CONFORMATION OF PLANETS. 



causing the revolution. The relaxation being great on 

 the properties when exposed to the sun and aided by 

 heat from within. The contraction being very great 

 on the outer surface of body when directed away from 

 the sun, owing to the medium being very plastic or in 

 an early condition of compression. In consequence, 

 great displacement of outlines or equilibrium creating 

 movement. As the property expands and contracts, so 

 does the movement increase. Reduction in expansion 

 and contraction reduces movement. Thereby we note 

 that a colder body situated nearer to the source of heat 

 and farther away from extreme cold must move slow 

 on its axis. The sun being incapable of displacing 

 much of the solid outlines by dispersal ; and cold hav- 

 ing a solid body to compress while not being extremely 

 applied ; in consequence, reduction of motion or speed 

 on the axis. 



As bodies get colder or more compressed, they 

 slow down on their axis, as shown by the above law. 

 As each body gets colder or more compressed, it will 

 move faster in its orbit by the same law. The body 

 being more compressed, and at the same time being 

 situated nearer to the source of heat, which is a lifting 

 power, then the sun lifting on the body as a whole, 

 owing to having a solid which will not immediately 

 disperse before the rays; in consequence, the lifting 

 power manifests itself on the whole body and moves 

 the whole body at once. 



This law on the revolving of all the bodies in 

 space, both in the orbits and on the axes, will be found 



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