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rupted oscillations, may perhaps suggest others that will be more com- 
plete and satisfactory : 
m! siim’s mass : 
Let —= 5 =314,000* 
m'’ earth’s mass 
d’/=91,828, 000 
d!//=8, 962.8 
vi} q/ 
MC 
this ae = 290.85 
7 
Vd 
= hourly velocity of a body revolving at the distance d’/ from the 
sun’s centre, or at the distance /’’ from the earth’s centre, = 65,062. 4 
miles. 
In consequence of the solidity of the earth, the hypothetical perpetual 
oscillation of the combined H and O through the major axis 2///, must be 
maintained at d// instead of at h/’ from the earth’s centre. Its maxi- 
Ohl! 
mum velocity is therefore only qi of v’, which —9609.36 miles —9.24™ 
the equatorial superficial velocity of rotation, or 9.0165>< the velocity at 
the centre of oscillation of the semi-axis /. 
The reaction of the elastic atmospheric particles, in their continual re- 
bounds from the earth’s surface, under tidal, thermal, chemical, and 
molecular influences, should contribute, in connection with the motion of 
revolution, to a rotary motion in the earth itself. The following coin- 
cidences, at the boundary lines of the interior (Telluric) and exterior 
(Jovian) planetary systems, seem to render it probable that a reference to 
centres of oscillation may ultimately account for the masses, order of ar- 
rangement, and times of rotation, of the several planets and satellites, as 
well as for their period of revolution. 
If we assume, in the sun, as well as in the oscillating H,O, a virtual 
y 
centre of oscillation at the distance q from the diametrical centre, the 
oscillating centre will move about a cme which has a volume, propor- 
tioned to that of the solar sphere, as 1 to 9 
[f all the asteroids, satellites, comets, meteors, and undiscovered planets 
in our system constitute an aggregate equivalent to the mass of Uranus, 
the mass of the sun is 729 (—9") < the planetary mass. (a.) 
729+ (—9*) solar radii = distance of Mercury. (0.) 
YROS<1 (2208)= ‘¢ —. distance of farthest asteroid. (c.) 
720529 (e204) & «¢ —= distance of Neptune. (d.) 
Theoretical. Observed. Theoretical Error. 
a .0013717 -00138584 009 
b 3 “430,000 85,353, 000 3027 
¢ 309,870,000 312,888,000 —.008 
d 2,788, 833, 000 2,74 3,216,000 O17 
* The values are taken from Norton’s Astronomy. 
