Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
THE Sun AN ELECTRIC LIGHT.
A New Theory to Explain the SUN.
Heat IL Maintained


From the Chicago lnter-occan
DIR. Adam Miller has prepared a paper ON
his new theory of the SUMS light He de-
clares that the is in reality mann
moth electric light. The very Interesting
! paper in which this contention is put forth
is as follows:
Some time ago ! wrote an article advo-
eating the theory that the sun was fed and
| its light kept up by electricity. After a
Nc re careful study Of the subject / find II
is in itself electric light. 1t il not to be
viewed as a lighthouse on the shores of a
rock-bound coast, shedding its borrowed
light to guide the mariner in his course
but as a central power house OF untold
energy, TO hold and guide revolving worlds
in their motion around this common CEN
ter.
After examining the opinions of different
writer's on solar light and heat and their
d Inherent views on this subject in connec-
tion with well known facts on the subject
OF electricity, i am led to the conclusion
that the is itself the great electric
light of the solar system. and that this
must finally be recognized as fact i'm
science l am the more confident in this
from the fact that, up to this time no
theory has been offered on which astrono-
mers could generally unite.
Inc Theory now generally received by as
tronomers is that the solar orb is i'm "a
process OF shrinking, and in this way il is
supposed that the light and heat are pro-
duced but this is not regarded as a fact
m science. 1t is a hypothesis of a doubtful
character, and is received only from q want
OF something more in harmony with scien-
tifc facts.
Now, since electricity has come 10 the
front as great working force in nature
we may look At this as The most prot,al,l..
cause of solar energy and activity. This
giant power ~ governed by certain laws.
which we can study. and from which w.
can make certain calculations, and thus
"A scientific
cles oil matter constantly thrown out from
the sun, as revealed by the telescope ar.
The result Of magnetic repulsion. Now W..
appeal to facts revealed through the t.le-
scope. and here we learn that an immens.
amount of matter is constantly thrown oti
nom the sun, and this is regularly returned
10y the sun attraction. This cannot Toe ac-
counted Tor by the shrinking OF the sun
hut II can be accounted for most clearly l,v
the different electrical conditions of these.
PARTICLES OF matter. BY the In mensc mag
Leusm OF the sun they become positive and
consequently are repealed. as a positive re-
peis positive. When they are pushed out
from 2n.ID to 3ooooo miles their positive.
| electric condition is changed TO a NEGATIVE.
condition, and then they are attracted Nv
the sun. and return with an immense force.
ana by this Repeated contact with the sur
lace o. the sun, develop immense currents
OF electricity.
Here there IS no waste of enerpies TO-,
the boundless store of electricity cannot b,.
wasted Here We will find the master KEY
that will unlock the mysteries that have
surrounded this subject in the past
A DISTINGUISHED astronomer SAYS: 9Th.
true explanation is reserved for the science.
which shall reveal the nature of the CON
nectlon which unites heat 10 electricity To
magnetism, and TO the cause of gravity
his We have in the theory here presented
ana the truth that forces itself upon us is
that the sun itself is an electric light on an
enormous scale,and this is kept up through
all the ages 10y magnetic repulsion and at
traction of cosmical matter, according to
electric conditions.
This bon bardment constantly going on
on the surface of the sun is a scientific
tact, demonstrated by observations through
the telescope. and not theory guessed AT
TO set aside by another guessing in another
direction.
which We see with the naked eye is the
rhotosphere which appears perfectly
smooth and uniform. but the telescope re-
Veais constant state of disturbance on
the surface of the SUM- and these down
rushinss OF and upheavals of electric
storms, exceeding by a thousand fold all
the cyclones and tornadoes ever Witnessed
on tins earth. can only Toe accounted for ON
the theory of electrical action.
The spots seen on the surface of the sun
through the telescope can be nothing less
than immense chasms through the photo
sphere, caused by these storms.
Dr. Newcomb says: The great question
III the present state of science is how the
supply of heat is maintained against such
an immense loss by radiation
Well. We may now proclaim that We have
found the ever-fiowing fountain streaming
cut from every star and every world
throughout the universal empire-enourh
to supply all demands for millions on mil
lions of years.
All other theories point to a waste of en-
orgies that foreteli the final doom of ma
ture; but electricity can never fail. Ii has
III IL the elements of perpetual motion 1t
llanifestS a power that is sui generis Its
POWER is boundess and Yet under the con-
uol OF a higher law working out the de-
Signs of an infinite mind and will