The world: historical and actual . *m V V/ I <? 7*o-\ *a y ym*. fffyr—is -h^-—-r ites&^v / SCALE OF MAGNIT U DE12 3 THE CHILDREN OF THE SIN. 35. regions of the sky, losing their velocity as theyrecede. They vary in their nature and move-ments, and really possess very little actual signifi-cance in the solareconomy. Theyare to the solarsystem about whata light morningfog is to a dayin June. Cometsare infrequent,but shooting starsare very common,and deserve are some-Comet of 1819. times called bol- ides, aerolites, or meteorites. This branch ofscience has not reached b
The world: historical and actual . *m V V/ I <? 7*o-\ *a y ym*. fffyr—is -h^-—-r ites&^v / SCALE OF MAGNIT U DE12 3 THE CHILDREN OF THE SIN. 35. regions of the sky, losing their velocity as theyrecede. They vary in their nature and move-ments, and really possess very little actual signifi-cance in the solareconomy. Theyare to the solarsystem about whata light morningfog is to a dayin June. Cometsare infrequent,but shooting starsare very common,and deserve are some-Comet of 1819. times called bol- ides, aerolites, or meteorites. This branch ofscience has not reached basis of demonstration inits details. Enough is known to warrant the pos-itive assertion that these seeming eccentricities arenot freaks of nature, but results of established lawsof the universe, especially that great fundamentallaw, gravitation. This law of gravitation is so veryfundamental, in fact, as almost to deserve the appel-lation of First Cause, or, as a German wouldput it. ••the cause of the cause of the thing extract from Eambossons lectures on this sub-ject will serve as a fitting bridge between this sub-ject and it
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