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as to evoke the tremendnons radiance of the sim from a previous 

 momentum adequate to produce it. ? 



Dr. Gould then gave an account of the meteoric tlieory of sohir 

 heat, and showed the objections which could reasonably be urged 

 against it, and then proceeded to explain the theory of contraction, 

 to which he gave his adherence, as well as in general to the theory 

 of Faye, according to which the sun is a gaseous mass at a high 

 temperature, the outer circumforence being condensed by the extreme 

 cold of the planetary spaces. 



