Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-08-25 | Page 4 | Confusing Theories

CONFUSING THEORIES the new theory of world formation which upsets the nebular hypothesis first announced by la place and which is taught in all our schools maintains that the growth of planets including alie sun Is from a nucleus and the ether Is not transparent the sun Is not in the center of a sphere of luminosity radiating light and heat in every direction but sends vibrations only to other bodies as the telephone or electric light planets are interruptions in the free circulation of electric force and develop light and heat as the film in an electric lamp the ether Is not transparent and may contain matter of all kinds the stars are only the points at which the vibratory ray becomes a light ray by entering the terrestrial atmosphere this is an approach at the theory that all matter i electric force the use of the word electric Is simply an attempt to name an indefinable force with the constant change in theory one is apt to grow skeptical unless possessed of a theory conceived