The herald., 1895-08-08

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sistent in the light Of the probable fact
that the evolution land involution also)
| OF stellar systems, and may be OF meteor
ic matter, is in continual progress. For.
If they are being evolved, they can only
J acquire their fire mist from the ether.
| which is, as the quotation OF Professor
Maxwell on the ether shows. very ex-
| tensive storehouse OF primitive matt r.
In fact no other source of primitive mat
ter is known.
| If the ABOVE, with the foregoing deduc-
| tions. is true, we make a brief study OF
how worlds are formed we will see that
| the nebular hypothesis is more consistent
than the newer meteoric hypothesis. How
| is a stellar system formed-or rather now
is the immense ,sphere OF fire mist
formed? Our study of the problem will
make 1T evident that it can be formed III
one of two ways. FIRST the action OF
ether in certain locality IN space Will
| commence to condense by the conditions
OF that locality becoming favorable. Then
into the resulting vacuum will rush the
outlying portion of ether. and as the con-
ditions of this ether are changed, il will
| condense like the first part. A continu-
alton of this process for certain period
of time will result IN al accumulation OF
| fire mist of definite volume-the longer
| the period of time. the larger will be the
! volume.
But it is not probable that the accumu-
lation of fire mist occurs in the second
way-that il, in addition to the process
of condensation, of aggregation, there Is
| occurring in another locality in space not
| too remote from the first, the reverse pro-
cess Of segregation. Observations show
us that our earth is world OF lnceSSant
change. Some few observations, and
judging by analogy. enable us TO extend
the assertion to our erratic solar system.
Still fewer direct observations. but many
indirect observations, such as the phe
nomenon of light enable us to assert that
the pantocosmos itself is IN incessant
change. And ,hen. even in such gigan-
tic process t. s world formations, cause and
effect. action and reaction, must be con
sidere0. 1t is then probable that aggre-
CATION must be accom- mpanied by disnteg-
ration. Wnen We try to take into consid-
Grafton the extent of the infinite panto-
cosmos, it is probable that there is not
one, but many such centeys of evolution
and involution acting at the same time.
The effect OF these two processes OF con-
densation and of dissolution on the inter-
stellar ether as a whole. will be to place
different parts Of it under different de-
grees of tension. This ether tension,
however. whether great or small, will for
obvious reasons, not have any effect on
an atmosphere of a sun or planet This
difference of tension of the pantocosmic
ether will tend towards an equilibrium
of tension, inst as would be the case with
gas. That s there will be movement
of the ether upwards and toward, the
center OF least etheric tension, which
are then also centers of condensation, of
aggregation and outwards and from the
ceptsfs or maximum etheric tension,
which are then centers of dissolution.
The velocity of translation Of the moving
ether will become greater and greater
as it approaches the cent,r of condensa-
ton. When it condenses and meets |
the other condensed ether, the newly
formed fire bmist will have the same
-E - 1N%s 4. l>a,,
it was ether. AS this motion cannot be
changed into an 9th er form except perhaps
in a slight degree into heat, ana as the |
surrounding ether is pushing 1t towards
the center of condensation. it cannot get |
away and must therefore change its
nearly Iectilinear motion into rotary !
motion around the center of condensa-
tion. While a center of uisgregation will |
always dominate particular center of |
aggregation, the latter may be influenced |
by two or more of the former cehters,
somewhat as atmospheric centers of high |
In this way the motion of rotation of the |
fire mist is directly accounted for. II |
the motion of rotation happens to be di- |
rected IN one plane the resulting ncbula |
will be nearly spherical; otherwise it may |
be like.any one of the twisted and fancl
full nebula which the telescope reveals
to us.
The above conce ption OF etheric tension
and motion of translation will account for
all the various phrases Of stellar motion
of translation, which the genius of this
quarter cenGury has brought to light
Besides it dispenses with the con inception
of central sun, whose superior gravita-
tive action is drawing all the other suns
towards itself. This idea of a central
sun is radically wrong, because il 1t were
not then the pantocosmos would be cir
cumscribed and finite. 1t will also &C.
for OF in
of stellar motion of translation, which are
often far greater than could be produced
by any effect of gravtation.
volume of the ether equal to that
of the earth weighs but about one-twen.
tieth of Iound we then see that the
volume and quantity of ether required
to form a solar system must be immense.
Then even il the time required to form
the great sphere of fire mist or the neb-
ua before it threw off its first ring. was
amount of ether condensed per second
would still be very great, as would also
be the velocity of other ether rushing
in to take Its place. For ii volume of
aether equal to that of the earth were
condensed to the solid condition every
would be represented by cube of earth
of about twenty feet on the side. We car
therefore conclude that the pull of the
etheric vacuum and the push of the
etheYic plenum must be immense, and
that it is sufficient to account for veloc-
ity OF stellar motion of two or three hun
dred miles per second.
A stellar system more or less complete
in its details, lying between a center of
aggregation and center Of aggregation.
will be carried along with the ether
which surrounds it towarus the center Of
aggregation with a maximum velocity
consistent with the case. A stellar sys-
tenn situated at right angles to the line
joining the two centers, and as far away
as the center disgregation. will be carried
toward the center of aggregation with a
minimum velocity. Other intermediate
stars will receive intermediate veloclties
and directions of motion. Though tho
direction of the motion of all the stars of
a certain part of space is toward the CEN
ter of aggregation. the line of motion
will not be straight line. but probably
an elongated spiral, due to the resjduant
result of former processes.
If the foregoing premises and conclu
sions are correct, then the nebular ny |,
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