New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-09


Prom Iunns eclipse Of Dec u, ISL
pass on o another object, the solar corona when
ve' ns indher n,r 81 ., a hosr npcnons expe
mens by Pof. Morton To illustrate these various phe
nomsna We shall have the natural progress OF solar
eclipse. Tie moons dark body viii pass over the sun
disk. In Anerca the IS allowed to savel faster
which umaly takes atont three hours VII VII
here taxi bnt minute. !Li9yh haad a aO1
Will notice the formation OF BailcVs Deaus, ana
that the bright edge OF ligbt Is broken
up Then instantly Dursts our ths eorot , t what
seen dufng total eclipse OF me oui' now WuaI 10
that coronai You viii first thak that you have shn
I'M of the SIMS light through atmosphere. When
was found 1at the prominence OF hydrogen never eA
that there c,unpt he solar atmosphere extending w
the hight othS The pressure at the base "ou
he cuornomlv great An time went on It was thlt
II must be solar appendagc. 10 the hfst place. we
will have a picture taken b. noted French astronomer
II very emarka0le ssht 20 m"9n so sn,, M @
moved IHthc eclipse OF lsgs Ll7 question Z" ne Coona
naturally INTO great prominence NO" !. was 70 "
dealt with The point that pictures -srir re rcn
very carefully indeed In 1862 picture was tahem
Of IT BY Mr. Gilman of Nowfork, which showed new
Cpt,rtnGG-an appearance Of radiation as II IL WaS
combed out You viii notice al these slreans heauns
ont Here picture of the same on Iarger ,cale. IN
This "a i'll invite YOU notice the number or minute
bright specis Mr.. Gilman gays they were there s as.
tnct entities 1t has been noticed t9at thsSe pr,sno
specks seem ~ be cOnsanLly iashing about 1ey seem
~ he nassfi o rncandscen exceedingly bright matter
Now we begin that the corona Is sOih 10 give IL
me that the onl, evidence force is 10 be found
in pictures II We can show tnat drS Tue
rorono il must be body belonging the sun. We VIII
have a picture showing TIC corona OF isc II ""s po
tovTapied IN Syracuse so the doubt began 10 DC re-
moved thai Il is really solar phenomenon. radilting III
this wonderful way. Upon the confirming eVlaenees
and features Preserved, not III picture suocGI ~
artistic force but from tie itself, Won begin 10
realize that there is continuous actlon outWalu it I'm
corona a million MILLS, from the sun, is repealed
by some central force. lh'y uo NJ ~ ,n tho
DE eons'a"t u" s, !" t H,@'' corona sas very much
unlike this. THIS picture SHOWS tns o"P Yn; pn tb,
fine of the ecIipse six photo graphs taken BY
combining these pictures instead 81 Iat rfliaoh
are various OF double curvature 40 We can IT,
ruis AIN show that from the OF the sun force Is
produced outward, and then there Is dra%lns jan
force eIerted aud there IS lione' ihIoM
ny ont So that there seems clear evidence that 1t
belongs and that II If acted upon oy pro
pulsiye force,
TIE EXHAUSTION of SOLAR HEAT.
Here then We have an enormous mass OF matter,
glowing with an enormous intensity OF heat surrounded
by these flames swept by storms OF nature We cannot
feel here surrounded by this glowing corona ana whlch
spreads again into another pheDomena the lodacai
light Everything shows that the sun is entirely
different from what we think Bonnd up and connected
with this matter all sides are Influences growing
and more tenuous ana extending even a. lar la
AS the orbit OF Mars and then 10 the end or the
solar system The seems Ia uS To be perfectly SUN.
When consider what We have learned ABOUT nn We
know that all the forms OF uprOar on TINS eaftn are
quake is surpassed million fold by the ustufDahces gu
every square mile OF that lnhamed sea TINS Is no dle
central heart, pulsates with life and will continue
10 do so until the fuel IA exhausted now
does the maintain this href why Is
there gradual loss Of enorgyi III the sun were =
Of coal of bulk nat coal IN the course Vi
years would entirely consumed, ana tue sun
would be a mere cinder. IL the SUI were mass ".
water which has quality Of speclnc neat
| In its combinations by winch II gives o w
| more heat than other matter. III tno
course Of 5000 years II would lose LOO degrees
Fahrenheit IN temperature. There are TWO tDeores Vi
tue manner in which tho suns heat Is kept up On. ~
by the downfall Of meteorc matter Inc ot,er 10
II ~ maintained by the gradual contraction Vi Its suo
stance the by which the rest VI lne sia
system formed. may say there II certainly une
in the far future when the suns heat will be enh aus,ea
There IA indeed one way IN which we may lmdgIho
that the perennial supply may be completed Our SUI
Is drawing along through space, carrying WIN nun ne
planets the comets &C. which circle around hin as ne
comes to fresh fields pastures new, where me sup
ply may be renewed. Whether this be so or not We 40
not know but there this process OF exhaustion winch
/ must one day come to end ana yet tneic
contrivance by which that squindcrne
OF winch have spoken may be prevented every year
OF that supply would he changed into 11,ooO OF Year,
and vet the waste Is continually gong sn 'erV No
1 have here problem which may well TAX all our
thoughts Let not dismiss II NJ once, rs we are APT
| " DO Let us rather say with the PoetLaureats;
| Lat tnoslnfge from 10 more,
| bai more % fsverrpoe drei
| That miDE and soul according veil,
| NAY mare o. before,
| But vaster. lApplAuse
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| Coroner Croker Yesterday began an inquest