, 1872-12-08
VAN NQSTRAND'S,


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VAN NOS AANgs.
at time Wnen our Gte9I c17lnzat1on Hesaas TO
breed great calam!1!es, nke Inc ho5se-olsaase
and the Cnacago ana 6os.on nres, anu . ieennS y
o. our 1 nneteenth-cantu1y priae, which begins to
REMEMBER WIN 1ear tne Pague5 Oh ene t.Gaae Ts;a
ages, Is not reassnf1ng 70 lea1 Japan 11Ilcs-
sons article, IN paA AoSsTo'1aS 1csecEtc o't9@-
neera1ag Mdgoz'ne, on
baat Tee or opbst;on aoiv lately
reauscitatedby F. VieaFe, merits no consider "a
ton the theory that the heat Is caused oy the
constant ralnlng npon the s91ar r. sur1aee o. tt-
ions OF meteors Is nspro!oa y careIu1 mFe5sl- e.
gatlon; II only femans m 20 sngw t}'s era; enit
cleB OF the Sun toward 1ta centre; T. 9. contfac-
ton caused By. the attraction OF g1aT1tation;
This mechanical energy generates tae neat tnat
warns the universe: PopnIar gratlhcstlon Win m
tbs lucid o. ne cause 81 heat ta T
process is, by it's very nature an exhaustive one'
and that We must some ne DAY stand st1i i N TO-
zen heaven. 1"o hl1non year5 ESQ :ne sun was
one-tenth larger than nov, ana me mgness tsn. u.
perature as me troplcs "as o. Geeiees ls.eaa ~ "
~ as now In1s III aan-d t ~ naat
which geology 1eveals II lts record oi Pass agea'
Iwo mlons years nence' IT., rne SUI W. }h ng 9he-
TENN sa4or inaa u1m sj ahG .r; nanfr7pst;n1,
SIS OF Lapace mus s.rlhlns n4 col11 1son Ga.aon
IN these calculatlons, G.icn tapea
en1orees VIII Luz uoss e.a9Viato 4hst +a aon5aras
ae1mpolot, LOO, nas P1ofeo !nat sne ronoensa 1:a1
non OF the suns sotume, ~ nccotaanse VIZ
thls theory, Wou1o aefeloP euou5n uec1autea
energy TO make soou w eolas 80 ~
people neeu ta1e ~ - u 10 10
Thought that ne !ast partlcie VIII no' unu t. 10
restins-place about the solar centre, ana the
last spark OF heat vii not De sot nre, anai Two
millions OF years have elapsed. These ruthlesB
diagrams and figures OF the Gaptaln's snow tha5
the sun is shrinking Day by Gay at no Less fapld
rate than lilo o0oth part every l,864 years,
which causes I'LL o. 1ne sur1ace q t9o SUI ol
10 feet month. Worse Jet, this solar
mechanism gets out of order, the
oondensation seems liable sometimes to
W 7o Tot lnov It what moment our heavenly
+no ~ 49, oosaa ~ wnrl History informa "a
tulnace .aa{ esase ~ ~ tss +oFr,sa3 ~ rsi;;a+a
t4At Hio!e tuan onIo ~ naS totuso ~ 4au1a1; Il
He1schel states IN n1s .Ou1uues OF As1ronoH1y,
that, 4" in the annals IT the year 4 ": 596, the
of 1ir11t which continued fourteen months.
From October. 4. D. 626. to the Following June.
a 1afa1catinn ~ 1iebt tn tba ertant n nne-ha1f
is recorded; and N 4 d. l547, during three
days, the gun lB SAID TO nave been so darkened
that stars were seen in the daytime" Again,
mination and recurrence Of which puzzles the
geologlst, point to per1odlcal oeraneemen1 OF Inc
&C solat mechanism ls11 ~ pasI a9ea.
shakspeare teus us 70 swear not y sno
moon, the lnconstant moon: tie evidently
!neaut I1at "e stlo91u 6"od1, e"eat We Au7''
by the - ceaaeless sun. but captain Er1cs5on
takes 1rom us even tnAt You've centre.
RAILROAD dAutEs'
Ihe construction OF cheap INES OF narrow,
gauge railways mas become E q matter OF general
publle interest; Inc patsle OF tne danees r.
4ewed g1Ves me Po!nss OF reeens "orA 81 q a.
faarnes Oh LUIS nup1oG. ala po4h -, tne r. r.
oMaE sast oas - a;la ~ atr
neesate n1es;an '1e"'ls - ool'el'iaA ian"as ol'-
.ueaion 0fher a,+;c1aa ara oa fo,1ors.
olne' ~ at1ciee a.o d. 1ouo"s:
@ dne nong hp q n1ps @ HlsS1a.ea1; AacenG al19ng
Raa Granance ~ acics1 Eqer2ant IA, ~
1nsulated Roon: EIneriment viii DVna,n;ta. Thn t
Force Of the Rudder, by Henry Rsnsford, ESQ: Water
Contamination and Speculative Chemistry; Land
Spans and Arches; Compressed Air Engines; Origin
and Growth Of Komanesque Architecture, by Edward
4: f. Freeman; n Notes On Sewage; On the Economy
ne%n u NO. onSn ConsncuGn, c2asIEnc!v9 e a
rott Fsg 5e ~ zHreroant 81 s5ins safe
~ Valves and steam in Notion by ! S1cFarlane
Suspended Railways; Bridge Cylinders; Lead Miness
and Works in Ge1nany; The Mnshtnsry Of Ships Of
Var; Large Roof Coverings; Roads or Railways !;
nalfoaa bIaKes; Eas1 A1rlean EallWay E3PloTatlon
= TILE xrtin;1 tu PS o'04it "np' ~ ILL.,
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