Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-26
Earth Will Fall
Into Sun at End
Is New Theory !

Id ANOW 41IOOIy
In a recent issue OF the "Haagsche
Post" appeared an interesting ac-
count of the. glacial cosmogony,
which is the name given to a new
theory of the origin on the universe
| developed by the Niennese. scientist,
DR.. Hans Hoerbiger.
HoerbIger's glacial cosmogony has
been set forth by his collaboration,
Phi. Fauth in Landsstuhl, in stout
scientific volume. A popuiarized
edition of the work has recently been
published by III. Voigt and is called
Ice: A World Building Material"
1t is a sort of introduction to the
work of the Viennese professor.
Some extracts follow:
Let us first take a look at the.
composites OF the universe. The
spectra OF the sun and of all fixed
stars show the presence of hydrogen
and oxygen. the two compounds of
water What We see OF the sun are
metal gases in glowing form; these
are neid together by the magnetic
power or the Kernel or the sun
, which is q white glowing metal mix
ture. All other suns have presum-
. ably similar composition"
Where DO the hydrogen and oxygen
come from? Water cannot be pres
ent In the sun; IL cannot come from
the not, glowing kernel. Well, the
/ new theory suggests that hydrogen
and oxygen come from the outside.
The ice theory maintains that there
is an enormous exchange going on
constantly in the universe. In a con-
tinuous circle, oxygen and hydrogen
/ grow dense and become water which,
on account OF the low tempera ture of
the form or ice. The other is filled
with ice From the ether the ice
returns in innumerabe forms TO the
sun. II melts slowly, diffusing. The
resulting steam production may be
u such an immense power that it
tears q piece off the sun, filings il
INTO the ether and thus causes the
rise OF new sun systems.
In this way the origin of new sun
systems IS explained by glacial cos
/ mogony. How not Rly mere ice,
but entlre ice crusted planets may,
ana necessarily mist, fall into u
sun Is SET forth in several convinc-
| ing chapters of Noigt's book. Our
eartn. 100, VIII some time fall as an
| Ice globe into our sun and will prob
ably, on account of the quantity of
ice II brings with it, cause an enor-
nous production of steam powell
| wheh Will fling u new sun system
| WITH Its planets into the universe.
| OI course. this coSmogony quarrels
, with the still current theory of Kant
Laplace. according to which glowing
! gas foSs cloud together in steadily
increasing heat and become at last
SO SUBSTANTIAL as to form new suns.
! Inc MILKY Way is nothing but an
enormous mass of floating ice, ac-
cordlng to the glacial cosmogony.
| Thls bulk of ice floats in the ether
and Is made visible 10 us only bv
| the reflection of the sunlight. The
same holds true of star nehulae
! which the sunlight also makes vis,-
PIE Tor us. Even the moon fits into
! tne tneory; 1t is covered with a
mick layer of ice. According to the
| theory, Mars, too. would be covered
! with ice and its famous canals
| would be nothing but big cracks in
the Ice. Falling stars would he
pieces of ice just fugitively shown
! by the sunlight.
| Our nail would be. according to
| TINS glacial theory. broken ice that
| iound It's way from the cosmos
! through the atmosphere of orr
earth and was there transformed in
10 halL Cosmic waters, the new
! theory supposes, contribute to rain
! seasons. on our earth; cosmic powers
cause typhoons, cyclones, tornadoes,
slroccos and other such storm winds:
comets must be classed is falling
stars of very fine construction, while
ordinary falling stars are nothing
| but broken pieces of ice.
In the chapter on the moon we
iind what Hocrbiger has to say about
the mechanics of the stellar bodies.
Hoerbiger tries to prove that the
mechanism of the sun systems could
not junction without the presence of
that unknown substance which we
call ether. Ether holds the planets
together in their run around the sun.
but nnaily the planets will be taken
up ny the sun. just as the moon will
DC taken up by the planets
According to HocrDiger's theory
moons are not pieces of planets. but
were formerly independent planets
. Whlch grew weak and became tribu-
taries to a stronger neighbor planet
that caught them into it's course.
N. Y. Tribune.
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