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creation, but is dissipated and utterly lost in the in- 

 finitudes of space ? 



113. Does the heat, which radiates from a fixed 

 star, traverse the space which intervenes between 

 that star and the earth ; or is it, in its course, inter- 

 cepted by that resisting medium which is said to 

 pervade all space ? 



114. As it is experimentally known that the heat 

 which radiates from a body in a state of incandes- 

 cence may be intercepted by presenting to that body 

 a transparent resisting medium ; if, therefore, all 

 space is pervaded by a resisting medium, will the 

 heat, which radiates from the sun, be obstructed in 

 its passage through that medium, and finally brought 

 to a state of rest ? 



115. If so, at what distance from the sun will the 

 heat, which is projected from that body, and trans- 

 mitted through that medium, be brought to a state 

 of rest? 



116. Is the heat which radiates from the sun pro- 

 jected to the outskirts of the solar system ? And is 

 it arrested there ? And does it accumulate there? 

 And does it suffer condensation, and is ponderable 

 there ? And as the sun moves onward in absolute 

 space, is it collected into one mass in the solar track ? 

 And is that mass dragged forward in the solar path ? 



