THE BEGINNING OF THINGS. 



being burned to a very minute form, owing to having 

 been burning at the time of the imprisonment by the 

 forming crust, caused the body as a whole to become 

 more buoyant after the closing. Being more buoyant 

 as a body, the planet was influenced from without by 

 two forces. The sun began to act on the whole as a 

 body, owing to having a solid exterior, and drove it far- 

 ther away. Being driven farther away, it became acted 

 on by the cold with great vigor. The cold reducing the 

 crust during each revolution in temperature, and caus- 

 ing the precipitation of other properties held in sus- 

 pension in conformity with their respective tempera- 

 tures of condensing. The crust, as it began to accumu- 

 late in weight in portions through the precipitation of 

 material coming within the range of temperature, be- 

 came reduced in portions more than in others. And in 

 consequence there were properties of different tempera- 

 tures being precipitated in the same location, owing to 

 the cooling action of the crust coming in contact with 

 the particles in suspension. 



The crust being so cold during the revolving 

 against the colder portions of space during the semi- 

 revolution in opposition to the action of the sun, it 

 caused the compounding of properties by the revolution 

 within zones where they were held in suspension. 



During each revolution the body cooled sufficient- 

 ly to admit of the precipitation of particles, and con- 

 tinued throughout all the different properties of matter 

 in conformity with their respective temperatures of pre- 

 cipitation. 



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