Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891 · Chicago, S.C. Griggs and company · leaf 134
t in our atmosphere.* Under other condi- * Of a certain porlion of the nebula in Orion, the so-called Huygcnian region,Sir John Herschel writes as follows: I know not how to describe it better thanby comparing it to a curdling liquid, or a surface strewed over with flocks ofwool, or to the breaking… … 106 NEBULAR LIFE. tions, as we may reasonably suppose, liquefied moleculesmay gather about numerous partial centres of gravity (Figure 25), as was first sug-gested by Sir William Her-schel. In either case, as thecooling should proceed, acluster of luminous bodieswould come into existence,which…
Nebular hypothesis · Cosmogony
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