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Q:-Will you please inform the nebular hypo-
thesis and who it that first popounded the theory
A:The nebular hypothesis originally propounded by
Swedenbog and subsequently accepted by Heche Kant,
Lplace and other distinguished scholars mathematicians and
astronomers is the cosmogony of solar system The
evidence upon which this hypothesis strong that it
rises almost the dignity of demonstration. Without
ing into all the details which would render this reply
far long for the space afforded suffice here say
that the nebuae revealed the dee heavens by the
telescope and pecoscope, all the structural and dynamcal
features of the and planets and the physical of
the earth and confirm the hypothesis in remark
able Indeed, hardly possible that many
circumstances could be the result of chance
All evidence tends show that the Creator evolved the
solar system by of the physical laws of establish
ed by HIMSELF just He developed the giant oaks of the forest
from the tiny The nebular hypothesis that the
composing the and planets existed vast
gaseous nebua spiral in form, having inconceivaby high
temperature and slowly revolving axis passing through its
of gravity As the cooled by radang heat into
space contraction of volume with accelerated axa rotation
would accordance with we'll known dynamca princ
PIES The centrifugal force thus rapidly increased would
the separation of large which would by the mutual
traction of their PARTICLES, gradually spherical
figure and become planets. By repetition of this process
planet planet would be off until the central glow
would remain.
O-ln issue of The Mirror your article efact-
ing and rejecting telescopes reminds ask you will kind
inform me what the astronomical constans-J. c.
A:-The astronomical constants are:
Mean solar paalax, 8" 80 Mutation g." ri.
Alteration constant 2O AT Annual procession so" 1854
Obliquity of the ecipc, go 27 8" $500 1854 19O0)
Annual diminution of oblquty, O'' 1854.
Moons equatorial horizontal parallax 81 2'' SO.
from the earth Centre centre) 1885,
$50 miles.
Suns mean distance Astronomical until, 90,
894, 800 miles.
Velocity of light, 1856, 800 miles per second.
Light distance-viz. 800 miles in 498
500 seconds.
Length of the Year-Tropical equinox equinoxl 365
.24219S8 days.
Sidereal or absolute revolution, 365. 256304 days.
Anomaistic (from perhelon pehelion) 1865 2596413
days.
Length Day-Sideeal % Sc minutes 4091
onds (mean solar me) Mean SOLAR "a hours minutes Sc
555 seconds (deral time
Length of the Month-Synodcal (om moon to
moon % days II AZ minutes 28 seconds Tropical u
days hours 43 minutes Al seconds Sideeal absolute
uton 81 days hours 43 minutes H. seconds Anomalistc
om pergee pegee), 81 days 13 hours Is minutes 1871
seconds
Dimensions of the Earth-Equaorial radius 396323 miles.
Polar radius 1919 miles. Eccentrciy of the obae spher
old, OO822718.