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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AN
ENDOGENOUS PLANETARY SYSTEM. BY FRANK BUESLEY TAYLOR. The Nebular
hypothesis affects me as a standing challenge to try again. Eesting
on pure conjecture, it has no claim to respect, except so far as it
explains things. One conjecture which will explain things is as
permissible as another. While the Nebular hypothesis offers a
plausible explanation for a number of facts and covers a wide range
of phenomena, yet, in the realm of the Solar or Planetary system it
leaves many important things unexplained or only partially, and
therefore unsatisfactorily, accounted for. In all probability it
would never have existed but for the shortcomings of theoretical
astronomy. It is the proper province of that science to explain the
motions, perturbations and stabilities of the heavenly bodies.
While it has explained many things and its apparent perfection is
the admiration of all men, it has nevertheless left many other
important things which lie plainly within its sphere unexplained;
and it was in effect to supplement this deficiency that the Nebular
hypothesis was invented. The limited scope of the effective
application of the doctrines of theoretical astronomy show a
condition of imperfection which must be recognized as evidence of
immaturity and which is therefore, in all probability, temporary.
Such a condition augurs future change and progress. It therefore
invites further investigation and reflection, and when to this
obviously immature state of the science is added the fact that the
store of trustworthy information gathered from observation has
grown prodigiously in recent years, it is apparent that never
before has the opportunity to speculate or to generalize to good
purpose been so inviting and so promising as itis now. It can not
be that our present knowledge of the Planet...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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