The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-06
GheQntelligsnfe1:
Io,,cr From a West Virginia
A'''' scientist.
psr1YrowH, TAYLOR County. |
i"'' ", VA. Nov. 2j. I

E!IlOFs InteuigouEh
,,rononers assert, aud try 10 demon,
.,r,rs that the cause Of the Procession Of
,hs Eauinozes, and the diminution Of
the The obIiqnity Of tho eclip.ic, Ia produced
Sv ,bo attractions Of tho Sun, Moon, and
planet. on that portion Of the Earth
r%ich /, on the outer side Of IN imagin,
"." ,nberp. conceived 10 be described
sbout he Earth's axis. As the equator
iSI diameter Of the Earth Is twenty.Si1
miles greater than the polar diameter OF
aIis there il All excess Of matter at the
snnn,or thirteen miles thick, outside OIL
The imaginary sphere conceived to be
drawn. ,,,o
rs,n before Christ, was 23' 49,, il ia
nov 90 81, having diminished 25r in
600 years, and the Equinoxes having
receded 40 90 in that time. | propose
nov to demonstrate that the physical
force Of gravity, on the excess OF latter
Al the Equator, produces tho diminutiou
Of the ojIiquity Of the Ecliptic, but can
moi cause the Procession Of the Equi.
nlSe,, il the Ecliptic remains fixed and
nechangeablc in the heavens. will
dr,I commence with the effect OF the Sun
ppon the excess OF matter at tue Equa
Tor durin: ono revolution OF the Earth
around the Sun, commencing with The
Earth at the VernaI Equinox. The
Earth being at the Yernal Equinox the
radius vcctor drawn from the centre oil
the Sun to the center Of the Earth, will
b in the plane Of the Ecliptie and the
p!sne If tie Equator, but Immediately
leave the plane Of Tie Equator. Con.
ceiye Two lines dawn from the
cep,,e Of the San to the centre
0! gravity OF the excess OF matter at tue
Ells,or and l9O apart on the Equator,
conceive 4 line connecting the ends Of
lAe,O lines and il will pass through the
center Of the earth, and the three lines
will form an isoscrIcs triangle, and tho
radius vec,or will divide it into two
equal right lediriangles, one north Of
the ecliptic and the other south Of the
ecIiptic.
Suppose the force Of gravity to pass
llonE the hypothenuse Of these two
RICH, sngled triangle,, while at
tue YernaI Equinox, and the matter at
the enIa Of each the same, they will pre-
ci,eIy balance each other. As soon as
the earth leaves the Vernal Equinox, these
rish! sngicd trinngles cease to be right
anSlcd and become scalenc TRAN
gIes until they reach the Autumn
nal Equinox, at which point they are
fight angled again. As the earth moves
irom the Vernal Equinox to the summer
Sol.lice, the line south Of the Eclip,ic
gradually shortenS, while the line north
Of the EclipLic gradually lengthens, at
which point they reach their miAimum
and maximum lengths, and a plane con-
meeting tho two will cut the plane oil the
Equator at right anglca. From the sum
msr SO!stice TO the Autumnal Equinox,
The line south Of tho Ecliptic gradually
!sugtheu', and the line north Of the
Elliptic gradually shortens, and both
Irilugles become equal right angled try
angles at the Autumnal Equinox. The
angle Of each..trIaGSIe at the centre oil the
sun, while at the Equinoxes are equal to
each other; but they change con-
IinuALIy from the Vernal TO the
Au,umnal Equinox, and the angle
south Of tho Ecliptic Is all tho way from
the VOrnsl Equinox to the Autumnal
Equinox larger than the angle north OF
the Eclipsic. As the line south Of the
Elliptic ia shorter than the line north OF
The Ecliptic, the force Of gravity on the
excess 0! matter at the Equator and
,outh Of tho Ecliptic will DO greater than
iiis on that north Of Mo Ecliptic, and
vii draw tue Equator nearer the Eclip.
tic. There Is another advantage that
gravity has on the line south Of the
Elliptic. That Is, the angle at the suns
centre being greater south Of the Ecliptic
than II Is north Of the Euliptic, gives
u greater leverage power, which draws
The plane Of the Equator nearer the
plane oil tho EclipIic. From the
Autumnal Equinox to the Vernal Equi-
nOx, the ttiangles and force Of gravity |
are reverted and the greater force Is
Nor'h o. the Eclip,ic, which causes the |
pane o. the Equator to draw nearer the
pane oil Tho Eclip,ic, which causes the |
ammunition OF the obliquity Of the Eclip.
Ih' Ihe diulnutiOn OF the oLliouity Of |
!as EcIIpilc will DO less every year than |
IaS preceding year, because the angles
Aie continually diminishing a. the Suns |
%a'ef, which gives the force Of gravity |
~, y. leverage power. In process Of time
,sI' SIninution will bring the plane Of
~, ~ Equator to coincide with the plane Of
'ae he!lpIlc, which will give perpetual
'pfInS on tho Earth. In bringing these
Two planes together the center Of the
SaIia Acu as pivot or hinge upon
ralsh !; turns, and II the plane Of the
LSllPliS was fixed and Interchangeable II
could a Ways cut the other at the same
poinu, but at more acute angle.
The same arguments appIy 10 Tho
Noon and each Planet when the
i '-.''alNoN Of its plane TO tho Ecliptic is
~ 'hln the obIiquity OF the Ecliptic.
> p lie Inclination Of the plane Of the
=, E'Ia e i greater than tho obliquity Of
'.' EcIiFIc, it's force OF gravity would
I Eu@ 10 Increase tho obliqIity Of the Ec.
"pSS' There Is another cause, which
P EiSSaG e = dimuuitiOn of the obliquIty
S'@e Elliptic; that is, there ia not per.
T.; vacuum in the whole hole universe N for
.Ih' Is matter and ,ra SUer ss The whole
NJ, sSii'''.'I and the earth revolving on lis