Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-20
THE SUN, MOON AND STARS.
Dr.. fslmsgGs Able Lecture on As
lrOnomy Last Night
Brief Summary Of she History OF tho
wonderful science and Fhenom'
esa Connected Herewith.

tensely Interested ard discriminating
audience to listen DR.. Talmage's able
dissertation the "Sun, Moon ana
Btars.D The lecture was made mani
festly more instructive by the mhnipu'
Iation Of powerful s,ereopiicon np'
paratus By which views Of the objects
desired to be Illus fhted were thrown
upon the south end Of this hall above
the speakers platform.
Astronomy, said tho lecturer, vas
one Of tho oldest sciences. There was
no known accurate account Of in
origin. But nearly all the nations OF
antiquity claimed the honor u ~
discovery. The Ancicnta were NOT
ne well prepared 10 study the science ha
the people Of modern times. They hai
neither the learning nor artificial
equipment. Thelrs was an outdoor
existence. Asshopherds AMI sIochmcn
they watched the motions Of the ncav'
emily orba at night and 10 certain
extent learned the laws that controlled
them.
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IN regafu 70 nls'oiy :" Wv
only brief summary could DO glNoh'
with tho Chaldoans there was partial
knowledge dating back M far ~ the
time OF the building Of tho tower OF
Babel.
The Cblnese, however, disputed the
Chall,an CLAIM, M nrioriiv of di,ooyery
regarding tne earliest records OF astr6.
nomicaI calculations. They even
went 20 far as 10 declare that
two OF their astronomers were put
10 death M a perlod nntedating Chai. |
dean knowledge Of the science, for |
falling 10 note the approach OF an Inn |
porlant astronomical event In the form |
of an eclipse. Hut az ia many other
scientific mAtters the olaln wns unite
able.
The gfeeka were known 10 have
made CAREFUL Astronomical obserya.
lions. anu 90 accurate w.Te they IN
their conclusions that the length of
wear was determined "a being three
hundred ami si1tv.fiy, diva ana n
quarter,
As 10 M, vaIue of Tho seienoe 10
mankind its benefits were incalcula.
HE. Ityava 10 IN, human racr M,
only CuITnlt NfnnuATu lK Mnlgu Hmm |
couid la mcn,uf,d. To IN, nnyIgatur
~. onIv means NJ detnTninIng M,
exaot iatitudo and Iongilud, of his
vessel ns n vas tossed on inc wayrs on ,
the restlrss ocean. From nstromical
measut sment comics the almanac by
which dates arc maintained and Inn.
pottant events Kent In yiew.
IL wAsa science that eutored
lnto the soul and mind nj man |
and wns Admiralty calculated 10
teach man what he Ia and ths frla.
tionship that exists boiweeu MIN and
his Maker,
The lecturer then draw nm imnvin.
AIRY picture In which ho stated now i'm.
possible A was Tor man 10 compfehend
the immvnsiiy Of anu number VI sys. |
TENS that went Ia mai, nm IN. mi. |
verse, Like tho little babe when II
first Oponoi lis eyes nnd be an 10 look
around no was prone 10 believe that
nothing existed tnat hs could not see.
but As tho infant grew he gathered
knowledge anu founu that the room In
which he was born was only one OF
Others Ia tho same hpu5e, aud that per-
haps far from the beet, that the mouse
wss only one OF many upon tbr same
street, that there were hundreds of
streets In the city, that the city
was only ono OF multitude
ia great country, that the country
was only n fraction OF q continent, that
the continent was only a part OF the
earth, aud finally that the earth itself
was only one Of the countless myriads
Of Gods creations, that the syatem ia
which II was situate had other sys-
tens beyond whose height aud deplh
and majestic innnitude were incom.
prehenrible.
A. before referred to the scIenoe
made measurement Rn easy natter.
Yet miles counted for nothing, A
greater unit must DO obtained. That
was found In light which Travelled AT
the astonishing rate oi 1856, 900 miles
per second or II 900, 900 miles Dor min.
ute.
Much amusement was oaufed by
reference TO tho time II would reuuife
TO pass, by different methods Of transit
such little waysids stations "A HAiurf
Neptune, Polkfius, and other brilliant
bodies, In n Journey TO the sun.
BY meHns OF the stefeopticon the
stars were shown In howildeting beauty
dispersed through tho depths OF suaos
with the Ideas WILDLY Impressed ON
the audience by the speaker that
farther out Into space there were other
lights and other depths beyond tho
conception Of Finite man.
The twelve signs OF the Zodiac. this
principle consultations, ths distance OF