The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-02
NEbULA HYPOTHESIS,
One of the Nest Interesting Prop
osit!ons of Science.
WHAT 1T ACTUALLY MEANS.


That the Sun. Planets and All Matter
Were Once Vast Mass Of .aean-
descent Gas Al! Junbled Together In
an Enormous Chaotic Cloud.
Ererybod has heard the phrase. the
nebula hypothesis. but what IS II:
IN 4 few words this IS the meaning
Of "ncbuta hypothesis" That the sun.
the planets aud Ill that is in them
wer. IL one time IL the !nconceivab!y
remote past vas, mass Of chaotic. ir-
candcsccnc gas al! jumb!ed together in
M enormous nebula. or cloud.
To oeS;n with. the first conception
that science has dared 10 make. how
ever, takes Us one Ste. further back
Without mentioning the origin OF mat
ter Itself science conCe!reS that il the
beginning al matter was uniformly
distributed throughout space = that
there were no stars. no planets. no
satellites. but that all space WIS filed
with the matter we now have divided
up into very fine particles some dis
taCce apart The consistency OF such
material was perforce very thin in
deed. much more rarcied than the
highest vacuum We can obtain uow By
ar pumps. From this state to the
nebulous state the theory has miss
Ing link. one that eau only be satisfied
By supposiuS divine command. for II
assumes. in the wo1;sS Of Professor
Todd, that gradually centers Of at
traction formed and these centers pull
ed in toward themselves other parti-
Giles. AS 4 result OF the inward fall
ing Of matter toward these ccnters. the
collision OF its particles and their 1Tic-
ton upon each other the material
masses grew hotter and hotter. Nebu-
lac seeming to hll the entire heaTens
were formed-iuminous dce mist. Ike
the fi!my objects still seen IN the sky.
though vaster and exceedingly numeT-
GUS" This process IS supposed to
have gone on for countless ages. faster
IN some regions than II others. Many
million nebuiac were formed and set in
rotation around their Own axes. This
happily can be explained By science.
Whenever particles are attracted to-
ward center and are kept from fall
!ng directly to this center whirlpool
IS formed. rotating IN one direction
81 example Of this though humble
anc not exactly analogous. Is the rota-
ton OF water IN 4 basis when tie stop
per IS pulled out Of the bottom. Crawl
y attracts the water Immediately
above the hole. which starts flowing
out. thus leaving space to be filed.
The rest Of the water rushes in from
all sides to do this. and the whirlpool!
IS the result.
Now each Of these whirlius rebulae
became exceedingly hot. and each
formed what IS known as star or
sun. our sun being one. The earth
and other planets had not then come
into separate existence. Of course. as
it Is supposed that they were throwu
OF later from the sun
Our sun in its ne5ulous form and TO
tating swiftly oa its axis gradually
aattened at its poles on account OF
centrifugal motion. This phenomenon
IS entirely familiar to those who have
seen ball Of clay on potteT's wheel
gradually fatten- 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, while
the inner part continued its cooling
and contracting. Thus the inner part
drew away from the outer. leaving
ring Of matter whirlins around on the
outside. This breaking OF Of the ring
IS supposed to be FASTENED by the In
ability or the outside to Keep up the
swift motion Of the central mass. both
On account OF the slight cohesion and
Of the centrifugal force. But this par
ucular part Of the argument has moth
Ing TO stand on if the frst law Of mo-
ton Is true
In the successive stages Of the suns
contraction this process was repeated
over and over again, until several
rings were whirlins around the central
orb. They would necessarily be IN
the same plane. Now. these rings, not
being uniform In mass or thickness
would each gradually accumulate to-
ward the deasest portion until they,
too. would form ball which would
subsequently fatten. and II the sub
stance continued nebulous and the ball
was large enough they would also
slough rings.
OF course the rings the sun discard
cd have become the planets. which. Us
required by the theory, are all very
nearly IN the same plane. The rings
that the planets formed have become
uooas or satellites. So we are driven
to conclude that our sun at one time
elled all the space from bis present
position 70 tie earthest planet In the
solar system.
From this theory there is another
thing that we hoye to believe, and that
IS that every star in the heavens has
gone through this same process and
has q family ot planets sailing around
II, Just as our sun has It you'd be
impossible to see these planets. o.
cou-sc. Sor it IS impossible TO see q
star, even with the greatest telescope.
except rs o mere point OF light.
As regards the proving Of this nee-
ula hypothesis. Of course It cannot be
done. But everything points to Its ac'
curacy. Many nebu!ae are seen even
now among the stars that seem to be
going through the delayed process OF
world forming. Around one of the
planets Of our own solar system. Sat
Urn, are three rings. which are pcooa-
bly, destined IN time TO become moons. |
In the opinion ot some Scholars.-A. !.