The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-21
NEBULA HYPOTHESIS.
One Of the Most Interesting Propositions
Of Science.

In few words this is the meaning
Of "nebula hypothesis" That the sun,
the planets and all that Is In them
were at one time IN the inconceiyably
remote past vast mass OF chaotic. in
cnndesceut gas all jumbled together IN
an enormous nebua. or cloud.
To begin with. the first conception
that science has dared TO make, how
ever, takes us one step further back
without mentioning the origin Of mat
ter itself science conceives that IN the
beginning all matter was uniformly
distributed throughout space that
there were no stars. no planets. no
satellites. but that all space was filed
with the matter we now have divided
up into very fine particles some dis
lance apart. The consistency Of such
material was perforce very thin in
deed. much more rarehed than the
highest vacuum we can obtain now by
air pumps. From this state to the
nebulous state the theory has a miss
Ing link. one that can only be satisfied
BY supposing divine command, FOR Il
assumes. In the words Of Professor
Todd. that. gradually centers OF at
traction formed and these centers pull.
cd ID toward themselves other paru-
Giles. AS result Of the inward fall
ing Of matter toward these centers. the
collision Of its particles and their fric-
zion upon each other the material
masses grew hotter and hotter. Nebu
lac seeming to Gil the entire heavens
were formed-luminous fire mist, Ike
the flmy objects stlll seen in the sky,
though yaster and exceedingly numer
ous.r This process is supposed 70
have gone on for countless ages. faster
IN some regions than III others. Many
million nebulae were formed and set IL
rotation around their own axes. This
happily can be explained by science.
whenever PARTICLES are attracted to-
ward a center and are kept from fail
ing directly 70 this center a whirlpool
is formed. rotating IA one direction
An example Of this though humble
ana not exactly analogous, IS the rota-
ton 81 water ia . basin when the stop
per Is pulled out Of the bottom. Crawl
IL attracts the water Immediately
above the hole. which starts flowing
out. thus leaving a space TO be fllled-
The rest Of the water PUSHES 10 from
all sides to do this. and the whirlpool
T Is the result.
Now each Of these whirling nebulae
became exceedingly hot. and each
formed what IS known as q star or
sun, our sun being one. The earth
and other planets had not then come
into separate existence. Of course, as
1t is supposed that they were thrown
of later from the sun.
Our sun in its nebuious form and 70
tating swiftly on Its axis gradually
flattened at its poles on account Of
centrifugal motion This phenomenon
Is entirely familiar to those who have
seen q ball Of clay on potter's wheel
gradually natten. The motion was SO
swift and the mass so nebulous that
the sun TO be took the shape Of disk
AS time went on the outer part be
came cool and somewhat rigid, whnf
the inner part continued Its cooling
and contracting. Thus the inner par
J drew away from the outer. leaving
ring of matter whirling around on tht
outside. This breaking of Of the rims
is supposed to be FASTENED BY the In
ability of the outside to keep up tht
swift motion Of the central mass, boil
on account Of the slight cohesion aht
Of the centrifugal force. But this par
ticular part of the argument has notn
Ing I'd stand on IL the first law OF mo
ton Is true
In the successive stages Of the suns
contraction this process was repeates
over and over again. until seyera
rings were whirling around the centra
{ orb They would necessarily be Il
the same plane. Now. these rings, no
being uniform In mass or thickness
would each gradually accumulate to
ward the densest portion until they
too. would form bail which wonl'
subsequently fatten and II the sub
stance continued nebulous and the bal
was large enough they would ais
slough rings
' OF course the rings the sun discard
cd have become the planets. which, q
required by the theory, are all yer
nearly In the same plane. The ring
! TINT tie planets formed have becom
moons OF satellites. So we are drive
2 TO conclude that our sun at one tim
E Allied aft the space from his presen
! Dosition to the farthest planet II tn
+ solar system.
4 From this theory there Is anothe
tblne that we have to believe. and tina
Is that every star in the heavens ha
gone through this same process an
;. has n family of planets sailing aroun
: q iust Al our sun has. 1t would b
impossible to see these planets
course. for It is Impossible TO soc
{ star even with the greatest telescop
s except rs mere point Of light.
E AS regards the proving Of this mel
4 MIA hypothesis, OF course 1t cannot I
Z done. But everything points to its 8
\ curaey. Many nebulae are seen eve
8 now among the stars that seem % !
! going through the delayed process
& world forming Around one q q
. planets Of our owu solar system "a
I urn. are three rings. which are PROD
). biz destined IN time to becnme moon
z In the opinion Of some scholars.-A.
4 Hodge ID New York Tribune.