Show 1 I he luni noon filloon and star marl the above formed the subject of 0 a I 1 lodora ore reentry reent ly delivered before the pol society of 0 the B Y academy by prof jaa E talmage r i r marks ot of the speaker ere alln by lantern views baws charts ata aid drawings drw ingi law early observed only duly tho positions and mot motions ionO 0 tho heavenly bodies upon which subjects they certainly well in lint but the tha study of t the ha physical a and 13 denature nature 0 of athe the bodies is i i a modern process theria stands I 1 in n the southern bouthern part ot of england the ruins mint of it temple belonging I 1 0 to the ancient druids druies called 11 1 ono henge bud anil one of the largo large p pillars allars is in so that at sunrise sunrise on t taft I 1 iv longest day of tile the your year its ita shadow fulla falls directly on the iha altor such is ia it ii proof of the ac accurate observation practiced in eaily early timea times on the move mentis ceratt of the celestial colea fial cabs orbs anana ideas respecting the sim astronomical phenomena such bach as clifair cli pair luppo eed to lo be ba due to some huge dragon trying to swallow the sun bun testify to the ignorance olour of our early students regarding gardini re even the rudiments of celestial physics the Bur ithe largest and in fact the body of our solar sol ar system iain point nf Antro ica reek reckoning 0 ding ill iab youngest tile the age aa of surls and stars cannot be counted count cil by years or agae wo we me mav y only of 0 process es ee of development the diameter of our central lumin ary is usually stated at miles emilei which means maans that a mountain on the HUD gun to bear the same bame relation to tint that body as aa do the himalayas tol to I 1 our or earth would have to be GOO COO miles milea higly it if our earth were placed at the centre centra of the tolar solar bodytko body the tho moon could revolve 0 bout about its primary at the mean di distance a u e 0 0 of f miles wout and there would h 1 b be 0 still miles beyond to the tha cnut cruet of the sun ann it would require earths earth ouch BOCO is aa ours to form a body equal to the SUD son anil and the of the after is estimated t tat at nearly two octillions oct act illions ot of tons though the supposed density of the sun is ia far below that of at the earth eaith and consequently the attraction would not be ba increased in proportion r 10 0 to the abe excessive bulk yet the rth at 1 ruction at bort at the 1 sons anna equator is issup sup polled to baxa be not ot less than 27 times 11 that at on the tha earth id so that a ann muni of a terrestrial of me ibs would weigh on the sun about mi iba the figures representing the tha souls BUDS distance were shown bbown to be no DO less leas in the accepted distance is miles to traverse inverse abich a train alia liming oving at the rate of 30 miles per hour hoar would require years and lh the fare lor for the iba journey jo crusy wit without hont return ticket nl at 1 4 bouli por per tails mile would be ba to quote enother illustration suppose ai a man had au an arm to the only and should burn his hia finger considering consider the velocity of the nerve nerta force forca a as s feet per second te cond he ha would require years to discover the fact the its seen at th the 0 instant iii taut or of totality tola lity during eclipses eclips ea and by the aid of alj were illustrated and explained tda tun was followed by detailed da tailed photo hoto graphs of the gar surf faoa aca of the I 1 solar diso showing the rice rice grain tind and willow jea appearances and the tha occurrence of the tha Fac ilae su suri q spots were explained and the history of their discovery was dwelt upon sometimes spots pota are arai visible athe io the naked eye ee and estimated measure menta often give astounding figures Shi schroeter Sh measured a spot boot over miles diameter sir bir john heaschell HeI schell names one of in 1839 capt davis estimated one it at 0 0 i miles iles our earth could lie li at the bottom of such a chasm if the wilson theory of the structure of spots be c correct as aa a boulder in the crater of 4 a volcano aluch has been said and hinted at regarding the period icicy of sun inn spots and the influence fluence in ot of the same on the earth tor for weal or woe but ragnard ilIg this little is definitely itai tely known the years 1859 and 1860 were both neb ia sunspots eun sun spots yet at one was a fruitful year and one almost a B or of famine in eu europe r s Z the moon moan the lebond brig brightest OM test body in the be heavens is a a satellite of ef the earth though coin planet be a more cor cor 1 term the body of the moon jig ia only on Y 2 wiles in diameter ind and 50 such globes would be ba required td equal the aba earth in in size it is is believed that no air or water exists upon the moon that tho the beat ot of the batiar day and the cold of 0 night would be beun un modified and aad far beyond that known by us the ibe moon shines by reflecting g the ligtas of at the sun aan as in fact do zil all 1 the be planets including the earth the Bi earth arth shins most bo be a gorgeous gor goong to nn an observer on the moon this planet would appear there about fourteen ourt eoa trifles as large is as the moon doca to us at faila fall and 1150 tua liggit gourd be correspondingly great soon after new moon we may 0 bjerva b serve the dark body of 0 the I 1 iceon i on ghaly and w ithie the abo slender blender bright crescent the old in in the new moonlit moona arms a us it la if called ailed c this partial illumination is ia the earth shine alfo nearest dwelt will known planet to the sun san je a Mpr j cary but this can rarely la be deenin seen in these theeo latitudes latitude a ow ing IHK to its ita proximity to the anti tuen yi aible it is either slightly east 0 of the fan bian thea ovo eveking star 1 or west then morning star it revo revolves ves in its orbit at the tha rate of 30 miles ini les per am complete a bevra revolution lotion in in 88 ol of pur our days dais its iti seasons therefore aro are about 22 days each in duration venua our star revolves rev olvea outside mer burys orbit once in days her year therefore being equal to seven even and a halt half of our months monies that tha vol umu of tle the planet is about four bftts that of the earth the thai earth is the ha next nest in order of 0 the pla Pets then tol fol low mars the asteroids jupiter saturn urinals Uran UrA nals usand and neptune maia mai a is 1 8 the aba red star the ruddy tint lint being due doe as so boma so to the color of 0 the moil goil othera biml claim it to be the color of the vegetation on the the As asteroids or pocket planets oro very small an enterprise enter pria pris ing farmer would need a whole ono one for a corn field jupiter is ia the giant planet 1400 times as large as the earth his year is equal to twelve of ours saturn is ia the ringed planet a beautiful spectacle next in size eize to jupiter jupiter blash ol of 4 saturn of 8 tho the dearia r I 1 is equal to 30 of ours oura uranus unanua aj and nep I 1 talon were not known to the tha anoia arici nta ants they are very far fa roff ofra aranna 0 over ver ODD 9 no land and three quarters billion miles mi led I 1 its ts year exceeds 81 84 of ours neptune the Us supposed sentinel sent ioel of our system I 1 is s over two and three fourths billion miles from the dunand its year equal to terrestrial terr terre estial atia I 1 ones other stars atara than the planets are called fixed stars and together they constitute the sidereal system of the heavens of their motions and distances our minds fail to talce take bog cog arace figures lose lobe their deanin meaning g time and space their significance when the mind contemplates these majestic creations yet they move to together g ether as aa regi residents dents engaged in well directed m military maneuvers ad with a ce certainty dainty and accuracy which be trays traya an all powerful ig cover governing over ding ning band the tha path of each is ia allotted beyond such it calinor trespass |