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Fresh from the astronomers comes the news that a stupendous collision of many suns has taken place in the Constellation Lyra. In the telescope, they say, great clouds of nebular smoke and ashes are visible. And although our own sun and all its planets are headed in a straight line for this very crossroads of the universe, nobody seems much concerned. Partly through disbelief in the science of astronomy itself and partly through the urgency of things like the shortage of coal; the inclement weather, or diplomatic tussles with Turkey, people look askance, saying: "No matter, the scientists are always...
Prof. Searle postponed consideration of the nebular hypothesis till the next lecture...
March 17-"Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis." Professor Charles A. Young, Ph. D. of Princeton...
...force that set the world in motion and from which all energy springs. The second, or modern theory, which dates back to the original experiments of Newton and Gallileo, tries to account for the origin of the Universe by the laws of science; it is, in short, the "Nebular Hypothesis." The lecturer said that the modern theory was the one which he should adopt in his lecture...
March 14, Prof. Benjamin Peirce, "On the Nebular Theory." Illustrated...