The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-09-16
MAGMA THEORY EXAMINED.
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in his Gown theory" and in the "minor
points" If l may yet once more tres
pass on your courtesy, | will endeavor
to show this in the one instance in
which DR.. Bishop AYERS that l seem to
impute to him an absurdity of thought.
In his effort to elucidate how gases in
liquid or solid form got INSIDE of the
molecules of the magma" (sic) he says
when the formless clouds of meteorites
originally gathered out of chaos into a
solar system, and into our globe all the
substances comprising their frozen con-
tents became embedded together in the
depths of their combined masses wheth-
er sun or planets" What DR.. Bishop
meant when he wrote, unless he meant
words, terse and clear, unless he meant
what he said, no man of course is COM
petent to judge. Taken in conjunction
with the whole context of the letter the
words mean that, the presence of liquid
and frozen (solid) gases in the earth's
interior today, are to be accounted for
on the above theory, because they be-
came embedded together i'm the depths
of their combined masses, whether sun
or planets! No word, sir do we read of
any nebulous sphere, alluded to by the
writer when crticising the above singu-
lar quotation from the doctors first let
ter. Mark, Mr. Editor, the Conjunctions.
The meteOrites, with their frozen
freight gathering out of chaos into a
solar system, and into our globe, with
all the substances forming their frozen
contents, and the embedding of them
together. Now sir, if, as I said in my
last letter, 1t be true that meteOrites
are the primOrdal stuff of the universe,
and were the means by which our solar
system was built up, then there was no
embedding them together. On the con-
trary they were UNNECESSARILY dispers-
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ASSOCIATED. Their combined masses be-
fore collision would not have formed a
sphere as large as our sun, but after
the shock, became one so immense that
its radius must have been, according
to Melmholtz at least three thousand
millions of miles! No embedding there,
Mr. Editor; no embedding of the frozen
contents of the meteorites in the depths
of their combined masses; on the con-
trary, utter and complete dispersion.
DR.. Bishop says the writer would
be the last one to place the difference
between the liquid and gaseous states
of matter in the distance of the mole
cules." ! must again express surprise
at the Doctors mode of argument and
have again to point to the apparent in
eXtricable ENHANCEMENT of the Doctors
mind when speaking of gases in the So
called liquid form The point at issue
in this particular instance is not touch
;,,o Il
and liquid states. of matter, but the
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IiC,,a6ad stota Ins9oad i, F -
ar,ongst tba i,st ~ oooai,,+ ro,, he
diffo,,e,7oo -, tt,a,e t,,,I, ,,tIi4, ~
~ DO distarao 90 ~ ,,ooIoa,Iil,,
should be amongst the first, and hap
PLY SO, for one of the greatest sources
of satisfaction is to stand on the van
Dr Riebon e,rod In introdnnins I;oiid
and solid yasas I,,,da, cnnditinnS , ,,iN
hitiva of tboi, nrasa,cl o,,d 10 nror,,
nante he hos uead to e,Innort bis +tao,,,,
have not ~ nov. sooIIs bna1, ,,Ii+,
satisfactorv to bimseIf So much co 10
this annarent nat a. Tho conni,,sia,, Of
his last Letter the Dnc+ot. soWs .it NAT
ta,, not ,,ba+hat tta,, t+t, r,o,, ,,.,
in solid 1ioi,id or erasaons go Tba,,
al.e tbere nrasont 80 TO- is eSIo,,,r,, -
know" Whv then If If mattare NOT
vbv ala mr. TSiehnn In tba arnn,,,,,a'
n,ent of his new theory, his own theory
oiIepe thev the gasas ,yare nresnnt IN
such form The mere assertion Of
eases being nrasant would NOT have
been original hut when thev we've do
cIared 70 he tbore in u0I,iI or cold
form. and had so been there ali intro
then the theory became absolutelv tho
Doctors own and very original
If is possible sir that If matters NOT
what The interior conditione Of tba
earth may he stocks viii NOT he Affect
ed nv what we think we undarstand
neither will tho nrice Of benf and no.
tatoos IVA tauaIod Ia, ON. s,,ao,,tatiap,,,
I would suggest however that the nod
in vbicb s,7cb snac,,Iotio,,s si,d,,iI ~
annomncad has an etbicai as VIII wall as
scientific or practical side. and hap
h
to support any theory. much less if If