74 NOTES ON THE 



122. If the mass of each of the planets is disposed 

 into numerous concentric spheres, or shells of matter, 

 is the solar mass also so constituted ? 



123. If the solar mass is disposed into numerous 

 concentric spheres, or shells of matter ; and if from 

 the surface of that mass, matter ceases not to be 

 projected, then, as ages roll on, shall those spheres, 

 or shells of matter, successively disappear ; but be- 

 tween the disappearance of one sphere, and the 

 incandescence of another, shall a long period of dark- 

 ness intervene ? 



124. During the continuance of a solar day, is 

 there projected from the sun, to the remote regions 

 of the solar system, the matter of one of those 

 concentric spheres of which we suppose the solar 

 mass is constituted ; and during the continuance of a 

 solar day, is there accumulated, in the remote regions 

 of the solar system, a mass of attenuated matter, 

 but destined to become the solid fabric of a future 

 world ? 



125. If the tail of a comet is educed and elongated 

 by matter which is projected from the sun, what, 

 therefore, must be the intensity of that force which 

 projected the nebulous atmosphere of the comet of 



