Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 132
3. A nebulous masslocated at A, wouldbe drawn at first inthe direction A B. Ifit moved in a resistingmedium it would be-come somewhat elon-gated in that direction— the lightest parti-cles being kept behind.When the attractingbody had reached «,the nebula would bedrawn toward thatpoint — its… … 104 KEBULAR LIFE. toward those points. That is, it would move in a curvewith a radius continually diminishing, as long as the at-tracting body should continue to approach; but with aradius gradually increasing again, after the attractingbody should begin to recede. In other words, the path ofthe…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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