The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-16
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book next Saturday The interesting ex-
| tracts that follow are taken from an ad-
| vance copy of .hs bookk procured by
! Tho World:
In his intr oduction Sir Robert Ball
writes
THE ne5ular theory discloses the be
! ginning OF this earth itself. II points
| out the marvellous process by which
from original chaos the firm globe on
| which we stand was gradually evolved.
solid earth have been laid. and how It Is
that we have land to tread on and air
to breathe.
But the subject has a scope far
! wider than merely in its relation TO our
earth. The nebular theory accounts for
the beginning of that great and glorious
orb the sun. which presides over the
| system of revolving planets. guides them
in their paths, eliminates them with
it's light, and stimulates the activities
Of their Inhabitants with it's genial
warmth.
The nebular theory explains how it
comes about that the Gun still continues
In these latter Gays to shire with the
brilliance ard warmth that 1t had
throughout the past ages of human his
tory and the vastly greater periods of
preme achievement, it discloses the
origin of the planets which accompany
the sun, and shows how they have come
ID run their mighty courses: and it tells
Iassociated with the planets. The nebu-
lar theory has. indeed, a remarkable re-
lation to all objects belonging to that
wonderful scheme which we call the
solar system.
What Nebular Theory Explains.
1T should also be noticed that the
ne4buiar theory often brings facts Of the
most diverse character into striking ap-
position. As IL accounts for the contta-
ued maintenance of the solar radiation.
SO IL also accounts for that benehcent
rotation by which each continent, after
the enjoyment of a day under the in
MIGRATING RAYS of the sun. passes in
due alienation into the repose of night
me nebular theory is ready with an
explanation of the marvellous structure
revealed in the rings of Saturn, and it
shows at the same time. how the vol
canoes OF the moon acquired their past
ages of activity. they have now at last
become extinct, With equal versatility
the nebular theory will explain why a
collier experiences increasing heat as he
descends the coalpit. and why the planet
Jupiter is marked with those belts which
have so much interest for the astrono-
mer.
THE nebular theory offers an mmedi-
ate explanation of the earthquake which
wrought such awful destruction at Lis
bon, while it also points out the source
of the healing warmth of the waters at
Bath. Above all, the nebular theory ex-
plains that peerless discovery of cos
mical chemistry which declares that
those particular elements of which the
sun is composed are no other than the
elements which form the earth beneath
our feet"
In describing the cause of volcanic
eruptions the author says:
Solids in Globes Center.
1.-THE internal heat of the earth, de-
rived from the primeval nebula, is in
no way more strikingly illustrated than
by the phenomenal Of volcanoes. We
have shown in this chapter that there
is no longer any reason to believe that
the earth is fluid IN its interior. The
evidence has proved that under the
extraordinary pressure which prevails
in the earth the materials in the central
portions of our globe behave with the