New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
m SOLAR SYSTEM.
,..;tute for LaplGec's Historic
Greed.

~ IN Earth History PIP. oS--O-4
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srftable explanation for many Of
'.- -. which the eeoIoeist studies he
4sr hack on some conception Of the
g a7..;on Of the globe. For long
81 II notion regarding that stage Of
tis.orv was generally accepted.
..sto the soundness Of the French
- a-s now entertained. The most
IRE Of The really magnificent work
=. chamberlain and Salisbury is their
ENC cider doctrine and The advocacy
s--.s.sssis How fully ii VIII be ac-
- .ne can tell There are indications
- received favorah!y in isolated in
AZ vet the majority Of biologists
y hesitate % pronounce an opinion.
~ theory which is advanced here
ans the technical reader who care-
.-ss The volumes under discussion will
= -isasure the large amount Of fresh
l-+,rt has been introduced and the dis
r-sa,ment Of most of The questions
rm
believed that the space now occupied
-.s- evrer was once filed with a cloud
- areaei gas. which was hot and some
n sesuired 2 rotary motion The nebula
---,rir7atslv spherical In time il began
t ir size ana there was then detached
!. s5uatorial region a ring OF nebulous
IN tsct number ~ these rings were
n II succession. each being smaller
ureieoessor The central portion. very
s-5ense5. formed the sun The matter
~ IN each Of the rings eveutually shaped
srhere. and by degrees assumed a
rre The earth. I-aplaeo hold was once
- mass OF which d -rust developed by
.s..;on Of some Of The original store Of
z accounted for the high temperature
< supposed to Characterize the interior
j. globe today IN this manner. and fancied
EeEt .or a comparatively thin shell it is
nd
.sss1r Chamberlain and his associate start
-uch lower temperature. II matter was
r,ssous condition when evolution began,
INK !: would soon become cool enough
-rture an incalculabie number of small
< graeucally identical with meteorites. but
--at tie centre d hot. gaseous mass Other
ues-such as the collision Of TWO dead
z-s-sre considered Incidentally. as means
1rng q host of tiny stones The Chicago
--s eri1ce no preference for any OF these
4 supplying the mete0rites. however.
ss1daI feature Of their IyIothesis IS that
.-sse small -"plauetesimals'' they
zlei-had been provide @ Few clusters
-5a5 he nuclei O. the a-s planets. which
i-li " ty the addition # The more scat
raeo-itas. The Internal heat Of the earth
--5es as The product of the mechanical
s o. ne material after 81 had assembled. /
- b. Een 70 remember that The great Ger
.1gacist, Helmholtz. attributed The ability
b sln 70 maintain its thermal output with
.zz.aoa in spite Of IT'S enormous losses
a radiation. 10 gravi-acon alone. though
/ Fls PROBABLY a contraction of volume
Z iaErmomers had not been able To detect :
1FFothesis Of Laplace presents a number
1--l-es. Astronomers are not sure that
-l;.sr which would be left behind by The
Tzga and rotation cf q spherical nebula
assume the form OF rings Il is also
FRI whether a ring would break up and
F-zs sphere. Recent computation seems
-7e that if the space bounded by Neptune's
/ we're filed with a nebula and the mo-
L-z q The bodies Of the solar system were
Ted 70 il The rotation would not be rapid
. 70 throw of any matter. Again. though
z5la in the constellation of Andromeda
~ does seem 70 be splitting up into con-
rlgs. Keeler-the late director of the
l'serTatory-has shown that the vast ma
q ne5als are spiral. with q disposition to
l1nber q knots. OF local condensations
I'll changes in the level OF continents or
aar-hq1akes and some other vel defined
la2a a-e attributed ty The Chicago geolo- .
snail and ephemeral strains set up in
81 q the earth. These r1ight be caused
a2-apzes where matter had been elected
--les- OF 70 the subsidence Of ocean beds .