Year: 1867

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Of the bodies around each other
might 90 on forever, On the other
hand, if light is a vibration in a
subtle fluid, the fluid must obstruct
the motions Of bodies revolving in
it, and they must finally come to-
gether in one mass. The expert


ment so ingeniously devised by
Arago, and carried out with such
honorable regard for the fame Of
its designer by Messrs. Foucault,
. Fizcau and lBcrcque, to determine
. whether there Is a difference in


the velocity Of light in its passage
through air and water, has de-


monstrated that light is yibra-
ton. 1t follows from this that, as


far as light extends, space is filed
with 4 material fluid which resists
the motion Of bodies revolving IN
it. and bodies within this space


must gradually wind their way in


ward, and ultimately come to-
gcthcr into one mass.


The moon must be drawing very
slowly nearer and nearer the


earth, and the two bodies, in the
far distant future, will come to-
gether. The solid crust Of earth


will be broken mp by the shock,
an immense quantity Of heat will
be generated by the destruction Of
the moons motion, and the two
bodies will fuse together into one


molten globe. AS the new and
enlarged earth is cooled upon It's
surface, second series Of geologi-


cal deposits will be constituted,


accompanied: perhaps; by strange
and inconceivablc forms of ami
nal and vegetable life.


At the same time, the earth is
winding it. way inward toward
the sun. and must ultimately fall


an inconsiderablc pebble, into the
vast glowing mass. The same
fate awaits all the planets, and
our solar system must one day be


but a single globe. When this


globe is cooled to the right tenn
perature, it may be covered with
multitude Of inhabitants, and
astronomers may rise who will


watch it's revolutions among the
associated suns Of our stellar
system. If their knowledge and
intellect are equal to the science
Of our astronomers, they will fore
see the ultimate coming together
ofall these suns into one common
globe. And not this only, for
they will predict the final coming
together Of all the stellar systems
OF the visible universe into one
mass Of matter.


When this mass is first collect
ed, it will be intensely hot from
the destruction Of motion in the
several suns and systems Of suns
as they como together. The heat
will be radiated outward into the
universe, and the one mass Of
matter will be gradually cooled.
During the cooling there will be
the same play and mutual inter-
change Of heat, light, electricity,
magnetism, and other impondera-
zbfe forces that is now upon this
earth. As the-cooiing proceeds
the action Of these forces willNdiz
minish when 977 degreeSis reach
cd, light will cease and darkness
will ill the universe. AS each
vibration Of heat leaves the ma
tcrial mass. it will expand out
ward at the rate of 10000 miles
per second in all directions, in
the form of 4 swift swelling hcl-
low globe. When the temperature
of absolute cold is reached (-493-
2 dcgrccs), the last vibration Of
heat will leave the mass OF matter
and will expand outward through !
all infnity Of space and time.


Supposing. however: the ethereal
fluid which fills the visible portion
of the universe is limited in extent,
so that the last vibration of heat !
will reach its boundaries and !
cease, what then becomes Of the !
force Of the universe and Of the
doctrine Of the conservation Of /
force.


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