The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-06-18
The Creation Of Celestial orse

l It is only few hundred years ago, when to assert that the world was round or ex- plain the phenomena of solar and lunar ecIipses, vas considered a terribly wicked iutermediing with the mysteries of proyi- dence not ts be revealed to man. But now the avenues of intellectual investigation arc 10 longer blockaded with the lcger- demAia of miracles as a substitute for cause and effect, and science is now at liberty to tic hand, elaborate her charms and teach us the methods and means adopted to accom- plish her ends, and perhaps teach how worlds were made and vitaliLed.
 The nebulous theory of creation (more than any other theory responds harmonious 1 ly to s great portion of the facts set forth In the sideral universe, and rhe motions, po- sitioas, gravities and general pecaliarities that characteuze planetary bodies. The nebuious theory of the creation of celestial orbs is based upon the eternity of tune, ! space, matter ana the laws of nature. These all being co-existant and without either be- ginning or end, may be retraced in the retrospect until we are carried back to the primary fuid condition of all matter. Hence If any beginning can be assigned to the creation of celestial bodies, it was when fluid matter became condensed into solids and creation can only be sought in the changing forms of matter.
 It is matter of interesting enquiry whether all space is one vast ocean of cleo trieIty, planetary ether, or matter So rari- fed as to lose its gravity in its present con- dition; and ia which ete-nsl ocean of i'm ponderable matter foated Gn the form of gas) all ponderable matter aow condensed into the celestial globes. Any general in dependent accumulation of ponderabIe fluid matter would be attended with opposite fHia currents, rushing to and meeting around a common centre; and hence curvi- linear motion would be established. From whatsoever cause such an original accumu- lation of matter might arise, the inevitable result must necessarily be polar vortex in the centre of the mass analogus to the whirlpool of the ocean or the whirl-wind of the atmosphere. The centre of which vortex would become the axis of motion, around which the whole body would rotate, and the two extremes of the axis would be- come its poles, while the law of grayitation would give to the whole mass the form of a globe or sphere. and hence we would be presented with a fund globe revolving around Its own axis.
 Such rotating globe once established in any unencumbered region of celestial space would operate as a nucleus of at- traction by drawing to itself all matter within it's reach, until a vast region of sur- rounding space would become exhausted of its ponderable matter; and with the con- staE;ly increasing magnitude of such globe, it would be endowed with constantly in- creasing attractive power, and thereby en- abled to penetrate constantly deeper into l the abyss of space aud draw from distances l more and still more remote until the infiu- 1 enee of other orbs would set limits to the l contribution. And the fact that any celes- 1 tial ogb rotates around its own axis may be 1 considered positive proof that its matter was | wholly or in part fluid condition at the | time of its original accumulation.
 X second proof of the original fluid con- dition of celestial bodies IS found ln the | fact that all bodies rotating upon their .own axis exhibits a swollen equator making | the equatorial diameter more, and the polar i less than the mien diameter; hence the l oblate spherOid becomes the established | form of this class of celestial bodies, and | our sun may be considered the type of the class, and the primary planets modified forms of the same. But It might be as- sImed that Tn some rare cases, particularly | in the advanced stages in the consideration of matter, as in the formation of secondary planets, that the fluid substances when ac- cumulated into q globe, might be so far grznulAted or congealed as te refuse to obey the laws of fluid matter; in which case the globe would be void of rotation on it's axis, ana our moon may be taken as type of this class of bodies. Another class ef ce- lestial bodies may be recognized in the equatorial ungs of Saturn, which have not been carried forward to completion by having the matter of those rings collected iuto globes, so as to form true secondary planets
 JAMES NJ. SANFORD.