POETRY OF SCIENCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 10

POETRY OF SCIENCE.

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Hydrogen Iwillfbeconie"'free . mole--j'pv'.cules.-:; -the ' I will ■; vall.y?A So:/ thatv'iv.haf; happen.'; in '■• mos^,-' stellarY; explosions that the V UghtestY.atbms .will -.get, W|Y 'dearfaway;;' v : %ftS:be: attracted- ; back;~ and /strew YtheYcentre : r ':fiihcleus KbfY: heavy':. iJSv! ate atoms; YwillYgetY long? distances, .'.will -f-y:;;'rotating';'theV shellsYwiUYba,''quite ' per-'-: ;,%KS'mane^t'; Thus : the atoms - "are V sorted;;,': The' r;5/&jerv flight:; escape,;: thai heavy, drawn 1 ■ijjit back/ by "nataralft/attrhctibh/Y the-. '.' iiiei-: y.'.|. : 'ijmediate;~fbriri -: a' series' of; shell globes; of, each j.beingV taken; the• .distance, that';' v. i; 2 Yits Y outward; l kinetblYvarid.: '£-!;/!:; teirig'itf to: bfj^otaUoh : ;o'r'.ib'.rest.! i&U&nd ''because- ; attraction .Yvaries!-Jigversely/. &£/;;: si-JS/'fbrence/jo^^ r .'distances'. : i r Sp:'? u '\'.' l b fcsS^»^"' t ffito!i^siderfflbn'fair : ;l*'^A6o; v tfasdMtingly'; ; wbride iigffi. ebieneajthat'' : ;some;;Bpecialist|':'shburd';de- ; , ";;y o tb':'his:;'iife\'rto::-its:''experimehtal'ft ;^ff^hathematit^;'treaitaehti::;,^Wi^,a^^ |s|:^Lilte: ; Winfled; CreatuMsVt?;^^fS^;U ; S &'?fi«cttrpqpular.' : le<:tures':l'-iaTe;|^ i|bf ) aigibbe;; ■}fi r S':!btJ,'winged ? creatures,' \eagles,;. :humniihg-Ji-ti'S'bU'b^'.Vand-fifeMies.'.eVery.'wingedVcreature '(SShaTpg^atstrength^the'fireilybein igq* Eirorigf i held Cby: are /.'proportional |^a;th^wb^hts;yThe''strehgth;of-'each;crea-! jS!€:tdre;-;is''-mtoeh^ i ; fdrin^4nysmiles;^Atnast-tHa'slr& ;SWP?H-'°S^^';tlieSeagles":stbp6 r ;'them,/andCthey. |rf!;a jure;sdfawn'Vback!::;r:Tho;:;pbwari:ills fireflies> # ; S-jaway/.:;;EomembSr;: they'are''tas'-'strpng/as' Slight.. !bre*ak,:ahd:get; Seaway,'<but;;to i;&^they : ;;arßv:bb;;'6light^theyjhardly^ f 'ij^«JL':'//jSupposßj tnerej were-;twb\:species/6fi j):;;||tomming : bi^^onc,: ; twieefas heavy■ iis 'tKei ; gb>yei^ /;fs;^.th:bfe'than r.'itfi£iaSß'(irsl ;■ be'f of e ; j thb'V PoMst '0/i ;• sUouldihaVe;:twd: 'f;Bi**sheUf.;glb'bes'S of v.'tlicse,', birds,; "eaclis'shiell: SJftjconsistingldf ohe;:of; : the' : .twb'sp6cies;'v;.CallS dud ;::.wo I'bavb; iJ.A'Jjtt'b-'-ycohcehh'ioi-'ishells^ithafc^^^ tijfjiv tell'vus rfgrms 'planetaryVnpbvia.e/'^'?;'^Mi ';' ii-ifeisitp™'' : sbrting/is;ia ¥bit JtbughJ:: buir^thb': eiibiigh';: and : «ftjg:is>:wellK I wbrtH'; a:-;lot :bf-.?inental : ) : ihas{icaT;! ?■ !i|!,iitipn, , ;' i arid;.sp);hutritiou9 .'isi'*it Jthatjibn^it:! iSS^dspends'Jthe'fuijynahisM;^ ;.£\Sj_Cosri'bs.:^ *K;4;'andj.thp :r^arfe6tipn'iof;]the.''cb^ ; « : S' joyii-tiiati' is ~his * tfubj heritageSi;i'or 'ijtnis''. Ki;i^right;'ofjWrii:>wini'be ; ':hisr,^ «i^|?>refld^h^:titUvdeeds;aridj^cbiihi^ | i : ?ihtp';;heat;ih ;Thcf p'i perfect 1 balance "v> ot?m'bmehtpfli!: ; .'HhV;itsy'meetin'g! the! motion -is" con-. ot;-?j^varted; : idtb~rbtationv' and ! v Mtoic^glbbes;;r^nd;: ( 'fSS?*?? ya]bcil^irapidly'^less^s'; :: 'i'B'4t.;:'itj #SSis^largely.t:ieit.;in ? .:'th'd'•:;,■ heavy ';molecuies flcentre); of :'the';.' in ass, " j . it;s3;':i r gßgtptatipni ■ ~fi\ meteoric; magnificent .'pldmes.is.'sometim'cs,: r5 - '^jJVi^anseJ'v.toll:dsYof:;the:existen6b;bf meteorio,' iJiS.'KCbuntfe'-'myriadsrof ;'densb;;bbdies''.may i ; l?vS'P^ s ;fe«;Jas:cbnipis, SsS|;bee-like ■:swarm.:'of■: meteors/:-'under; the ; inT 'SSifliliienceVof • the sun's: attiaction;' ; ;gbts.:muclv: g^!;di^rb^; ; :.:bjid>this::distnrbancev';:asvexr >j B:J: plained";.furthbr.' itetiSjJandf gives''us ;nucleas.f'ft ■''? "?p,V; {Sc^i;?'Sbme)iMes > l ; .wh«n::'&'.'swarm''«geb v and' :its ; ::cpnstituen'ts':'ar'eiscat-; a;::^i- ; ereaj,mtp; orbital;; trains jji'somb, of;? these; .(iK-J'trairis'< cross Xthb'.earth'sVo'rbitiYaridviw'hbn; |{^'tfe<eaTth!;happens : witjiv'a display ■: of vshoOting":stars> :;;' : '^ i;':?i',¥,"differ'entiparts,''arid both:the,orbit'oi.;the «i!aJJj : earthVan4Vdf a* snffer jCiWchihges '{ inYplaceiVowing;to;the pull:,':of•. ■: ; in;; brilliance]; and' :beauty; ! ;. : ; '*£*,'£■!■} Never;; ,tb* Jthd/SigKt >J',iiabU;;';the';sky'. f fprf hbivrs : :apDeais; : as-the; S{- vJo.bbmbs.f forifroin]:'the i-^wsVpf.Spherical : '.-:po^ectrye,'rthese.;!mcteofs:,seein';:to; : 'm 'oi-yi ?»oto>f rbm '■: ,a Hence .> the, 'S^Sidea'Sof vmeiebtiby; swarms-y,is ■',:,'a';Hvery !Byv;femiHar-,bnejto' , 'astrbriomei^;' ; X:So; firmly Jin;, the : ;mirid; of r some vis ;thb?;eiis£-. ;SVfe;'«nce^of;:thesei;j ; grpupS;-:bfj;Vcb3mip:;.dust Jtjj'rthat jimqreV than 'vqheYthepry'rJofK cbsmic i^Ti':V"eroltitJdri'!' dependij'. growth/-and-' ac-ipSyX.fdally::dissipated.-;J-TKan'-the Constituents ;and ;'tho gV-Ljitfriction --of jviiii'pacts;;produces, heat.::. ; a'nd : : electricity.'":': iTho'.'fdustjreflpcls:; tno . /.becomes; self-luminous,-"ft^itheKinterhai^heatf'aridMectribity doubt-. •%?0:-less vh«lp; vSSb ;bse-lika : Vswarms : -of. ;s%'SnßO'\dnit;;;;shbw,themsolves as;the bright: i^R.V/juiclei. 4 }bfi'cbinets,.. .whilst-..single"'./solid.; ;S- /'equal;:-masswwpuldv,-;riot ';.:be /.indriction.'/ofYtheVsnn;; acts (fgft/npbri/ thc/eleot/ricity-'of ]the ;:nucleus,'>arid ; %v/.?Can(felectriq;impulse:';Springs" ; ;but 'of .the ;K;;rY/clashirig;Yswarms: v in«/a/,directron;:/away; •iY:-'':.; f f om'. the: : sun. ■;. "-.rThisYelectricity :■'. lights. Si-.SiiTt -thoiifree-molccjiles' arid :cororial:'dust. ;,that,': produces ?/A;:;/,;Hhe'-.'zodiacal/./light, '/and:the -'plnmc-lik'e ;'.?- : ';: ; ,:tail.; appears.- .'-.v And 'because.. tho/ impnlse■ #JS£'takefiStimo;;tbY.travel,the,clectric/ ficarohi callYthe.fl-'cbhKt's;: tail ;Ek;.'Ctakeii': thpir/beantiful/curycdsforni;/ There ■Vyi!''i.i,"'ina"y'-' bo 'subordiriato' centres'/ iri/aiConi'tt's; '.?'•■•-'-.. ! 'J;iincl.era9i V|th«n;;'i'.e i ach:':Vo^ : /V.thes6,''.cent'rca.' 'K-'..',;••may."bo'Yirideperident- 1 -.soiirces.'/o'f ;<lec-%££'stdcity;-.and,: :appear,; and, StVi'-ji- swnis *nsYifYtlie'Asraoner: ;.tlic i-cPnie't /ii^O-j/fer- Te? ■:h sb'/th'e.vindriced/.im- :;?;/;;/.■ pulse,travels faste*-. iandl.tho,: tail ar snbP'f.'/S.Drdinatb ■ tail.is :Htaighter.arid;;narrower. iA'a ; .' ! :>}varms/ certainly/existYiet ! /Y';'---iurgo: back:to:the; atom ~sorting:?acHori.' *}■?;;•;■•;we';have'"-been /tracing;as pccijrring; after '■'v:';';:/: n,'partial',impact;.and:-we shall see that /SS;-:;'Inb; matter; and /motion ;pf: tl!e : ;Sluggisii ''$3\ '^heavy. ; atoms:actually;niust ; ,resrilt .in a ;f^ : .i".:?metieonc//--sw'arm.- : -'s^And; , ' : tlM!S : ci.';when of :^' : -f/j;ißnnicient;:/mrips -- will;;in sonio L coses ■ aftef/ ?./*r?£.vldiig? ages.;;Rivo.';birth':;,;to:;;those.-/Joyely |YS-'Yerbups of.celr.stinl geitis,:the st.ir. clusters/; %Wfv l^ .when /the";.two/.grazing;'dend.'suns crash

.through>eacls. r other, each: of the bodies ;is.;..se£ :slbwly." revolving... . It' .may-, take mohy. months, biy perchance, soine years, for; them' to' complete thoir rotation, and inahy agencies; tend . to. make the: rotaV ,tioii/irregular. in' period; ;; The. cosmic, smirk: .will spin much .'more quickly .' (as already .mentioned) 'than flint: and 6teol. ..The'. : angular "(velocity'. of its: outer; layers'. ■will lessen as they expand,-but theinner shells - 'of.; heavy.; atoms, - .not. expanding.mholi, will. keep, up a considerable: rotation/- lAs'thosdVvolatiliscd.Mnetals ..con- 5 dense,to clouds and become rain aiid'hail pf. l whitoVhbt."liquid.and'.solid,'shot; eacli. shot. will assume; an -orbit, and instead of 'condensing, to 1 .a... single body/their, anmotionirwill: associate "them .'into ■;yast clouds:of 'cosmic;dust, each particle in 'ah.'indepehdent'.'orbit;/ in the'presence of oxygen thesb.:whit»-hot..incipient me-.tallio-"raindrops, will form oxidesj that,. 'as.':a:;rule, 'are..!much "less:volatile than the"metals.fliehiselves.'; Thns dxygen'will be entrapped .■in,; the-nuplous,; and will :help;to:form thb'.'metopric swarms. ";. ■ : Pairs .-of particles.-, will; bo constantly. ;'cbalescihg a's:,;they : ; accidentally,'- obnie tor ,'gethcr,' and ; tho ".metallib mist ■ will grow' .into raindrops,:which,''when-.the :meteorioi fswarnv is; of, .'immense; mass, and, of ..suffix 'ciehtly-: vast dimensions/ will,', beconio a i star ■'cluster,;: and -; iiltimately,:possibly a .huge: sun,' .around which: the; outer .■ cbal- ■ Ssced bodies' 'will form; a ; . system ;6f it;terida'nt:;planots::;;: Many./agencies, X as shown in, my former'papers, ',tend-.to',.cori : : :vert';the; erratic motfbh"of;.these bodies, !into;'a;single' orbital- plane.":.;''/ ■ . ,;' ! ' Hehce;:wo'shonld expect : these bubble-: ■like'•': /'atomic ;■■:.' shells,/: called./ planetary : nebulae'lb'.-'bf ten! have;-brilliant, centres, :-sometimeSi single 7 .brdbnble;. stars, some;timcs:meteorib.6warms:'of.;measnrable:di-: : :'mensi6ns;':and';velyety,.appearance;--, Such', :is' actually tho "case, .and..the ;latest, as-, tronomical"'researqhea;/.'show: tho 'sphere in sphere: strncfure:,(that*, atom-sorting suggests.:to exist) to bo; absolutely a"..com-'-.nion-fact:-'of-'.those/bodies, most.of them', ;shbwihg;a 'diso; or;diso ', appearanco./ kti . hot "these-facts.regarding planetary hebuV ..laa'';'ahd. ; :.m'ete6no;'s'warnis'7albne::anffieient : : Ho demonEtrato: this'.'theory;, ■;of; :their! origin ?/;/^/:'':;/'-;'.::/:; v: : ■;; '■'■■ --