New-York tribune., 1884-12-26
TIE CAUSE or SOLAR HEAT.
Atrr,rn rnou RICHARD 4 rRocrom

'
e,y. p,ofcsaor Young, Of Princeton. IN ic'on'
.tt,..s =, pbtl,dclphia expressed his belief that
,h o,,,otion theory of the suns heat is the tiu"
orI orlc available theory. believe so, TOO anu
r, ohiect in the present paper is to dwel upon '''
,i,,,iconcc and interest cf this rcnarkaOle lh'.i-
rrctation o. the solar mechanism
Or conrsc II Is known to all that the Oh theory
oc,or1inr Ia yhch tho SUMS heat Is due to coM-
hrs,on ,"donh, that the ann Is Tire said ShaN'-
.,.,,c as If the donhf Werc The qniniossenr' "I
,ts,,ii,A hos long since bocn rcicc'ed as in'il'
,,o.s "a ,ho hcqt combps'iblc nnicrial c11al y"
w. snp IN ,nan,iit Voab bo hntncd oni M h's
s,,,3t ,s,s or c,pie4dh ifi, o5HH hhtt tiaht ont
N s,ont .6b tcats " like w'nncr 'he ilei OF
,bs eHA AZ Nh Mt,h.c't hM bblt s'h'bW ~ im'i'r
lp hf4t iNiB eNitrN4 rNcr ~ eh'c-hN iiN ~
2i,naNt aNt Vi3ttaa ~ t3'nNt 1855 haa h'N :" w.
lclec,ei Elep itttf aHA Vf.f HtNW W' W'NFt
po,se siu, tbs bi,h a9sehe hfat ~ NAn WNNN'"a
the tema,kabe p,QpegN ~ ElllNS AN Nf'e Ns' ~
cooilug thau auy Qther uatuN Substance h"'"N
land only Que or tWo aglipiW sar r''nfra 7Np"sn
II IN this rcspeeu cyca Iheu Ihc 7Ana eh'7s'pN ''
heat At his prc,cut rate would not cover more
thnn about = 5ua years Processes oi ehem''''
change have been suggcatcd ~ dholdlhs the t"o
sourcc of solar heat but they IA inlh nave h""
to he rejected a. altogether ln,uih'ieht' IL II ~"
necessary To touch the supposed orlt'n u a''''
heat m the gathering IN OF mcleoTic h"d'''' l"' J."
reality this process belongs to th' coh'iA''""
,hcorv. il has however. been ubundanlly demon
.t,otod thai fine actual amount of sun heat when
oo,Id he derived from the drawing IN ol matter
nov outsile the solar globe can be nut very sh'''
We are LETT in fine, no rcconfsc-so i'l ~ o,''
,r.so,t knowledge eXtonds-but to regard thc
process of contraction taking place within '.i'
solar globe as the true source OF ali "f very H'"'
all thc heat and light which the sun cn'tS' ana
therefore of every form OF force ana nc Oh 'i''
earth and on whatever other members "l the S"l'''
syetcm NAV be the abode of life or scene oi 'n'
dispay of any forms of force not derived HOE" III
tcrnal heat and energy.
Bun now at the very outset. what mighty NY :,
st.rv il tlns unveiled It seemed wonderful
enough 70 recognize in what we fond!y caii ihef'
matter the source of the energies which GUIDE me
hc,vcn,v bodics in their notions know indeed
pothinr more mysterious tuorc hopcics.ly mysieri-
ous one ulght say, if one could limit the possible
ics of future research than the Mystery oi GRAY
inv. II has been said, and truly sad, that
"N,turc and Natures laws lay hid In night
God said, Let Newton be- AMI al was ll5h''
All was indeed light where before men hah n''h
cro,ioc in lrknc.s. Bat outside the region where
tLcy had thus been searching far vast'r regions oi
dorkpc,s were revealed A veil was liltcd ana one
Of Natures mysteIcs was interpreted hut iho'c
impcuctfahlc vcil was seen beyond, "h'ch ~ YET
mo man has even hoped 10 lift. What greater inyS-
,,. c,u there he Than this that matter acts where
II is not? Tho sun on the emth an" M
his nloncte the earth on the moon Jupiter
and saturn ON their world systrms, planet on
nIonct star on star nav, every particle
80 ,,o,,cr on every other throughout Dinuy of
sn,cc. And not only 50, bnt time appar-
,ntly onnihiacd az well ~ distance. For II has
bccn shnwn that unless the force of gravity
trovorscd distances with tar greater velocity,
nay with many times tho velocity of litht
II - 600 miles per second. the whole ne chanlsm
oc tbc solar system would long since have gon"
wrong. Nor has II vet been shown how minute the
tine time intervals are in which practical ininIiic'
or,hstancc ar,travcrsrd by this all-pcryading at-
mctivc action.
And now we Gnl that not only IS inert matter
,hus intenscly one may infinitely. energetic, "a
4 cause of motion. but that il s the real sou'c' 81
thc lipht and heat winch arc IN effect the very h'
ot the universe itsclf. Within our own earth. the
movements we call earthquakes, rs well asaH such
disturbances as volcanic erupton' ervs'r', ana So
forth are 9ll primari duc to ih" pior'' .l'a'N
tor tiiiu place under th" nrinn oi irii'r-
trial nrlNltN though ol course in' pi'tI
mate cause of each such dfintoir' Is I've
heat Generated during ihc process ui rnhiacuOh'
ln each uanrt. mo- douif elmil3r .i''-s-'- are
takiut plarr with rt"nfri or lees ci'v arrorllnH
,s , ID. "a ,.n,iierr cf Nldrr Amt noW wr er' the
ri,, 90, ir,.. ni fNr sun. s'r1iN NV tf gHiltlln9
rnriav .u..fnf ina hrlt vhus" rWis9 in a. ln i1t'
th,. Vr,, nt.ul Tine enl9r s1 HirW " u'h"r Woii'
thor rn.idof n wri" m't'"r 40 Wh4' Wr hlNr s'
hne and -r ill, r,lhi inofi w1tirr ihr teni nn''
IA r,t.,, blond of movements W r'ri' kml oi M"
within M. nni,.r. itplI iHr 0ht iF nprol rr'
spa atrt. ni 1870 pilHt ru0s tNH a'H'f N4t m' -
oi wtn.p. ltr.lrl M thr tonriN. HNd W ihf
miihtus ..I utultwa ul aftti.a W HiNa WhNN
inNhtl .tt.l N.,rul tAp d'NAiN 'n'"'l w "o'
not muu,. i,uu th.s s,arpadrls, eua wat tuiV
sN tn' await m''l'Nf N'"h '"'WH W '.',t
a.,N tauDh 49, ln ' -rnen a-a't' I'' dN"''' "Il
the trrt iIi.i Cause Nu .ntn tuAl thrlr 1909 many
m,nor u, stelrs ahnut thn thotl, that solar biAN
tatioa /, tAa tr,n souI,u "i ,"lu hrl'
la the htai IlA.t many uul u dii'dll u Wh'ft
stand how tho e"tinb1-o OH r''" ''iv matter SUI
less that ut ,aInrou- maitrr ,ln lrd 1" lh'
generation of heat Vet n rca'i}, 60 !ny enc WAC
rightly apprchrnds the prmcplc of tue conorrNa
tinu ot energy. NJ viii hc uh'lpus that the hca
gcner,tcd 70, the solar gravity draws inward an
portion of his euFciour oi \apoi-, ana ia 80 doht
necessarily duiul-hcs the Noluuc oi that portion
! must bc exactly this cIuvd,eni oi the neat whicl
would lee required 10 reverse the process, ana 50 Il
restore by expansion thai norton "i Sarof9u'
matter t. lts original Nol'lnr. real diih'liiA
arises for Il moment, hen we inquire why the heat
| generated moincntarily by the forces tending t'
| produce contraction - not MON, nijriy cmployc,
| in PRODUCING equivalent cOuncr-cN pdn-iOn. W,
| must remember however. that a portion Ol the Iea
| generated must necessarily bo railatcd away lntt
space SIMPLY because IL - tAF">rh l" ti" c"lu ="
| space on" may conpUc tho Gas" 7" that ol
pnnlp 50 constructed that u all the water raise
remained m "a certain vessel round tnc place of exit
| the weight of the water N0ull serve nS sGuIcr u
! mower To keen the pump working. Ia such a case
were friction entirely gotten rid Of the pump wOulD
work forever but II tie vessel were perforated \,
| that all the time portion ol thr water escaped
| tins woulh 40 longer happen HE heat constantly
! generated by the enforced process, oi solar con
Traction ducs ia part eacapr portion continually
nndurs part of thr work oi contraction hy causini
| expansion bmt the portion which. as We see an,
feel, II continually escaping from the sIn, causes
| portion ot the contraction 10 remain uucu,uprn
| sated Thus the siH, as whole, continues htrddlll
| contracting and steadily en- Jung heat. Nor wil
| hr cease 10 contract unlll hr c'lsrs to cmlt liHh
! and heat or IN other WOul. until lie l.cs 10 b.
the hcnciccnt light giving centre ol the 'ola