Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-01-27


round. The most conclusive proof is,
however, afforded by the passage, during
modern times Ct two great comets di,
rectly through the corona without any
sensible effect being produced upon
them. The first Of these was the comet
Of 1880 the second and most remarkable
that of lS43. The latter at the point
OF nearest approach to the sun was
less than 100000 miles above its surface,
and passed through at least 100000
miles of corona, with a velocity amount
ing at its maximum to three hundred
and fifty miles a second. To Judge the
effect of an atmosphere of the rarest
kind upon a body moving through it
with this velocity we have only to conf
pare the comet with an ordinary shoot
ing star passing through our own atmos-
phere. At the height Of forty miles the
latter becomes 50 rare as no longer to re-
fleet the light of the sun; yet at the
height Of a few miles it3 density il such
as to burn or destroy in a few moments
meteor passing through it at the rate
of twenty miles q second. All the OBJ
servations in the case of the comet pass
inc directly tbrongh the sIn's corona do
not show the sIi@bte.t ret,adation nor
did its asnect Give anv indication Of 50
destructive an influence as the passage
through the atmosphere would have
been. We are therefore, forced to the
conclusion that the corona must be a
clond of ,ninnta narticles If mattor nor.
tioIiy vonnriyod by tho iptorsn boot 70
wbicb thov aro snb;ected -
INV
MOTION or MATTER IN THE sun
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Is 1 ~ no,, 'h". t"tirni IoiCeo Sn Si' a. P''y
"OoUL S -, Iho surface 's VI Iiic suH ....
-. q IlHouSl we c',liiot "a pam !? oIl I
SaIlsL"G'loH WIN - Eo'hS oli IIul,'cuI"Ie! 4
"rouHu 'lle sun, II Is cle"r 'Il"I corVa'I
NATURAL oPelS!lqha are goins on tneie VI
sctie Vi WHICH we can urn no coii
CcPVioh, non sGlen'lIc laih5uase "oulu YOU
IAN 10 ueScrlog lneIii' IGI 'ne le"9cll Ild'
Ihey VI5H'cehu I,Il nT' ohly elei! 'nlng we We
see Oh Ine giUDe' pus ever? vntns WnIcn I
lhe widest nlSh'S VI p9ettc Ihlc! ever
."'a8lheu' !ooIS anu "niiImlhus " "
teihPesIuouS lire, iaAeS VI IRE any
orimstone' are perhaps tno PoeVleHl P
ePIVnet9 lhosV 9PPi'caple W thc Pnenoiii' PI:i
en1 III quenv'oI' DuT onI,oI iV'HinS cue ~ ~
can proper! uI l'l'eG nio u 3s tAisSe
a' 'lo Su''"oe Vi 'i.' Htll' Az, 'n' oiLl' PtI
reason tHaV 'he Venilo!.'uie - .i W iilfll y
as I 70 IeHueI conipusvion I.: IN fTsSjoie' 1:j ne
me cAemical coillo.nae'olis CON !nf i InP.ieu py
IlilS Term Gan oDly .aAe Pi"Vo e ev SuCil '5i
EenttIa'uleS as & We na'o u, oul mies ',L "iiu
furnaces a. hIeleI leuIpelH.u:ip ...:T SUI, 'uo
stances coTplnt anu sgl;1i"to misn ~ uai
iacill'y LnP 'ulPotSipliIty i!I;y III 9urSi,oI, u
Is much iihe ti'a' Vi poIlins "a'eI : III !I
region where 'he temperature lS 80 hisn
t9at W"tgr e; eA.sys s ,Iy oily IN q NaPor' @
NeitheF Hoou nof iake nor sea Si'e1 Ivy
any cohcePy'on! 3! ol Lsi Iia>s VI ,lcn Il'ld ~
zen 'houSahu 'illlcS , IHe ho!G SuiiHVc h "
our earIh ana ueepeI tnah thT i, AVI"llv'l .
Is broad Nel'her '"hirl"lhu hor any
other term expressing movements Oh al al
give any adequa'e conception oi mas;
ct lncahdesccnt gas whlcn, snoulu IL Ioll iI
down upon us lfom i. .nt norln, north "Iulu .I IL u
twenty SecohuS a''e[ IL cIosSTu ~, !hs HV
Lawrence De Ill 'he ',ui' ol heAI'o car
ryihg WIN IL Vue "hoe suilHVe sur: 1 81 t!t
continent III mass hoI siniPl! VI run
but oil glowing TaPorI IN whicH 'he 'apol
arising rom tne uisOCialloh OF th'
materials composing the clIieS ot Boston
New orK ana OhlGago Wouiu De mlxeo
in single uindlstinguishaole mass
Great as are 'heSe movements lhey
are prooaply Only ialhI tShec'iohS ol
what is gong on ihSlde the sun, the
masses OF hydrogen belching through
the phoctosphere beng put the h9's a0
c0mOqt from lhe war OF atoms III lhe III
Iellol' HSOoiu's VA ~, W v'1 tneo f. Go"
,;b uISy ppoa"nts 60. Vn tb s,I ,nU :" a"Io, LAY"
wlllc'' a. IO'o.'li'' ' lol WY ouppi! y. 'o'"i
ne"tn'Ge mass Stnt Uo'post a,,e a,'.iG, .5;s u
sne suG i' n. ~ s'n'o vi eoii. ,ie'e ulsSo tS
@el"tIon @ 'll"s 10, H"i!S W '!lo T'e,H''u If ~
velil eIavuie e";n iiluiN lauai li.oiEo'lG y,
LlaV'el putsuea o,,. i'svout?tm i'nour iI,Nln
any pelln"iiTiV p'I 'giiolil".iuli % WIN WIZ "L !
Ivl'ei % noieCu,es, o'J 2 rGi eAnln ple' "i'ioSn %
Do.n VA n n,, anu u,uri, eAls', t, 'no ~ ~,
nov combine teillansi..iy 70 I3iln .i Wasel i
because, III the case ol cohoIllalion .i o
.h9 holgcuies, .ney "lS instantly sePaI" u
Ieu py Ine iiIipuc.s VI a -, Vnousaiiu 9!nel s
ihDlSguies. ~. 5s ~ prevent .ne interior @ ltolL on
soluliylng @ ene 'empera.hre must ne OF d
lhe S'nie 4 scaie ;u WIN iHe pressure s u L
whIch ii 'ne W .L, lu'el.oi iS suPlecieu lrom W vn'
stantly cooling by radiation, and thu
connectlon movements are established OF
inc scaie we nave Gescrioeo'
put Is IL lhoughtt that with such con
yulsions the sun can 60 on radlatlng hta
forever
"SO far as the maintenance of the sola
heat, not only at present, but for severa
millions of years past, is concerned, tn
contraction theory iulflls all the require
ments of science. As the sun cools