 | Alvah Hovey - 1890 - 574 pages
...and most general interest" — "that relating to the solar heat" — "I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the consequent death of the system." ("Christian Thought.") The gradual shrinking of the earth's orbit, and the falling of the earth upon... | |
 | 1884 - 652 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. No measurements within our power can test it, so far as we can see... | |
 | 1886 - 508 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the consequent death of the system." PROPOSING AND DISPOSING. — The often quoted phrase, " Man proposes but God disposes," seems to have... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 668 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. No measurements within our power can test it, so far as we can see... | |
 | 1884 - 412 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the Sun's activity, and the...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. No measurements within our power can test it, so far as we can see... | |
 | 1884 - 660 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. No measurements within our power can test it, so far as we can see... | |
 | 1884 - 414 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the Sun's activity, and the...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. No measurements within our power can test it, so far as we can see... | |
 | 1884 - 648 pages
...much time for our remaining lifetime; but this is no objection, since I perceive no reason to doubt the final cessation of the sun's activity, and the...consequent death of the system. But while this hypothesis seoms fairly to meet the requirements of the case, and to be a necessary consequence of the best knowledge... | |
 | 1885 - 900 pages
...objection of much force is, that it apparently limits the past duration of the solar system to a period not exceeding some twenty millions of years ; and many...course, be conceded that it does not yet admit of any observational verification. N"o measurements within our power can test it, so far as appears at... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1895 - 290 pages
...everlasting death and night of the winter of the solar system. Science says in just so many words, "there is no reason to deny the final cessation of...activity, and the consequent death of the system." Our hearts, our affections, all our peculiarly human attributes, draw back from many of the deductions... | |
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... solar system to a period not much exceeding some twenty millions of years ; and many of our geological friends protest against so scanty an allowance. The same theory would give us, perhaps, half as much time for our remaining lifetime ; but this... 
