Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-18
EARTH IS |NF|N|TEs|MAL
NEW THEORY ADVANCED
=. BY FRENCH ASTRONOMERS
Discovery I. said Z" nc
9 Supported by Ecseprchr. or
E1pcrts.
M. pRCF. CItAnLEs NunpM\NN.

nioIecuic COMPOSING DION ~ ws;cr
constitutes In itself complcte solar
system similar TO ;hc one iu which oWr
own planet earth to!!ows yearly
orbit
This is The marvellous fae, recently
proved by the :csca.chta a; ,Ht .."s,-
iksh scicntis,s--Thomsou "au i;Gt"c:-
ford and borne Out ~ ;AA expert
ments and calculations @: The Danish
physicist. Nils Eohs.
We tiny insects who pompously call
ourselves the race o. "iaa and have
bccn accustomed 10 regard on" un.-
verso as the initiate ultimate auG our
selves Us the supreme cNprt - on ot
hc,1s, Mas stand humolcc III race OF
the Stactstns discovery o; these three
latn
Part of 81 Mighty nrur
Il m,an> PERHAPS tnot ". oUr r%rih,
dar sun and stars arc ru; ;nhnstassnl
l,artic:ca "a the formation of % greater
drop oa liquid suspended IN thc depths
4: q mighty ocean whose ,0ruiic mag
situdc uerles CONGO p;!on BY ANY humar
Hrain. Mad. again mat -Mesumc ocean
Insy be bu; Z puny detail ~ the mass
Verse .\n. 50 ON. al iutui;um.
My uot- when W consider INA n
every tu> drop of waitr IN cverE
the dHSi o: c.ty. there SciuHli! arc
otae- Gn.Ne-s-S- IS infinitely minute.
- comparison 8s The ones ! have
lisi mas u, ais 1hn.-c,y vast.
And pc-AAP$ 81 those Tiny uriversss
ere bi'.:Cc.s ana .-ili.uns ut worlds
teSu; IA and ro1i1io% - eu-s. where,
y ;.c "-....o--G psFt Of ;Gu tw'0klinc
Minutes inverse reo>td.
rn-ve-.x 80 IS - for,.5r any ii%uG;.
WAotAe. c!EaniE tte similar TO ours
1iDds phase :. them - no. canno; bc
determined by any reNns %s SHOWN 20
se;SaSy oo- .he-e 5 d leas. rs much
Tea sou 20 suppose .na; :: dos exist Is
~ 7-esu:rc ne co1trary'
such a'eass" .ac;s, : We do know
wonderful ira; iacir consideration eN-
Gases and sanctions almost any lcrc,N
IS iHra Sinatirs sNCurs ,Gn inip tbs realm
81 :hc unknown.
thousand billions OF billions OF mole
su.es. each Gistinct ana ohystcallN
aspsrabic pa.;ic!e. rr4nslatSd into
represented by The character. followed
ny ;weaty-ono zeros This number
clone, is beyond the compass OF human
calculated and is no i!Sure OF speech
but 4 scientific fact
Compares Drop OF Water.
mors than nan bilion and i Tnir s lar
IL follows therefore that a single drop
~ water contains over thousand bill
Iom times ,ncre molecules than TIE
Jllky Way holds stars. or Than there
ar. IN"n in TIC worId--for. strailG is
caouSh. ;hcr. are about many hu.
mans on earth ss stars in the sl>y
All the rivers OF the world pour
in;o the sea each year something like
1000 cubic miles OF water. This be
IN. so !, Is possible 30 caluciatc. by
Way OF further illustration. shat II
would require - threc-yo,r flow .: ali
th@ rivers IN the world 20 boar 20 tho
seq "a many drops OF water as there
are molecules IL single one OF these
Drops.
Each molecules in the drop Of wafer
r ;sclt divided into three inilnitcsimal
i0rteltS. known as atoms. two atoms
~ hvdro@cn and ono OF Oxygen, This
. nothing new.
An Astounding Fact.
Bl; what is new is the astounding
GiScCVsr ny OF Thomson and Rutherford
snnpo!;CL ~ the researches O. Nils
EolIr. that each OF tho three atoms
'nmpos!HS the !no!ecu!o OF water con
'~inS III itself y complete planetary
..ystem revolving abou, a central sun
- lnconceivab!e rates Of speed. 1t has
,tcN further demonstrated that The
Central suns in tho atomic planetary
;+'stcns are charged with positive cleo
" ~. and that .h' minute planets.
vailed 'c!cctTons. racing ~ a dizzy
itice ;hrou-h ;hc!r atomic n.bits are
Hadr:cG Hi;a negative clsCtricity
Mis- Bohr has even rushed his re-
iyaTcnes ;" lar as - Cuun; The mum
lIrr "t .ectr01s found IN certain atoms
~ t1t .&Se o.: NE atom Of NydroGcn
were = but one c!cct-ou turning about
NJ cln;--i sun The atom OF Oxygen
'}nS!SiS n.@'ata'E system aumber-
ne t!SHt e.fcticrS IN lie atom ~
iToa ine:. arc tweRtr-s.% minute plan