The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-02-27
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The statement has been made from time
70 tine hat the coming perihelia Of Jupi
ter, Neptune, Uranus and Saturn must
have lHa gl-C- g5 Increase the energy Il the
sun, and s, q Cgusggu=Ice. HuEE pes;i.euce
and woe igr Jhe earth. The s-r.d is very
sick to.dsv, il Asia, IN Eur. Pc, ia Brazl
a0d last -UmuIer .He yel.Oa lever was very
/ de=truc-ive in the southern State. May
not these De ELECTS Of the pr0Xiu. y Of the
date Of the passage Of the planets 10 tbeiE
/ nearest approach 10 the sun some philoso.
/ pliCaliy query. The Cnicsgo Tribute has
obtained Al expression OF opinion on this
interesting theme from 81 expert ia The
science OF astronomy" who totally and
! Ealhsma.icaliy disCUuLtz the theory. lie
ssys the yesrs oi P-rihelion passage viii be:
Jupiter, loSO; Neptune, 1881; Uranus
/ 1852; and Saturn, ISSj. Also, about the
/ 25lE Of Nsy, 1881, the planet Mars will be
IN the periheliJn point OF his orbit lie
then disp7oves the probability Of the exer,
tiOn Of any evil influence by thei- passage
20 the pUiai in their orbits nestest tie sun
| We oopg the least technical section Of his
long article:
The most plausible hypothesis is hat the
/ planets viii act on the earth iLGiIectly,-
, through The medium Of the sun that tEey
| Will excite him 10 unusual e-c-gy, lumin-
I Gus, magnetic or orhc-wisc, and tina: this
will cause the pryiicci epidemic. The
! idea j. not rev, and has, be-i5es, the merit
| Of having bec1 adyocl'ci hv sOme great
men. TIE statement hes bccn admitted
! ir.o 1T least one scientific text book that
there suFears 10 be connection be.zecu
The periods OF SUD spot vigor and the Teri
DDS Of rcvolu ion # Venus, Jupiter, Saturn
ald Ursuus. 4 little figuring viii easb.C
/ Us TO form some idea Ci the value Of thi-
/ theory rs aTp'ei 10 the ease in point
/ Taxing The quantity Of matter in the earth
ana her mean Gis.a-Ce, as the units Ui
l ne isuTc, aai dividing ihc mass by Il,
/ the FIu7Te OF tie distance, we have
| for 1clativc power on the sun: Earth, |
: Jupiter, 70; Saturn, lG2 Uranus, 0 Oi
Neptune UU2. Tie square of the relative
diameter being taken instead of tie mass
gives Earth, /; JaPiter, s. /; Saturn, -
! Uranus, OO5; Neptune, OO2.
Applying the above given rule for ecCca-
| tricitv, and multiplying into these mem-
hers, and also multiplying to make the
unit, we have:
Pfrrci On Mass. on Siy(scs.
I % ~ I+it - ls-'' $50
s.-iUr rIi-..---...'------..-- VU,' 700
'.-fIL Lus.-.-.-...-........ . 'Hf' tNy+
= epfune viv.al OU-Vbi
These figures show that in the case most
favorable 10 the theory the increased effect
due to Jupiter is only abOu. one fourth
greater than that due TO the earth; while
Ir. power Of all the rest j. insignificant in
comparison. The effect due to the combiu-
ei periheli1n passages Of the iour greatest
..| 60 So. q =
one bird greater than that produced :.y
,ae earth ~ rre h-gilning Of each calendar
-e1r, when she is il pg-iaeii0n.
The advocates ui the lcr.hcliun theory
may claim that this C0wQa-izCG l. unfair
ia two Te-rcrtz: Iirz., that The cumulative
.argC .. tie e. planets, 7Ctluy through sew
yr.L ggar-. VIII amour. 10 much more than
!. II We're operating only during tie short
tine that the earth j. rcarc-L 10 the Sun.
Secondly, that tie larger Pia-c.s are con-
ig-r-.y much hOtc- than the earth, and
.5aTeigrc are capable Of cyCrJing q very
much -reagr C.C-:rIc or thermal force Fer
ton al matter or TcE square yEri q surIaSe.
Lcs u. tLc9 tai e Jupiter % the Urit Of com-
ua-I-au. The above figures show that His
pgv er IS increased hv only ore tLir,ceth 70
one fourteenth part, at mot, by tie adju-
want action OF all the Gcst. We are, there
igic, not warsau,ci in relieving that the
combined Teriheli1u passages will work
more than thaB three - seven yer cent.
more Of harm 20 the numsa race than j.
cEused by Jupiter once IN every Twelve
years, or little lc,s, whcl he MAKES his
peslsg ion passage alone
We may add, in conclusion, tha. the Tcr-
he.ian passages Ie. erred To have not vet
lsan made, and Jupiter, which is certainly
i.- most potent Of sre iat, il there be any
pa.5a.y Ia the case. Is We: tiity oeTces from
tle Tc1hel.9u point O.. ais orbit; so that the
Vrc gut plague csu-1t Re due t. perihslia
unless We ara rTrra'c3 10 admit that the
effect may occur ict3rc the cause has IN cz-
i-.rE,c.