THE
SOURCE AND MODE
OF
SOLAR ENERGY
THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE.
BY
I. W. HEYSINGER, M.A., M.D.
ILLUSTRATED.
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.
1895.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Introduction 7
CHAPTER I.
Statement of the Problem of Solar Energy 17
CHAPTER II.
The Constitution and Phenomena of the Sun 39
CHAPTER III.
The Mode of Solar Energy 70
CHAPTER IV.
The Source of Solar Energy 96
CHAPTER V.
The Distribution and Conservation of Solar Energy 139
CHAPTER VI.
The Phenomena of the Stars 162
CHAPTER VII.
Temporary Stars, Meteors, and Comets 187
CHAPTER VIII.
The Phenomena of Comets 210
CHAPTER IX.
Interpretation of Cometic Phenomena 225
CHAPTER X.
The Resolvable Nebulæ, Star-Clusters and Galaxies 237
CHAPTER XI.
The Gaseous Nebulæ 253
CHAPTER XII.
The Nebular Hypothesis: its Basis and its Difficulties 268
CHAPTER XIII.
The Genesis of Solar Systems and Galaxies 282
CHAPTER XIV.
The Mosaic Cosmogony 308
CHAPTER XV.
Conclusion. The Harmony of Nature's Laws and
Operations 341
Reference Index of Authorities Cited 349
Classified Index of Subject-Matter 353
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
Figs. 1 to 8. Types from nature, illustrating development
of a solar system from the attenuated matter of
space Frontispiece.
Fig. 9. A typical sun-spot 57
Fig. 10. Structure of the sun, analytical illustration of 60
Fig. 11. Electrical polarities of sun and planets 82
Fig. 12. Ideal view of the generation and transmission of
planetary electricity 89
Fig. 13. The aurora borealis, view of 91
Fig. 14. Diffused brush discharge of an electrical machine 91
Fig. 15. Planetary generation and transmission of electrical
energy to the sun, analytical illustration of 101
Fig. 16. Gradual discharge of electricity from one conductor
to another in a partial vacuum 103
Fig. 17. Sudden electrical discharge through the atmosphere 103
Fig. 18. Position of planets with reference to the generation
of sun-spots; maximum and minimum of electrical
action 108
Fig. 19. Analysis of a typical sun-spot 112
Fig. 20. Retardation of sun-spots in their travel across the
solar face; development to the rear and recession in
front 114
Figs. 21 and 22. Complex lines of planetary electrical action
upon the sun produced by the inclination of the solar
axis to the plane of the ecliptic 120
Figs. 23 to 29. Examples of electrical repulsion: Fig. 1,
similarly electrified pith-balls; Fig. 2, the
electrical windmill; Fig. 3, repulsion of a flame;
Fig. 4, self-repulsion around a conductor; Fig. 5,
attraction between opposite and repulsion between
similar electricities; Fig. 6, mutual repulsion
between similar + electrospheres of the earth and
the moon; Fig. 7, mutual repulsion between the
similar--electrospheres of sun and comet 124
Figs. 30 to 34. Spectra of solar light, incandescent sodium
and calcium, and the absorption and bright-line
spectra of hydrogen gas 155
Figs. 35 to 37. Reversal and neutralization of spectroscopic
lines of hydrogen in the light of a variable star
like Betelgeuse 160
Fig. 38. A double-sun nebula in process of development into
a solar system 164
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