Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-23
BIRTH Of TEE UNIVERSE.
The Meteoric Theory in Contrast
With the NebuIar Hypothesis
Of LapIaIe.
Why 3 Yap3ycBs Gjsud Gould Not
HaYa Been lha Parent CT the
Solar System.
Signs Shot Sun End PIsnsts Grew, and
Evidences That meteoric Growth
is stin In Progreas.
Chicsgo Inter Ocean.

hypothesis aad IT'S proper sign fc2nCe
[sa0wG il N=w:04's saying "HypotDeses
u0l fcgo") It Rad from tic beginning a
f=s-jaa,Ica fJr mos: minds which led &c
it, zccs plapce IS If il had been verltable
theory. Yet has /; never been accepted
by one single student OF science
Woo he's possessed adequate knowledge
Of physics, combined WITH adequate
knowledge OF astronomy AID mathematics.
Let Us CONSIDER whs. suggested me
byp .hesis, aId waas the hypothesis
aC.uE..v Is:
Ip= solar system oheYs the Ia q gE2v-
lty c such scrt Lat, granted the ex!3.-
enle u the system snd Of tie movements
tsEigg pllC5 II Il 81 any m0neat, al Lne
pcayodil Q -ndE1uGDing movements and
ccaC -iJIs u me ry. en- can DC deter
u,G1d D. processes Of calculation d.
p=Et.2E On tie cns law alode wsicn New
ten elurCIAgrd as me lSW Ct universal
sl,..CIon. But the l2w Of gravity
gives 20 explanation Ct the existent
rgCIliaririe5 OF I. e selar system. And
as laese pecuiiGritiss are em!lenEly chsr-
ac.lrisac, il hsS been natural thought,
eysc SINCE gravity was established, to
strive TO look back 10 the origin not 80
much Of the solar system itself az Of its
characteristic features.
Yhus Gil the planets, without single
excspIicD, travel the same wgy oround
tn aUn. TIE
EIGHT PRIMARY PLANETS
travel nearly IN the same plane, Mercury,
the smallest aud neETegt 10 the sun,
Gb2EIrg the most marked displacement
from that plane, but even Mercury
travelling not very far from it. The
asteroids, OF which ouly four were known
70 L9plsce, travel on more inclined paths.
Bui lhen they are very small, and 50 can
Gsrdly Qe regarded as affecting the gen
eral statement that the SUMS 1AmiIy, Ril
travelling in the same direction around
him, travel also in the same general
plEEa, the crest bulk Of the solar family
outs de the sun showing that character
istic peculiarly. Turning to less striking
detS!ls the sun turns On MS sXis, and all
the planets whose rotation have ectually
been determined TO turn on their axis in
the same direction, which has been al
ready recognized in considering the
planetary revolutions. The same is true
Of the moons motion round the earth, OF
the movement Of the moons CT Jupiter,
Saturn and Mars (if the two small at
lendarts on m1rs deserve 10 be called
moons around their primeries. Only in
the csses Of the moons Of Uranus sud the
one moon known to attend on
Neptune do we find any ex-
Iepticns. The moons OF Uranus
tsSyel on paths whose plane is nearly at
right angles TO the medisn plane OF the
sols- system; ard so far as bodies 50
moving can be eail 10 hsve any direction
L: al with reference to the general mo-
ton Ct the planets, the moons OF Uranus
90 she wrong Wsy round. In 8 more
definite manner il may be said Of Nep-
tune's moon that it travels round the
wrong way. Still these are minor. ex-
ceptions affecting the satellites Of planets
which mSy be described as at the out
skirts OF the solar system. II would be
idle to regard these exceptions SIS mCdi-
flying the eject produced by the general
uniformity in tie
MOVEMENTS OF REVOLUTION AND RoTA-
TICN
within the solar system. 1t Is certain
that the retrogrsde movements of the
satellites Of Uranus did not influence the
opionion Of Laplace thss the pecuiisrities
of the solar system indicate process OF
evolution or development.
Lspiace, who knew the difference be-
tween theory and c hypothesis. sftel
calling attention 10 the peculiarities Of
the solar system, went on 70 say that they
had suggested to him sn ides as TO the
origin Of that system, an idea which he
emily resulting from the preceding
facts, "but which," ne added, 81
present with mistrust which every
thing not the result OF observation O.
calculation ought TO Inspire" The late
Professor Young OF BeltasH, in sn aDle
attscz upon IA5 ne0Gler hypothesis, weak
enec his case by an unfortunate mistrans
lsaon; LsplsCe wrote Of his idea as DUNE
hypotheese gal nc psrait resulter, etc
mais que je presente sYsc le defiance que
colt insprer tCut &c CT! n'est point III
Tesultss de 10 0eeTvt ii N on du calcul;'
this Young mlsIa1slsted mo "tne mis-
trust Whicl ought to inspire everything
not the IcsBlT Of observation or Csiculs
tion," winch, beEiies bsi2g incorrect IS
translation, nas vague lnexnctress 6
meaning particularly caicu!ated to in
press ana nisiead the student.
Lsplace's hypothesis assumed the eI
istence Of intensely hot and exceedingly
rare vsporous mass, in the form Of .
gigantic disc extending to and beyond
the utmost limits Of the solar system
and rotating az single MACS. The alb
solute impossibility that 3 gaseous dist
of this vsst size and almost Infinite tenui
ty should thus rotate was'no known II
Laplace's day. or he would scarcely hsv'
adopted the idea; for the openness OF the
original retatory movement Of his mighty
rebula WAS snd remains absolutely es'
sential to the validity Of hypothesis.
THIS ROTATING MASS
shrinking as it cooled was understood Il
leave behind itrotsting rings. Each ring
broke up into separate masses, which
subsequently,, through collisions, coa
Iesed into single mass-.he material o.
future planet. Planet after planet was
thus formed, or rsther provided for
until at last at the center there remainet
what was still most OF the mass OF the
original nebuls (tor the suns mass con-
taina more than 700 parts on. Of 701 Of
the entire SYSTEM, this immense central
mass proceeding 20 cordense itself into
the future SUI and future ruler CT the
family Of plarets.
TIE process by which tie planets and
a. had hon formal snp-