New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-04

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eral followed upon the aalccL Tho next sefes N
the prouinenccs, and the corona aud 10
reference 20 picture shaving the direction Of e sl.
OF the zodacai light, the lecturer made the imoft.s
statement; ." believe u proceeds from the csaf,i
Is.ion OF great nebuons dsc, extending 10 The lnlts
| The Jovan 80 stem was next shown aud considered
The sun, said the Professor, snrronnfcd ly eioea
layers aud n " these layers. and not the sp that
meets our eye. You have heard ~ variety ohsfee
taxing place IN Theses cloud LAYERS, and recently si.t
change has taken place IN the cloud layers ~ Inprr
D5 winch ,ong eptical Opening IA thc 800 her hcns.
earth II now Therefore have o infer that fD-
clouds mnst have been swept TO one side Nv aoine
mgniy force esercd we cannot doubt from below and
brought into the real surface 81 the planet kni
| u % proved that the planet has intense heat
by the faet that these cloud LAYER.
are 10 no way influenced by The san think The evl
dencc We have D. mat Ia youth the planet tbe
waters fhatare day the planets oce1 we're
raised into the atmosphere M the form 81 these clouds
tnse IA hele shown, Here ind the evidence "a
great cloud masses. These discs upon the planet ar.
| unqnesuonaby formed @. e'ond, and are what viu
be The oceans OF ihat planet. I am a.mosI
6ent t6iit We I'D evidence II ia, 'i ~ Il.
his rings and his eight moons, and recently tasle
Othrr moons have been formfd Changes crriaili,
ls. as u were, kndO laboratory of Nature al present
wish you 20 notice That % u generally believed hsi
and The satellites are intended sources OF ighf
| aud hent IL "a not 80 IN regard 60 the b0uc
/ those OF Jupiter FOR eXanple-Yon Will hnG several
! equal 70 support me- The larger & o. large a. TOO
planet Mercury and has surface OF II OOo 600 square
miles, and "a cntr,y acted 10 supporta great Nun OF
living creatures. And i !. proper 10 notice tia what
/ Ira commonly supposed TO be the purpose ~ these
| moons l. not fulfilled by thew. n 40
! these four moons were al the inli 10 The sans
reflect on Jupiter onesNteenth Part II he bght-vc
know nothing o. The heat-inat W. get nom oui
/ while Jupiter can supply 20 tue nenreat OF then
thirteen times as much bght as We receive from
/ moon. rafurus system q, nhuial re OF
] fY.
system, a multitude Of miprtc Fragments ami Out
eide OF them eight moons. Just ~ iu ths
solar systrm there are eight grimary planess.
The larger ~ these moons could be compared
Jupiter the next 90 Mas and the next o. Mer,uy:
and very least could be the abode oi millions
OF living creatures. Saturn hims,f could not DO tho
abode OF life. even II be were not rs think intensely
THE EARTH's FUTURE.
A comparison Of the various other members 0f the
terrestrial part OF the solar system viii tell rs
much Of the earth's future, the moon espe.
cially telling Of the earth's mture just As Jupiter
has OF n. past. Upon the picture, Of Venus
very little reliance be placed ana foa favorable OPP
pOrtuuttes offered Tor studying her. reause Nien
af the fu enc lies the stde OF the sud 40
the only could study her she tnrns her darkcned
hemisphere us Ia tins view Of The Transit a
venus half her dlso is shown on that Of the sun We
must not that this Is not sunlight tor . muf
light the brought INTO view by The effect 81 re-
Election. Therefore we learn that ne planet has an
atmosphere. and 10 is SAID 20 De ~ Tie Nef least a.
dense that of our own earth. Then W. learn
has en- shown Dy the spectrum. II appears
also that u closely resembles Our q, eaf'h IN
condition, and that u IL te ore planet III =, br nc
abcoc 81 ving creatures IKE those which exist on the
earth In Mars We bssp 10 iSeosn1' ,es i,
patches must regard "a seas, aud We nnd That
area than On planet ~ 90 Is
cred with water. and on this only about 1000 The
older planet has the smaller watr surface, ana the lda
T. sug sed that In old age OF planet the waters grad
ualy diminish In extent.
We pass t. the moon 10 answer that question, and
here we certainly Mud no traces Ui water. Also
We trace atmosphere OF apprec able drns-
had water her surface, but thar u has
disappeared Does this seemingly cod aud dead world
apner O. have passed thrOuzh the same stages
ON n enrthl 1 think cannot doubt this when we
look at her volcanic craIers. think TO, there
have been there such life as exists on our
own planet. There oceans on her surface, which
formerly occupied these spots. which, The
seems TO be natural EXPLANATION. as the
plant bee me old the oceans become soaked into the
plare Interior, the crust Of The surf &c rs the
such exist IN porous subsiauees and INTO
Franklin. Of England. has shown that four times as
much water finds place the earh's surface
could found fOr IN the Interior Of the earth when
the process OF cooling has gone suicipniy Iar Ihe
in regard 10 tho atmo -phere, there Is certainly
40 the moon, bat we have picture here show.
ing that the volcanic acton OF the ho,n was ~
one time no less than IN our own eaftu: nero
the eraiers of Capernns compared WIN 'ISse
the Bay OI Naples. lou nuuce that
tnev are larger the moons surface than those OF
Naples, the exception of NrsuYius Bur We have
To remember mat tue VOC me ach OF .he moon na 1
more contend With, and therefore, although Tue vol
without an atmosphere. aud this, IL may be generally
stated. represents the future ~ our own eartn lac
moon probably represents the future OF our
own earth at distance OF time OF twenty
we not sufficient these changes to occur. bnt
also statistical 50 iar az they are Affected
by the painful thought TIA. when the old age
OF the earth will IL Will cease the abode OF lite,
by The rejection that oarseyes and thousands ~.
~ the remotest Of generations, VIII still nave ample
ume aud ample room to remain on the earths surface
An IYPINifuDE OF STARS.
Let us pause to consider OF the stars in this
regard. Many OF them loo Old and many too young
to sustain life their surfaces, but that they wera
formed for some purpose beyond that OF being useful TO
tnis particular planet there is doubt
study OF the heavens seems % tell US that
all lite should occupy all space and all iime, and not
space. think may look at the heavens, VITA the
thousands OF be ith the max eve. andhod
OF our SUM- though many belong 10 higher Ofaers,
and We may believe tuey have thousands OF orbs cir:
each has but single world IN ITS system as the
abode 81 he, we have tnen thousands OF inhabited
worlds similar, perhaps, Ia our own.
In tue single polar map here shown there are
1924 600 all 10 be with small telescope aud
by Ilersches telescopes 2OOOO,OoO stars would
have been brought into view IN the same
section OF the armament We here mad N
viii take the place OF those already known 10 us But
after AL there sun feas Tue e, h eao
time are vast that they seem Ike eternity,
the diving out OF The larger OF these suns appears
But take such orb Sirius, which s "A thousand
times larger than the sun aud after his death all The
smaller OrOs VIII have died but can we escape the
thought that there w stu main others 10 take er
places. It seems TO me we cannot II w RENE inner
how thoroughly have been deceived IN the past We
thought the earth the centre OF the UNIVERSE thea tue
solar aysem was everything. then that system became
hut u galaxy OF stars ana IN turn the galaxy W
etars IA lost "a the inhBltuda OF stais. 50 may II
not be In regal 10 time and space as n Is IN regard to
matter; that time l. of many formations oi tue
Universe that there niger orders much grancer
in iOrm that very miracles 81 time IN ~
gard TO them are lake the suns and planets thai
we see. There IL lower order that wander through
space which all the waste energies ~ sunsour own
sun ucluded-are continually being poured they may
be IN turn revying the nrxt lower order OF tue uni
verse ana may II not wei be that IN turn
may receive from the higher orders something OF Their
waste energy that instead OF death may rather
undergo a continual interchange by various orders OF