New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-09
now WORLDS ARE MADE.

From The ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Imagine. II YOU can, n great nebulous mass q"
gases and mcteOrlc revolving slowly In sphc"
around It's own centre, subject always "a the mys
FERROUS power Of gravitaon. and with mean diameter
of $500 times 100000 miles. II was Of that
mass. without form and VOID that our solar sNs
TEN was made. TO MANY readers oil ms aruc'c
that statement will be startling: to all OF ti"n per
haps the figures that have given are simply In
conceivable And yet there be no reasonable
doubt that our and Its eight planets had their
origin In that great chaotic mass Of matter. There
l. ns Title doubt Of II ~ there l. Of the gradual
evolution Of plants from the primitive simplicity OF
wccdl!fe t. the luxuriant beauty OF thelr p'er'm.
growth. and Of this 40 vellnformed person. iHs it
doubi nj all. The proofs are simply over" h'Iine'
But II solar system was formed oil "l s'', ~
nebulous the process must have been q @o'h ~
s"rI nural line In siN days God made the heavens
and ia, carth"l II IS matter OF uniniA'd "ohueI
to me that ten people out u twelve ukr 'h' "',,u
days as use, I'm that line 70 mean day ~ we
divide the time Of twenty four hours "ach ~ nalrl
Of fact, it means nothing Of the hind, ~ '"'T Ws
Hov the warrant Of the Bible lrsclf ior he assumption
nnl G6' ,S GaSl a aGe we're silent on the subject
woud contrary 10 all the known laws W NV " III
verso u analogy and good sense 10 mtrprr, w,
tnrv of the creation ~ meaning that God completed
The work In tx DAYS of twenty four hours each That
a MAGICIAN mai he .lts In heaven, ordains by breath
I'm" making OF a world. and throws II 0u INTO sMce
IN m. nH,ence Of all proof could not bring myself
TO believing that possible. But there are proofs OF lhe
svsrem was a work Of ages and not OF days
purpose giving you few Of them in plain nnp %%
icsslonal terms. but 1t wonld be D'"er hSt u "a
nloin how the great work done.
have spoken Of original mass OF nebulols matter
composed Of gases and mctcoric stones. nnd with
diameter Of $500 100000 miles. fon VIII naturally
nk why the was assumed TO ,9v, is
found In tie radical distance Of The planet HeplG,ne
rom the sum- which IS miles t@ o daG1e
niles As Neptune Is the outcrInost eanet OF our
system II marks the boundary Of the nebuous matter
from which the system was formed. .
i'oH ,hs mas of matter slowly rcvovcd In space, 1t
assumed a globuar shape. Tn" particles composing
held together by san2n ana as e ,h
centre Tint centre. In the course 81 tlme D'chhe u
nucleus solid matter IN which there was great neat.
There was heat throughout the mass. but IL was
9Th Then the nucleus began to throw of heat and
,b. mass sbuink and condensed more and more. ANA
ie more il shrunk tho hotter the centre became and
The more rapid was the rotation The slow tolau ,P
~ hc mass had made II globular In shape but ~ me
ntotIon Increased the globe became Halter ana nat
ter. until It assumed the form o. dix. .. a.,
A. n certain stage OF this lattcnlne process me
law Of gravaton became imperative; II could holu
the mas together body no loneer Then a ring
part Of the mass. thus being relieved again assume,
y globulnr shape. again shrnk CONDENSED a, Una
,brc,y off ring Of matter This repeated several
times and then the centre OF uf mas, m ,,n
and With 1t the greatest possible heat became Tue
SUI" Tho rings that were thrown Oh during these re
heated actions OF the central mass obcyinc nm
yerso law begin In their turn TO rotate around tns
psr Of T matter ~" cenr and Threw OF
rings precisely rs the original mas had done
This simple and easily understood rTpob b1
GapIaee il is accepted BY the most eminent o a..
and scientists as the Sr scnpns to
IL the nucleus OF the original mass formed the sun
npcs Of each ss nS thrown % from sec
o ondar ~ mass formed planets satellite.