Douglas Island news., 1899-05-10
A NEW LAW DISCOVERED.
rhe orlgIn ot the sun bad Planets.

Dr.T.J.J. See announced in Jauu- uary in the Boston Lowell Institute what promises to be the discovery of new law of matter which will rank with Newton's great discovery of the law of grayitation, and Darwin's law of evolution.
 pr. See is described as "A Westener, a rugged, keen-eyed, long headed Mis- sourian of the stock that bred plains men and pioneers, with the advantage of the best scientific education that the age affords" He is over six feet in height, and is not yet thirty three.
 Our limited space will not permit explaining the law, but it is 'based on the simple and weu-known principle that gas, when compressed gives out heat"
 This sketch is compiled from the May number of McClure's Magazine.
 In speaking of the old theory he says: "In the beginning the solar system was a vast mass of frey mist, which, with the passage of the ages, revolved more and more rapidly. Finally ring formed on the outer edge, like one of the rings of Saturn, composed of mat ter that could not keep up with the tremendous revolving speed of the ln- ner mass. This independent body, held in place near the main body of the nebula by the attraction of gravitation, assumed the form of a sphere, and began revolving on its own axis. Thus Neptune was formed. Then came Uranus and Saturn. All the planets according to this theory were gaseous and flaming hot when separated from the sun; but the earth, Mars, and Venus have since cooled down to their present state"
 This is the old theory of the fOrma, ton of all the stellar systems of the universe. The marked difference be- tween the old and new theories Is this: instead of the matter now composing our sun and planets being diffused through space in highly heated gas eous state, Dr. See believes it was in state of the most intense cold. He continues with his theory as follows:
 .'Imagine a great stretch of nebul9 made up of gaseous and solid particles, which I have compared to great swarm of feecy birds, floating in space. One of these nebula, smaller than many of the others, is to become our solar system, of which the earth is such an insignificant grain. Although vast and attenuated, this nebula has set up a slow motion, which is the beginning of development. 1t revolTes on its axis. It is also condensing gradually by the attraction of gravitation. As it grows smaller and trihe more com pact it reVolYes a little faster. In the course of few million years, when its circumference has reached what is now about the orbit of Neptune, a part of the outer edge, unable to keep up with the movement of the mass, IS de- tached, not unlike the mud from 8 revolving buggy wheel. That is Nep- tune Later Uranus is left behind and then Saturn and Jupiter. And as the central mass gradually shrinks inward, the temperature, according to the new law. necessarily increases. Mars IS formed at 249 below zero Centigrade, the earth at 233 and finally Mercury at 181 degrees below
 "As each of these worlds takes up a separate existence, it, too, begins shrinking and generating heat. The nebula of our earth was probably about as large as the present orbit of our moon, and after having begun inde- pendent rotation, it, in turn, casts off world. That world is our moon"
 According to Dr. See the sun is grow ing hotter, as also are the great planets, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter,
 The mayor of Toledo, who has aban- doned the idea of starting another daily newspaper in that city, has prob ably decided that it would be better scheme to burn his money
 One of the most serious tokens Ofthe decline ofreligious faith in this country "A ,.L l L,o,, 6,,o,,c,bG b,- oor