FOOTNOTES:
[119] Hewitt, Problems of the Age, p. 105.
[120] Pasteur, Annales de Chimie et de Physique, tome xliv., p. 6, 1862.
[121] Popular Lectures and Addresses, vol. ii., p. 198.
[122] Report British Association, 1870, p. 84.
[123] Collected Essays, vol. i., p. 153
[124] Neumeister, Betrachtungen über das Wesen der Lebenserscheinungen, 1903.
[125] Owen, Palæontology, pp. 11, 14.
[126] Gifford Lectures, p. 46.
[127] Geology, vol. ii., p. 22.
[INDEX]
Alexander, structure of the Milky Way, [214]
Amœba, versatile organization, [274]-5
Anaximander, generalized matter, [5]
Anaximenes, air as the 'Urstoff,' [4], [151]
Aristotle, conception of nature,[ 8];
solid spheres, [13]
Asteroids, orbital relations, [236]
Babinet, objection to Laplace's cosmogony, [44]
Bacon, elemental triad, [151]
Ball, Sir Robert, mechanics of a condensing nebula, [79], [209]-10
Barnard, discoveries of nebulæ, [212];
observations of the Gegenschein, [259]
Becquerel, detection of radio-activity, [157], [162]
Bessel, astronomy of the invisible, [141]
Bode's law of planetary distances, [26]
Brorsen, the zodiacal counterglow, [259]
Bruno, a platonic pantheist, [9]
Buffon, cometary impacts, [61];
fossil foraminifera, [275]
Campbell, system of ζ Geminorum, [113];
number of spectroscopic binaries, [143];
density of nebulium, [153]
Chladni, meteoric cosmogony, [118]
Comets, position in Cartesian system, [12]-13;
in that of Laplace, [136];
origin, [73]-4, [252]-4;
meteoric relations, [122]-4, [133];
solar dependants, [133], [140], [236], [251];
nebular affinities, [137], [254]-5;
insignificant mass, [242]
Cosmogony, primitive, [1]-3, [14];
philosophical, [3]-7;
scientific, [7], [15];
of Descartes, [11]-13, [60];
Kant's, [21]-28, [61]-2, [252], [254];
Laplace's, [29]-33, [38]-53, [57]-61, [138], [235];
Herschel's, [35]-7, [136], [199]-201;
Faye's, [68]-76, [81], [129];
Lockyer's, [125]-134;
sidereal, [105]-7, [145]-7, [217]-230
Crookes, Sir William, protyle, [5], [149];
radiant matter, [154], [156]-7;
future of the world, [163]
Curie, Madame, discovery of radium, [162]
Dalton, combining equivalents, [152]
Dark stars, [141], [226]-7
Darwin, condensation of nebulous rings, [42], [51];
history of earth-moon system, [87]-92, [94], [97], [142];
equilibrium of rotating globes, [102], [104]-5, [112], [143];
fluid pressure on meteor-swarms, [129], [131];
spiral nebulæ, [205]
Delambre, on cosmic speculations, [14], [15]
Democritus, mechanical theory of the world, [5], [22]
Descartes, theory of vortices, [11]-13
Dissipation of energy, [229]
Double stars, genesis and development, [98]-9, [106]-7, [142]-5, [226]-7;
occulting, [108]-113;
variable, [113]-115, [143];
'dumb-bell' type, [115], [116], [143];
frequency of occurrence, [144], [234]
Earth, effective rigidity, [86];
critical situation, [87];
antique disruption, [89], [91];
tidal effects upon, [90], [244];
meteoric intakes, [119]-120, [133];
internal heat, [266]
Easton, the galactic spiral, [214]
Eclipses, stellar, [107]-8;
questionable occurrence, [109]-113;
criterion of reality, [114]
Electricity, discharge through vacua, [154];
relations with disintegrated matter, [155], [159]-160, [163];
gravity explained by, [177]-8, [179];
dual properties, [180]-181;
fundamental in nature, [182];
ethereal transmission, [185]
Electrons, copious production, [174];
strain-centres, [189]-190, [195];
ultimates of matter, [231]
Elements, ancient and mediæval ideas regarding, [5], [151];
genesis, [152], [230]-231
Empedocles, four elements, [5], [151]
Ether, in Cartesian philosophy, [12];
evasive character, [159], [183], [197]-8;
relation to gravity, [175], [185];
properties, [184], [191], [193]-4
Evolution, of solar system, [22], [241], [250];
of stars, [35]-6, [217]-225;
of stellar systems, [98]-9, [106]-7, [142]-5, [226]-7;
of nebulæ, [145]-6, [200]-211;
of the chemical elements, [151], [230]-231
Faye, objections to Laplace's cosmogony, [25];
modified scheme, [68]-73, [81], [129];
duration of the sun, [76]
Fleming, nature of electrons, [195]
Frost and Adams, spectroscopic binaries, [143], [221]
Galileo, first law of motion, [12]
Goldstein, cathode-rays, [155]
Gravitation, mode of action, [168], [185];
velocity of transmission, [169], [175], [177];
explanatory hypotheses, [170]-179
Hale, relationships of carbon stars, [225]
Halley, nature of nebulæ, [36]
Hansky, status of zodiacal light, [261]
Harvey, life from life, [268]
Helium, present in the sun, [55];
origin by atomic decay, [158], [230];
absorption in stars, [220], [222]-3;
a constituent of nebulæ, [230]
Helmholtz, maintenance of solar heat, [31], [34], [35], [74]-5
Helmont, spontaneous generation, [268]
Heracleitus, elemental evolution, [151]
Herodotus, omnipotence of time, [269]
Herschel, Sir John, nature of atoms, [156];
Saturn's satellites, [240]
Herschel, Sir William, Uranian system, [29];
sidereal evolution,
[35]-6, [37], [136];
observations of nebulæ, [199];
history of their growth, [200]-201
Huggins, Sir William, discovery of gaseous nebulæ, [54], [153]
Huggins, Sir William and Lady, stellar development, [226]
Huxley, origin of life, [269], [271], [272]
Hydrogen, molecular velocity, [55];
the unit-atom, [152];
tenuity, [153];
absorption in stars, [221]-2
Island-universes, [54]
Jeans, figures of equilibrium, [104]-5;
nature of radio-activity, [196]
Jupiter's system, [240]-1
Kant, cosmological speculations, [20]-28, [60]-62, [252], [254];
tidal effects, [27], [84]-5;
Saturn's rings, [49];
status of comets, [73]
Kelvin, Lord, Lesage's theory of gravitation, [174];
vortex-atoms, [187];
dissipation of energy, [229];
origin of life, [268], [280]
Kepler, physical astronomy, [10]
Kirkwood, objection to nebular hypothesis, [50], [51];
effects of solar tidal friction, [67]
Lambert, sidereal construction, [17]-18
Langley, mass of meteoric infalls, [119]
Laplace, hypothesis of planetary origin, [25], [29]-31, [33], [36]-42, [52]-3, [58]-9, [60]-62, [235];
Saturn's ring-system, [49];
Mécanique Céleste, [57];
status of comets, [73], [136]
Larmor, scheme of molecular physics, [188];
definition of ether, [189], [193]
Lenard, cathode-rays, [157]
Lesage, rationale of gravity, [172]-3, [175]
Lewis, masses of double stars, [226]
Ligondès, scheme of planetary growth, [77]-8, [81], [252];
comets as survivals, [253], [256]
Lockyer, Sir Norman, meteoritic hypothesis, [125]-7;
enhanced lines, [223]
Lorentz, electrical hypothesis of gravity, [177]-8, [185]
Magellanic clouds, spiral conformation, [213]
Marchand, plane of the zodiacal light, [263]
Mars, rotation of, [47]-8
Maxwell, origin of matter, [161];
corpuscular theory of gravitation, [173]
Mayer, J. R., effects of tidal friction, [87]
Mercury, action upon of solar tides, [88], [96];
eccentric orbit, [242]
Meteoritic formation of planets, [28]-9, [119]-122, [125], [128], [131]-3;
of comets, [122]-4;
of nebulæ, [126]-7, [134]
Meteors, abundance, [119], [133];
mineralogy, [121]-2, [134];
hyperbolic orbits, [133];
attendance on the sun, [236]
Meteor-swarms, progressive dispersal, [72], [124];
constitution, [122]-4, [128]-131;
primitive existence, [134]
Milky Way, theories regarding, [16]-17, [215];
undeveloped condition, [201], [207];
relation to sun's movement, [247]
Mohl, protoplasm, [270]
Moment of momentum, [23], [40], [44], [45], [65], [209]
Moon, origin, [87]-92, [97], [139], [145];
retreat from the earth, [244]
Moulton, nebular cosmogony, [44], [51], [82]
Myers, systems of β Lyræ and U Pegasi, [109]-110
Nebulæ, gaseous composition, [37], [153], [201], [205];
illusory resolution, [53];
spiral structure, [79]-80, [106], [146], [190], [204]-208, [211]-214;
classification, [199];
development, [200]-202, [205], [207]-211;
relation to stars, [202]-3, [205];
helium ingredient, [230], [255]
Nebular hypothesis, propounded by Kant, [22]-8;
by Laplace, [29]-31, [38], [52]-3, [61];
difficulties, [39]-52, [54]-6;
amendments, [60]-82
Nebulium, a constituent of nebulæ, [54], [153], [201]
Neptune, retrograde system of, [43], [52], [237]
Newcomb, transverse observation of the zodiacal light, [260]
Newton, transmission of gravity, [184], [185]
Nova Persei, nebulous appurtenance, [206]
Perrine, new Jovian satellites, [240]
Pezénas, notice of the counterglow, [259]
Phobos, anomalous revolution, [47]-8, [237]
Phœbe, retrograde motion, [96], [237]-8
Pickering, E. C., binary nature of V Puppis, [112];
structural relations of the Looped Nebula, [213]
Pickering, W. H., origin of Phœbe, [97], [238];
photograph of a great nebula, [212];
satellite discoveries, [237], [240]
Plato, conception of a world-soul, [8]
Poincaré, rotational equilibrium, [101], [105], [110], [143];
destiny of the solar system, [243]-4
Prestwich, Laurentian graphite, [279]
Proctor, structure of the Milky Way, [214]
Protoplasm, its properties, [270]-273
Protyle, supposed discovery, [149], [154]-7;
function and qualities, [152];
cosmic relations, [164]-5
Prout, unity of matter, [152]
Radio-activity, possible effects, [33]-4, [229];
discovery, [157];
nature and cause, [158]-9, [162]-3, [196]
Red stars, affinities, [224]-6
Redi, transmission of life, [268]
Reynolds, explanation of gravity, [170];
molecular physics, [188], [192]-3
Richter, germ-laden aerolites, [280]
Roberts, A. W., systems of R2 Centauri and of V Puppis, [111], [113]
Roberts, Isaac, spiral arrangements of stars, [214]
Roche, planet-making expedients, [48];
reconstruction of Laplace's hypothesis, [62]-67
Roche's limit, [63], [115]-6
Röntgen rays, discovery, [157];
ethereal nature, [158], [176];
electronic effects, [163];
suggested connection with gravity, [176]
Rothmann, early notice of the zodiacal light, [256]
Russell, photographs of Magellanic Clouds, [213]
Rutherford, atomic disintegration, [162]
Satellites, periods of revolution, [46];
anomalies of movement, [47]-8, [52], [96], [236]-9;
effects on of tidal friction, [93]-4, [96], [97], [238];
origin by fission, [105];
'asteroidal,' [239]-40
Saturnian system, an example to cosmogonists, [41], [71];
anomalies, [49], [52], [96], [237]-240
Schaeberle, photographs of nebulous spirals, [204], [212]
Secchi, star-classification, [219]
See, tidal friction in stellar systems, [98], [142]
Shelley's Demiorgon, [9]
Solar system, origin, [22], [39]-42, [69]-82, [241];
anomalies, [29], [43]-52, [236]-241;
mechanism, [30], [234]-5;
stability, [235], [242];
springs of decadence, [243]-5;
translation, [245]-8
Spectroscopic binaries, [98], [112]-114, [142]-4, [221]
Spencer, status of nebulæ, [54];
spontaneous generation, [270]
Spinoza, pantheistic views, [9]
Stars, relations to nebulæ, [35]-6, [202]-3;
distribution, [147];
relative ages, [217]-221, [225];
spectra, [221]-5
Stokes, Sir George, nature of life, [276]
Stoney, criticism of gravitational hypothesis, [179]
Sun, mode of development, [25], [31];
maintenance of heat, [31]-5;
helium-constituent, [55]-6;
stellar relationships, [224]-5;
actual standing, [232]-3;
motion in space, [245]-8
Swedenborg, cosmic evolution, [4], [6], [15]
Thales, ideas of cosmic evolution, [4], [14], [151]
Thomson, J. J., mass of corpuscles, [158];
gravitational effects, [173];
Röntgen rays and gravity, [176];
ether and matter, [190]
Tidal friction, effects in earth-moon system, [28], [87]-92, [94], [97], [244];
in other sub-systems, [48], [50], [93]-7, [238]-9;
on binary stars, [98]-9, [108], [142];
modifying power, [46]-7, [67]-8, [83]-7
Tisserand, transmission-rate of gravity, [175]
Uranian system, retrograde motion, [43], [52], [70], [237]
Variable stars, [108]-115
Venus, mode of rotation, [96]
Vogel, stellar development, [219], [225]
Whewell, status of nebulæ, [54]
Whittaker, undulatory theory of gravity, [178]-9
Wilson, radium in the sun, [34]
Wolf, C., motion of Phobos, [48];
solar tidal friction, [67];
criticism of Faye's cosmogony, [73]
Wolf, Max, photographs of the zodiacal light, [263]
World Soul, function in cosmogony, [8]-9
Wright, theory of the Milky Way, [16]-17, [18], [20]
Zodiacal light, origin, [256]-7, [261], [264];
triple aspect, [257]-60;
transversal dimensions, [260];
constitution, [262];
plane of extension, [262]-3
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