Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 32
this might be brought about and whatsign manuals it would present. Suppose that the twobodies actually grazed. Then the disruption would BIRTH OF A SOLAR SYSTEM ir affect the stars cuticle, first raising the outer parts, con-sisting rather of carbon than of the metals, since thatsubstance is the… … partially subsided would theirs be seen. Then the gases,hydrogen, helium, and so forth, would make them-selves evident. Finally only the most tenuous ones,those peculiar to a nebula, would remain visible. Afterwhich the more solid particles due to the disruptionwould fall together and light up…
Cosmogony
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