Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, A.C. Armstrong and son · leaf 68
isputable, that matter cannot actthrough a vacuum, then we must admit the existence ofproperties, as yet unthought of, in the ether of space, orin some still more subtle universe permeating that ether.If, on the other hand, we accept the belief that mattercan act at a distance, then is there no… … SIGN has recently appeared in the heavenswhich has been interpreted in a way sug-gesting that many worlds like our own haveundergone a terrible catastrophe, every living creatureupon them being consumed as by fire. I propose brieflyto consider some of the thoughts suggested by thisstrange event. It…
Astronomy
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