| Show SNOW IN THE SUN in mansells Man sills almanac for 1898 we find an entirely new theory about the th 0 sun which however in view of the persistent gloomy spring sprang I 1 weather many will consider plausible hitherto the vast orb has very generally been regarded as an immense flery globe emitting flames into space tor for millions of miles the sun has been regarded as a vast furnace kept burning by worlds constantly thrown into its depths there to be consumed and speculation has endeavored to calculate calate the time when it should be th the turn of our earth to serve as fuel toy to the benefit benedit of the other large planets and ana their inhabitants now mr man seii discards this theory and all its corollaries aft ol and tells us that the buniff sun Is covered with snow the heat heart of thi the sun suit to is caused by an exchange of electrio electric foe caL causing using variations in jbv volume density and motions of the planets these variations he thinks are the true originators of heat especially to their on th the 6 volatile elements of the earth and other planets mr mansill says the sun when hen examined by a telescope appears to bv be a large white sphere at times thel there e to tobe he seen upon its surface black delp holes or sinks varying from a fe few thousand to miles in lengths length and one abird as wl wide ft they seem to 6 moving across the vl eafrom in from T wata twelve to thirteen days 4 tops of these sinks sink aref are wider than t black or daiak botton bottoms T these sinks or sun a t be gases atmosphere atin 0 or k must be holes he ahe im bays to ud theia TA snow with which the sun is ov coveted vered YOU can see gee he asserts at times for days the forms of these spots spats as they 1111 up through these veils of snow flakes there IS nothing known to man but snow that could be raised removed 1 and vaporized vaporizer into such shuh vast t quantities and into invisibility in such a short space of time as it is on the surface of the sun nothing but snow could perform the functions or the characteristic phenomena that are exhibited upon the sun iry in accordance with this theory the storms that have been observed on the surface of the sun are simply snow storms forming protuberances that were supposed to be flames the thought suggested by this view of the central orb it in our planetary system is this that scientists as yet are very fax far from a position in which to speak with absolute authority on subjects pertaining to the construction of the universe if it lye admitted that the sun is a snow covered world instead of a flery fiery orb the whole ingenious theory of the evolution of the worlds from nebulous clouds falls to pieces thein the existence of the planets and their relations to one another will have to be explained in some other way every new suggestion by men skilled in scientific research opens upa up a wide field for thought and points signify chantly to the only sure foundation for knowledge |
