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around which hc NOW comrlotos fovoiatloh N
18, 200, 600 yoara. In tho R*mo way, All the snnh
Of the galaxy will have fntdlod lhelf ovoius'oh-
ary oourno, and concentrates a. W. eo1a ni.r;os
will, in liko manor, concentrate into one OF
Nhrthcr tho different Ehfatios Hro lndcponaent
and complete in themse1yes. Proctor and sue
others decline 70 oye speculate. ohoaea
galaxy. Well. thhn, tho concentration 10 not
supposed TO bo cffcctNl without sufficient d!s.
tuFbauco in The prcHett equilibrium to prodnco
collisions, and. together With tho general con.
ccntra.iou heat enough torosolvo tho entiro mass
jt,so tho gaseous condition., md oxpnnd 1t again
into tho immense space filled by tho anua and
worlds Of tho HAid galaxy. Tho moment sha proc
css IL orricd 10 tho utmost point, dissolution
9roaatlon Into suns, and tton into iabtab'e
woFida, will Again bcgin and tllo recurrence Of
those successive eras Of evolution ard ltsHolu-
ton G!s eternity, lit never bogan aud will mover
end. 49,.
nIy difficulty IL uot 1Iodgman's md win doubt
1ees 10 conaIleEod rank hcresy BY all scientific
poopo still, wilt state It, hoping. II thc prev:
ato,is doctrine Of physlctsta touching It Ia beyond
lneution proved 10 draw j. out FROM some ono
letter informed ulan myself. nayo little doubt
that tho doctriuo Of evolution, % applied 70 aho
easth. will finally be established 10 tbs satiHfac-
ton OF all educatod porsous. But. to complete
It, 1t u,uHt 10 extonded to tic plouomona OF tho
Cosmos It must DO demonstrated to ronaopa'
bio certainty that tue above speculation 10 col.
rect- Now, tho cntire circle when
no nppliod, ros.a fundamentally on tho truth III
II il truth. md this II lie point to 10 aseos
anea .hat spaSs s oo@teo hov %an nssa9 ssnst
throuxi, it and that hoat is absolutely radiatea
from sunB and wo,ltls into space, l kuoW It ss
said to bo proved by the alleged rotaraat!on OF
tho periods Of certain comota but hit settled bo-
you'd controversy that thcro 10 such rotardation
Or II there ill., that Acinrgcabo to tho friction
cn,,act by tho aII-porvading otlscs7 II tho Garth
was cvor i'll proccas Of refrigeration, !: Is still to
and sensiblo dimtsu:ion 81 sempc1asuro ought
anch t1smiuutlon Inns been satisfactorily CD.
tabIfshcti. 4 reduction Of Temperature
must also DO accompanied BY reduction
vi volume, and consequent accelcratlon Of tho
oasth's rotation on its axis. But Laplacc DOM
onss1atod from auciont ol,uorvatlona on ccl!paas
TINT tho mean dny has 10. diminished 1-500 OF
socond since Hlppatchus, 2,b90 yoara ago.
Against this it is urged that the friction OF tho
tide.wave, duo to tho n,ocn'B influence, has re-
tardotl tbs rotary motion Of tho earth l-lG Of u
second in 2,5DO yeaEs; and AZ tho ednreal tlay
In not longer now than then, tho shrinkagc Of
the Garth frorn tue loss Of heat, amounting 10
tor about Gu foot, has accelerated tho carths 70.
tnry motion to exactly that o4teot namely, l-lj
Of eccond.
This IL snid to be exact sciouco; Int does II
riod-the oa.y ono subject to our calculations
should DO tho ono of al otorni.y wlon tue ac-
coIeration OF the ca.tha rotary motion from loHd
OF llent. and consequent bhTlnknge IN buk, just
proctscly equals aud countcrba!auccs tho ro-
tarIation causod b7 tito tide-wavel IL 1t not
little suspicious, md especially fortunate for
tho prevalent theory? IL it not slender foun-
t1at,on whe1e COZ to baill 10 miahty Il supcsslruo-
turo2
/ will ask sono fow otter qucHtiohs in this
connection, at tho risk OF boing considered an
tsnotnmus Croll says that absolute zero Ia
413 degrees below the melting point Of ion:
this he Bays IL 2!22 degrees below that
ureos' Io ventures to assuno tha: tho tom ,cra-
ture Of space ~ not yorT mich above hhsosato
zero,-in round numbcns, 300 deg. bnluw frsez-
ing point. Eow. hor does tho hcat Of sun. moon.
aud Atars travel through almost in'iuita distance
as hard to conceive hont psssloK through tue In
tpitcty largo and cold ocean Of s{Aco, without
being lost, nj 1t Ia 70 imagine hot body pr2clp-
tatel through that cold, t!llnlitablo oceau With
ont tadlat1ng aud losing it's heat. In other
words, 1t seems TO MO - sitnplo 70 dispute
tho QUO proposition as tic othor. But, II VIC
assume that heat Is in6eparablo from naattot,
al1d that space Ia void Of matter, wo hnvo tho
by them, although ih different forms st d,1eEout
tfnles. For example, tho heat which oncs may
have fused tho oarth may havo since been ep-
GaScd In ita physical evolution, in tho growth Of
continents, tho ecyntion OF mountains, tho pro-
| ducsion and support OF myrad forms Of organic
| Iifo III Short it may layo been transformed
from ncsiyo Into latent hont SO to speak. II not,
ii IL Inns absolutely bocu ra1atod into spacc, aud
lost,-aud 50 in tue caso OF NIL ot'ler COSTING
| bodies. including suns.-wforo ID tho lleAt II
| come from tn resolva two OF our sttpposcd doad
| ind oongcalad worlds tuto tho gaseous
| state. upou thclr col!iElon or con!escence
THO heat must still t,o in tesn In latent form.
OF 1t couldn't DO eyoiyca upon impact to resolve
! them nto nebuiR. But !. will bo urgol that no
feel tie heat Of the sun; that all lie iH depond-
ont oil It, Wo fuel tho iuiluohco Of tho sun
| but docs 1t follow that tho sun heat absolutely
trayerBoa tho cold Fraco between tho sun mud
magnetism, etc.. bo tho reHult OF tho forces Of
the sun. tho agitation Of ita molecules, acting,
| space being void, OIL tho earths molecules and
| forces, precisely as II tho two IodIca wsFc IN
contucs ! And IL It not quite possible that, out.
nsda Ut tho atmosphorcs OF bodies llso tho oaftli,
ttoso ,ntiusncoa aro not shod aud folt Ut all ; In
o.hor words. TINT tho sun Is mol
hssS ns spase rseeve e lin ~ We 1St
oarth.-lB liot. iudoed, tadaatiuE heat as all
Why, imagine tho earth trnvcEH}ng space per
moatcti with ponderab!o cthor 800 degrees co!del
than tho frcoznG punt. ut tho snse Of ,ool
movements s.-that around the aun,- ia 1t posi-
bio that its atmosphere would not bo trailod Of
at once, aud lost. aud tho earth'n surface bo ma
kedly exposed To tho almost Uncomfortable col,
pontornblo to rothrd the comets aud lengthsi
their roriotls; alGo, TO rctard the satellites
PLANETS, aud suns; aud on tho strength Of thi
II based tho iuea tlat tho colestial machinery il
bodies arc VII .iylne through il at iuronrcivabi
fpoud, losing their heat, but not thois mattor
How can they lose one. and not tho other? ltov
eau they fail to lose both, on tho eupposl!iot
that the other Ut Bpace II pondorablc. aud cnI'a
be no,sg e pF0aaHips 'rEel'n'~'' un'thlns' in
Now, know that ali tho prevalent cono!u
sions OF plyatciats regarding light, heat. mag