Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 146
st, or,in other words, in pre-cisely their theoreticplace. We can hardly doubt that such, then, wastheir origin.* The result must be gradually to force the particles asa rule nearer the planet, until they fall upon its surface,while a few are forced out to where they may coalesceinto a satellite, —… … ii4 THE EVOLUTION OF WORLDS the eclipsed Sun, only comes out to view when theobliterating brightness of the main body of the ringsis withdrawn by their edgewise presentation. The reason the out-of-plane particles are mostnumerous just inside the point of disturbance is notonly that there the action…
Cosmogony
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