only
necessary to study them experimentally
in order to recognize the fact that they
have not the least connection with the
fundamental law of celestial mechanism.
Contrary to their doctrine, Newton's
| theory of gravltation offers neither evi-
dence nor probability. It is fantastic
commentary, built upon the. chimerical
ideas of Kepler, radically foreign to all
mathematical truth aud even transgress-
ing the limits of common sense. New
ton stepped beyond the sphere Of the
difficulty only to enter into impossibih-
ties.
After speaking Of the intimate and in,
separable connections existing between
astronomy and geology, he says:
The astronomy Of the time we live in
has to undergo the fate of all human
alterations. It clings tenaciously to
what is not, yet does net see what is.
One of the, most, remarkable arrange
ments that responds to one of the most
| important astronomical necessities Of the
planet We iuhabit it ,overlooks entirely.
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