The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-22
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T!EESUS'S FAMILY OF PLAN.
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THE SUNS FAMILY OF PLAN.
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Prof. Richard 4. Proctor liz one
! Of his lectures on "Astronomy."
| gives description Of Jupiter, Sat
urn, and Mars. Mars. he sail was
situated under more favorable con-
dilions than Venus or Mercury
Notes Of tie rotation Of the plan
. ct were taken in 1866, and it was
! then iound by the French astroE.
. omcrs, by whom they were made,
that there we're on it two spots,
one cf which it was thought grew
gradually small. Time went on,
aud it began to be noticed that the
spots remained unchanged, and
that they belonged to the surface
Of the planet. A comparison was
made between the planet and our
earth, and next came the question,
; how far we could regard the white
spots as SHOWS. Then came the
wonderful disclosures Of the spec
troscope, and it was discovered by
DR.. Higgins, Of England, and that
there was q vapor Of water in
Mars. These white spots were
recognized as polar SHOWS. The
white matter indicated the pres
cnce of clouds; then we knew
there must be mountains, irregu-
laritics Of surface, rain falls, air
and water currents, wind, storm,
and rain, and everything cores
ponding with what we find on our
earth. This was the Brewsterian
notion, and correspondent with
our ideas as formed from what we
observe on this globe.
The surface OF Mars was between
third and fourth part OF the
earth, and the volume about a
seventh part, so that an enormous
number of living creatures might
exist there. The gravity was in
the ratio Of six to sixteen ; in 9TH
er words, a pound weight on the
earth would weigh sixteen pounds
on Mars. If we lived there we
should feel more active, much
stronger and much lighter ; in fact,
all our powers would be increased.
All the objects about US would be
much lighter, and we should be
able to manipulate them much bet
ter than here. Mars was small.
er body than The earth, and the
moon was smaller body than
Mars. If the gravity Of our earth
were reduced to that Of Mars, the
air would be Immediately released
and its density would be immedi-
ately released, and its destiny
would be little more than two
fifths Of what it was present.
The appearance presented by the
planet indicated the existence Of
an immense amount Of cold in it.
He thought it was shown as clear
ly as possible that Mars was IN
tended for the forms Of life that
we know of. 1t should be remem-
bered that We recognized on our
earth conditions under which life
ceased. Minute animalcul2 a.
bounded, and these creatures
were carried up by air currents.
VIC also knew that life had passed
away after certain height was
reached. Coxwell and Gaisher
went up in a balloon 10 an immense
height and when they had reached
seven miles, Glaishcr whose pulse
had risen 10 100, tainted. Coxwell
went two miles higher, and then
! be found be was losing strength
and was unable to draw the valve,
his only alternative being - pull
the strings with his teeth. Then
they descended, and their strength
returned.
The curious part of that story
was that hepulse ofeither ofthem
should have been at seventy-four or
seventy-six before they assembled.
We all knew that people lived at
. great altitude. The inhabitants
Of Quito we're 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, and yet We heald
that they danced the whole night
through. That fact was enough
to show that they enjoyed good
health.
The lecturer then proceeded to
deal with the giant planet Jupiter
-"thc Prince Of the Solar System"
AS he termed it and observed
that in connection with it, as with
Mars, a vcritication was afforded
Of the truth Of Goethe's remark,
that sin her monstrosites nature
reveals her secrets" Jupiter, he
said was instinct with its inherent
fires. Ordinarily i. had q light
green colored zone, like Saturn,
But sometimes it presented ruddy
light. The light which it receiT-
cd from it's satellites was only q
sixteenth part Of what we get from
q full moon. With regard to the
theory that the planets are inbab-
tied it seemed to him that an in
termediate theory, was the more
likely. and that was that only q