, 1876-03-18

taut!ai forces, and no will giro you Tim ,,niverso.
Laplacc atil Prof. Proctor don't trouble Them
eelvcs ~ to tho ot7gsn Of tho nebulm thoy
hhro no Difficulty In constructing for us tho
eolar system. Tho fofces tend to run togetllor
and units, md they carry the atoms with then,.
Two htonA meet and cling to oach othor and.
~ tho chances atc that thoy could not meot
square in the face, thoir direct motion would DO
changed to = whirng round cnol other: Whslo
attraction draws tiiom together, repufion pro-
vents them from absolutely coalescfng; hsd tho
Interplay Of thnao forros fn tho cvernFgreRat.
ing. condanaing masa would develop heat anu
light, md all tAe secondary forcos. aud thus
your glowing. gAsnoua r,aBs Ia accounted Tor
Mr.. Croii, III lila "Climatc and Ttmo:" sup
poses the uobnls may hare boun 1ofmod thua I:
Two bodies eact, one-lialf tho donsity OF, and OF
tho aau,o mass ~, tile sun. moving toward each
other III space as \ speed OF $50 nilos socond,
,1pou coming within tho range Of each othor's
attraction World hayo their speed accelerated by
27l miles second, msklng It ID tho aggregate
stopping Of their motion would give All amount
Of huat equal to that radtatol by tho Eun al iis
prcaeat ratio Of radlnsion) In 6o,0Uo, 900 yonss !;
aud their expansion into THO gaseous
,ass sisa9a TSa Ia pss1% saasas S15s ss'ns Il
amount, aAsumsng tho suns density 70 be uni-
form throughout, represented by 2O,0O0000
years Of tho nun's heat; consequently tlle
amount OF energy communicated By such cou-
cussiou would be c1ust to 70 ooo,0 years Of tho
sums radiation Of heat at iss present INTO OF ra-
tilatlon. Cro1l fellows Sir William Thomson In
this: aud. aa conjecture, II appears to 10 ~
plausible as my yet ofrered as to tho
esEa Ct tue ee.vsssn ssss nosr snS ,s Ind eo So
rAso OF tic aun's radiation, boIng
known Quautitca, It may pGEhapa reasohbly b.
concluded that 1t Ia a. near as man wil crer
como to guoesing tho sge Of tho sut. or how ils
311N n3S Ia f1AUt AtAt
original bodios tn motion. and towards instaal
OF around oach other, ia, Of course, loft as much
= mystoET na evor; aud thua tho difficulty is re-
moycd only atop farther back.
I canuos imagine tho ntonls 10 have been In an
universal ststo Of dispersion. except ~
tho immediate result Of tho unvsrsal
action Of combustion. because VIC now, looking
at tho causea, cannot but that their nggregh-
tlon into more or less donso globes is their most
II not only. normal state. T.o OF theac bodtes,
# Tint Woo possible, coming into actual oollis.
Ion, would dorelop heat enough to almost ia-
etautsy expand then into the gaseous athtu.
But, ~ tho cosmos Is now constisuso1, such IN
occurronce would bo the exception. and not the
ed lis power Of expansion, condemnation Momlil
begin. tho atoms again sceklug, from tho re-
newcd ascendoncy Ut tue attractive over tho re-
pulsiye fosco, the condensed or solid state.
9hls ts cifc!o, not q beginning and ending,
II this is tho truo explanation, ron miKht as
we'll take ono moment ~ another for tho begin
nluE. Une can easily conceive dead wortds
losing their way through disturbing influences,
coming Into collision, aud being resolved into
nobu!r, then eonao.,slng and b. becoming liye
worlds ngaln, nHd forever proceeding In thus cir
Gle. AL worlds wo supposa now to be In COM
paEntiyo equilibrium, moving like tue parts OF
m adjusted machine. II they aro all
parting With .beir heat, 1t i easy %
and collisions result. uut here va como ugan
npou my dificuEty,-it they are losing their
hoat. Are they losing thetr heat, OF ropu1siye
fofcea II 10, tho ultimate result must nocos-
barify 30 d concentration OF dead, cold worlds.
But, whatever thoir temperature. It is admitted
that such concentration will produce heat onouRh
to resolve them again into gaa. Will there not
then be as much hent present as eyer7 And
how could there bo II # Ind boon
tho sntor-stoIIar ether Until It was % iii gono 4
tho leae Or epcrgy ts thus lost, how does It
como that IL is again present upon collision
And II 4 iH not loas, how IL tho coialo1l to hap
pen? We may SUPPOSE that tho earth was
and Tint the extraordinary heas has boon used
up In tho physical changsa We eco about uB,
and, later, in tho development Of life !;
and that thcro has been 10 loss, and
viii wi be none, S,n11. nus y, how thon Is tho ct.
again to become gas, tutd. red-hot solid
Aud, unless 1t docs, what becomes OF Evolution
and Dissolution "a applied TO worlds 2 II tho
worlds ato composed ultimately OF forooB aud
atoms, the fo1ccs pcrpotually ti,terplaylng and
aa1t wore, carrying the atoms with them IN thclr
inllnltetmlnal orbits, aud tlia is tile cauBo OF
heat and nil secondary forccu, than 1t is hard to
500 why these agencies should not, and do not,
remain constant In all tna4seu, md thus insure
tho infinite perposuasion Of tho preRaut coAmlcal
order Of harmony.
don't expect to bo answered. satisfactorily,
because percsive more mud mora. tho longer 1
dwell upon 1t, TINT my conundrums arc luan-
swerabo. Exactiy whnt wnnt IS roasonah!e
exclamation Of Bponcer's and proctor's theory
OF thu Evolution aud Dissolution Of Worlds, ~,
tho foundation Of tho theory Of tue oyolu-
ton and disso'ution OF I'll TINT ia upon
i1' s aomoood "'h he earaa 1ao Which sa
nor oao iosa Of enorsy in my form
ID oyor wastcl by nny tnasB, raliated and
lost fu intluito space. l know Of tho doubts o.
tertaucd by prominent physicsata as to tho Rolf-
tho theory Of : perpetual losa Of euorgy by cur
universe Involves tho idea that It muss perpot-
ually receive energy from so,no other universe,
or finally bocomo dcal and inert. It aoems to
me moro reasonable to conclude that
our univoras loses nothing. than that
thoro aro othor uniyorscs exchanging fo1coa
witl ours, uniycrscs over growing moro other
cal, an1 ending III tho original fountain Of puro
force, uso tho word universe moro in tho
Aense giyen 70 galaxy than In isa own proper
sustaining aud I asauuie. ~ beliovc. that it is
limited, thou. logically, it loBoa nothing; and,
IT it loses nothing, how eau tho celestial ma
chfne1y run doxu. al Prof. Winche1i puts 1t
II the forces Of tho universe a1o constant, then,
logically. tho torcas OF each individual mambef
Of it arc constant. II tho attractive and repuE-
aige forccH OF tho Garth hrc constant, aud. ~ /
bolleyo. sufficient to account for all tho motions
OF tho earth, and for everything upon 1t. what
u to brlug about tho catth'a dissolution propara-
tory to now earth and now heavens, OF which
ayon the Scriptures aFo not silent?
am not writing for fun or to occupy your
space. hAyo been engaged for yoax or two,
u my leisure monents, on Biblo accor,iing to
Science, and hare not yot boen ablo to complete
tho first chapter. hayO studied all the xcleu.
ttsts have to Say about the ether and tho atoms,
Tue forces and the manner Of their action and
! no longer wonder that the writer OF the
Mosato coamogeny who may have himself
sought In ya!n, through tho whole range Of hu-
nau observation, experiment, and speculation.
for = naonistic explanation Of ''tho frat begin.
ines," unreeervsdiy TOOK refuge In the sublime
opening OF tue Dlble: "1n the Deglnnlng, uod
created tho heRvena and tile earth."
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