New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-13

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Jupiter and Saturn are the two 0reat
planets, and vastly outweigh all others.
But it will be seen that their perihelia
are i've years apart, while the perihelia
Of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus all oc-
Cured in the year 1897, within few
months Of each other, yet no harm was
done except the French Revolution,
and to ascribe that to aught but q CO.
Incidence would hardly be within the
bounds Of common sense. The peri.
helta OF Jupiter and Saturn were again
coincident in 1856. But even il ali the
planets in the solar system were to
pass their perihelion points at the same
instant (Which Is impossible), and all
In the same heliocentric longitude, it
would cause only . ripple upon the
earth. IS
It is well-known fact that al. plan
cts influence all other planets accord
ing to weight and distance, but what 10
the measure of this infiuencep
Probably most Of your readers know
that the path Of each planet around the
sun is oblong, or shaped somewhat like
an egg; and that the sun is about 1-16
part Of an inch, measured on the egg,
nearer one end than the other. When
a.planet passes the end nearest the sun
it is said to be in perihelion (nearest
the sum, and when it passes the other
end in aphelion Tor farthest from tho
SUM-
Let us take Jupiter to illustrate:
Jupiter's influence upon the sun is In.
versely proportional to the square root
Of its distance from the sun in all parts
OF its orbit; and the same is true Of all
other planets. But, according to the
Newton;an hypothesis, the influence of
all heavenly bodies upon each other is
proportional to the square of the dis.
lance, instead of the square root, and
the difference between the two is i'm
mense. Jupiter's greatest distance
from the sun, at aphelion, is 498, $685..
768 miles, the square root Of which 10
22329.4. Its least distance from the
sun, at peribelion, 1852, 1872, $50 miles,
the square root of which is 21278.7.
The greater, divided by the less, gives
1.0494; from which we see that the in
tluence of Jupiter upon the sun at
perihelion is not quite per cent.
greater than at aphelion. But this 5
per cent. is not suddenly exerted at
perjhelion. It has been gradually ex-
crting its influence all the way from
aphe1ion TO perihelion, and passes its
perihelion as smoothly as an eccentric
rule applies to all the planets. While
the same law applies in calculating the
influence Of one planet upon another
planet, yet another law now comes in
to make the equation perfect; but this
second Law. which applies Setween
planet and planet, but not between
planet and sun, is quite too complicated
for this article, but this second law
will have but little effect upon
the subject under discussion. But. ac-
cording to the Newtonian hypothesis.
the square of 498, 6O3, 768is 248, Cox, OOO,.
$1,000, 900, while the square of 1872
782, $50 is 205, 012, 900, 900, 900, 900. The
greater. divided by the less, gives
1928, which shows that the influence
OF Jupiter upon the sun at perihelion is
n per cent. greater than at aphelion,
being more than four times as great as
my tables make it. But this same
Newtonian philosophy, extended to all
the planets, is sufficient to not only
make the sun spots lively, but to even
throw old Sol himself out of balance.
But when we come to consider the
influence of one planet upon another,
according to Newton, we find that the
greatest possible distance of Jupiter
from the earth is 591, 1868, 900 miles, the
square Of which is 349, 953, 1881, 761, OOO,-
600; while its least distance, at perihel.
Ion and opposition, is but S59, 817, 900
miles, the square of which is 129, 468,-
27S. 489, 000, 900. The greater, divided
by the less, gives 2,7O3, from which We
see that the influence Of Jupiter on the
earth at perihelion opposition is 40
per cent. greater than at aphelion con-
junction.
But, when calculated upon the basis
Of the square root, the difference is
only % per cent. When the Newtonian
system is extended to all the planets
and the sun, the force will be sufficient
to tear the earth from it's moorings and
!" shake it back to dust again. II the
Newtonian idea is to hold true, then
the predictions made for the next few
years are tame in comparison with the
actual catastrophes that will happen.
But we know from positive history
that no great evil can occur, for 1877
was very much more portentous Of
evil than the next few years can posi-
bly, be, and still we ..live, move, and
have our being
! wish to place myself squarely upon
the record. and to stake what little
reputation l have in saying that the