The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-11-06

masses became still farther cooled It would past
through succession Of changes similar to those Of
the first solar snebula, rnge of matter would be
rings II they broke up into separate masses. would
ultimately form satellites revolving aeont their prd'
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We shall now proceed to question some Of the
sciences in order present 70 the reader their com.
bined testimony In favor Of this Nebular Hypothesis,
as reasonable and philosophical Cosmogeny or
world -genealogy. t -t -sfx.f6elL
And first. let us inquire Of Geology: She answers
the oblate spheroda form Of the earth is the exact
form that liquid sphere Of the size and weight Of the
earth revolving its axis once in twentyour hours
would assume. The gradual increase Of temperature
leave the surface and proceed toward the GEN.
ter as well as the phenomena Of VOLCANOES and earth
quakes demonstrate the uidty OF the igneous mass.
The gradual cooling down Of this fiery sphere, by
radiation into space would result in the formation
Of crust Of granite. other igneous rock, on the
surface and the cooling progressed the gases.
which are the constituents Of water. and which are
kept assunder by intense heat would naturally COM
bine thus forming the water Of our globe.
What is the testimony of Astronomy
LIST. All the planets, now one hundred and tweu-
ty nine in number, have common orbital motion,
from west to east around the center, indicating
at that they all belong to system regulated
by . common law. These paths Of the heavenly
bodies have the same mathematical properties, and
they lie in nearly the absolute plane-that Of
the suns equator showing their movements to have
been generated under common circumstance-in
every respect answering precisely to tho require
ments Of the Nebular theory
I'd. The sun rotates upon m axis in the same di-
rection that in which the planets revolve around
him.
Sd. With the exception Of Uranus and Neptune,
all the major planets rotate their in the
direction that in which they move around the
sun, and it is the supposition Of good astronomers
that the systems of Uranus and Neptune have. by
some mighty convulsion. been overturned bodily;
if So their motion though to us apparently reversed
is nevertheless just the same in reference to the
as the other planets.
4th. The planets. on the whole. increase in dens-
y they found near the sun. and they all have
he same form, that of the spheroid.
5th. They have the same physiographic features.
The surface Of the moon is well known. is divers
i6ed by mountain. valley and plain-a large number
Of its mountain-summits have the appearance Of
tinct volcanoes-while Mars shows distribution Of
land and water similar to earth. Mercury pre-.
sents the varied scenery of valley and mountain.
some Of the latter thought to be over eleven miles
high. Venus. Jupiter. and Saturn all have similar
| surface appearance. All this agrees with and con.
firms the hypothesis in question.
But it is to Chemistry. and chemical analysis by
means of the spectroscope. that We are chiefly in.
debted for confirmation of the nebular hypothesis Of
the world formation. This little instrument, as its
name signifies, takes the spectrum of light - it
passes through the prism and submits it to rigid
The solar spectrum reveals this startling con6rma-
tion the 4" is a liquid nucleus cith an envelope Of
glowing Clouds" but this marvellous inquisitor tells
| US what are the suns chemical constituents. They
are sodium, hydrogen, iron. magnesium, barium.
"copper" zinc. calcium. chromium. nickel cobalt.
strontum. cadmium and potassium. So much for
the sum- What Of the stars9 Secchi has examined
the speotra of six hundred stars, and these
the results hydrogen. iron. magnesium. calcium.
mercury, antimony. tellurium, sodium. bismuth.
thalum. are found to be the constituents of Aide.
baran one of the Axed stars. By actual assay. spec.
troscepcally the whole family from the sun to the
unresolved nebula and the comets, whose times are
indeterminable found to consist of the same, or
nearly the same chemical elements combined under
the same general laws this globe Of ours Surely
greater triumph of human genius hardly be i'm
Of which our own globe is composed in bodies sit
uated at almost nconceivsble distances from 10 All
these disclosures show the matter and method of for
nation of all the heavenly bodies to be the same.
Their testimony to the correctness Of the Nebular
Hypothesis is simply astonishing. It is not wild
conjecture to expect this theory win yet be demon.
straed by actual observaton that our future phys.
icists and astronomers, with their vastly improved
means of observation, may watch the giant process
Of the formation Of new worlds with the same ease
with which the chemist in his laboratory. waschee
the building of the beautiful crystal
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QUEER RuLlNos:-Barnum should secure Sudee
McKean of Utah. He has all sorts Of curiosties and
monstrosities but to the legal profession Mexican
is the greatest curiosity Of ALL The fellow must BE-
crazy He invariably takes the wrong way IN every
thing At the recent term Of his court In Salt Lake
CITY he sustained challenge to the panel q grand
Jurors summoned by the Territorial Marshal and
discharged them on the ground that they were not
legally summoned, aud any indictments found by
them would be worthless; and yet at the same time
holds that the petit jury, summoned BY tie same
oncar IL legal jury, and retained the tt1al jurors
for the trial Of such ct issue We don't
see how he can reconcile his rulings bat then Nc.
Kean has peculiar way Of doing things that b not
common to the Judiciary generally.
DISCHARGED Hawkins, who wss convicted IN the