The Great Facts of Modern Astronomy

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Excerpt from The Great Facts of Modern Astronomy: With an Exposition of What They Teach Comprising the Formation of the Sun and Stars, the Cause of Rotary Motion, the Formation of the Planets and Their Satellites, Solution of the Law of Distances, Theory of Light, and the Sun SpotsMy vlews on light I' arrived at not only from the necessity of the case, but because without it so many things are left unexplained. I am, therefore, compelled to believe it, 'in the absence of sufficient evidence to the contrary, I cannot but believe that light is really matter. To my mind it appears to be the one or more elements from which everything is created, as ever'ythingis converted into light by the intense perfect combustion in the sclar fires. Newton assumed that light ~was matter, and spectrum analysis indicates most clearly that light consists of every known substance. Being matter, it hé came, of course, proper to'treat it: accordingly. I believe I am the first ti) assign its density, its extreme levity explains wh y it had baf¿ed all attempts hitherto made to'weigh it, its action upon the sun's motion gives also reason able data for an approximate estimate of the age of our system and the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.