Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-06-05

face, there is q layer Of red-hOt hydrogen,
called the chromosphere, rising here and
there into those prOtuberances we spoke
of, and occasionally bursting out In jets
of flame tens of thousands Of miles high.
Below this we have the photosphere, q
region containing metallic vapOrs, along,
probably, with numerous deposited cloud.
particles of these vapors, which form, as
il were, small centers of radiation. To
supply the waste Of heat caused by this
radiation, the surface of the photosphere
Is kept In constant agitation by convcc-
tion-currents, the cooled portions sinking
down and warmer matter being heaved
up. It is believed that these upheavals
cause the facul@, and that the spots are
produced by down.rush of comparative-
ly cold matter from the cbromosphere
into holows of the photosphere.
I There Is far grander problem to be
solved. How are we to account scientifi-
cally for the origin, the formation of the
sun, and its planetary attendants? What
explanation may be given on these points
would apply to all the suns in the uni
verse. Theologically, the world was
made out of nothing, which Is quite true;
the word nothing, by an allowable inter
pretation, signifying nothing solid or
tangible. The elements Of creation are
understood to have been masses of CASE
Gus matter scattered like luminous, filmy
clouds in the realms OF space, which
modern science designates as nebulB, from
RebtLd, the Latin for cloud. Some
writer's have fancifully spoken of the
nebule as star dust, as being the rudi-
mentary material from which stars have
been formed. From this nebulous or
dustlike condition the particles are sup
posed to be aggregated through a con
currence of forces, and by series of pro-
gressive developments the primordial
chaos is concentrated into a solid sphere.
In other words, the whole of material
nature-land, water, rocks, metals, vege-
tables, animal substances, and even the
air we breathe-may be said to consist of
the nebulous gases in different combina-
tions and degrees of condensation, and
into the same primary condition they
may be chemically resolved. What was
the extent of the nebul@ at the beginning
of created existence no one can tell.
| They may have filled the whole universe.
All we know is that they still abundantly
exist. Sir John Herschel made a cata-
logue of upward of 5000 discoverable by
the telescope.
We cannot in this little sketch describe
the progressive stages which this last.
named astronomer assigns to the nebular
aggregation, as seen in the heavens. La.
| Place, in his great work, the Mecanique
| Celeste" traces the condensation to the
force OF gravity. According TO his view
mass of nebulous matter formed the
nucleus of the sun, which, being endued
with rotating motion, threw off masses
in the shape of rings; then these rings
breaking and contracting in length
formed planets at variable distances
Saturn's rings are supposed to furnish al
example of what all planets originally
were. The sun therefore stands in tht
relation of parent to the planetary bodie
which, in obedience to wellknown laws
circulate about him. Commonly, W,
: speak of eight planets, of which the eartl
is one; but there are not fewer than
hundred and thirty-four TO which name
have been given, besides an incalculabl
number too small to be visible, but som
of which, coming within the earth's al
traction, fall as meteOrs. To all these W
: may add the sub-planets, which are hell
: to have been thrown off from their prims
ries as these were from the sun. At al
> events, it is as near gertrude as possibl
j that the earth we inhabit is a morsel c
I the sun fashioned from glowing material
? into that world which is so we'll adapte
3 to vegetable and animal life. In its il
: ternal heat and volcanoes it still bear
) traces of its condition when it parte
e company with the sun. Clothed in a
t its beauty it might be pardonable to d.
Y fine it as only a cooling cinder fror
E which the heat of its solar parentage ha
: not altogether departed.
+ One thing specially remains to complet
J. the wondrous story of inanimate creation
o We refer to the heat residing in the SUI
J. How was it produced? This heat, i
which our globe participates, had i
origin in force. Particles of matter rusl
!, HSjRtaIyfatf8t 6PlastaRen enr8666nGae sd efgi bHa
J. scale gave the sun that amount of hei
q which is still conserved for the benefit
;. the dependent planetary bodies. In wha
v ever way heat is produced, it is ultimatel
s to the sun that it is due. Every bit
4 coal was once a vegetable substance grow
by the suns heat, and this store of he;
a we disengage by fire to give US warmt
q as we'll as to move machinery. The hei
4 from an ordinary fire, therefore, is direc
:. ly traceable to those tremendous forct
v which brought together the materials
. the sun. But will not the conserved he;
: of this grand luminary be in process
4 time expended? Whether the suns hei
f will ever die out is point shrCude
B from finite intelligence. As yet there
a no appearance of decay in the suns b
!. neficent energy, and we may be perfect
a at our ease on the subject" W. c." I
:. | Hearth and HO12e