HEAT AND COLD. 



in consequence it would move toward the earth, and 

 would be aided when it entered the remaining zone of 

 what centripetal force the earth had left in revolving. 

 But the centripetal force generated by the earth in the 

 face of the conditions would be very little, owing to 

 nothing being left of the elastic order in which cold 

 and heat could act on conjointly. However, it would 

 gain in speed as it continued toward the earth, owing to 

 having no power to withhold it even though the centri- 

 petal force generated by the earth was at very near 

 naught. 



The heat would be sufficient generated by the im- 

 pact to reduce the greater portion of the frozen waters 

 to the gaseous form; and the greater part of the proper- 

 ties making up organic life would be reduced to the 

 aerial form. To again be precipitated in the form of 

 animal compounds whenever the reduction in the tem- 

 perature became constant in the domains of germi- 

 nation. 



It would destroy the greater portion of the life 

 upon the planet, but not necessarily all, as portions of 

 the earth may have escaped with a great shaking up. It 

 would be determined altogether by the distance from 

 where it had sunk to before it finally moved away to- 

 ward the earth for the final jolt. 



All classes of matter which were melted, or where 

 heat was sufficient to cause their assuming the aerial 

 form, were detained in space until the temperature of 

 precipitation requisite to their forming compounds, or 

 their temperature of precipitation in quality. 



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