

temperature, or, in Ti"^ "^ ^ 10 

 the average velocity of the nTteor' * *"* ^ ^ N w 

 times the above amoun To co ^^ * be "** or f orty 

 greater portion of the hertfe ST* tWs ' how ^er, the 

 fondenaed mass of air wh ch the^ 8 ' T" 11 ^ ^ the 

 hown that bright meteors gen " a tT dWe3 7 befo - ^ It 

 behind them, which prob & a lumin us trail 



the red-hot LL 

 "fen burst -th a 

 as a resltof the quick 



^e been for the ^t partound h ot 



easily explainab , e ^ th V 0t ' but "Ot red-hot, 



""art tune occupied byVe " ' -^ *"* 



atmosphere, onlyathinfsupeSnave ^T* thr Ugh 

 wh.le but a small quantity^ Sh " ^^ tO red 

 to the interior of the mass For 1 " ^ * P enet te 



Veedily disappear. thlS reason ** red heat can 



Thus has the falling of t]lp 



remnant of processes which seems tr" St<>ne ' *" miDUte 

 taut part in the formation of TV ' P ' ayed an >'">?<- 



to the present ti me ," e ^ ^^ bodi -. conducted 

 ^othetica, ^ to the J J h - P- f-m the darkness of 



Behave said, however, all thftT,; ^ n<Wled g e - ^ what 

 "on of Kant and Lapla ce ftS? hyP thetlcal is theassump. 

 once distributed as n^ in L^ f ^ ^* -r'e 





with the earlier le^dl Tof th T '* f 

 forebodings of p oet i c f m !y ^ ^^ fami ^ -d the 

 t'ons generally commences with C0sm g on y of ancient na- 



