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Title: Looking skyward and the earth, illustrated
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Snyder, Isaac Newton
Subjects: Astronomy
Publisher: (Liberty, Ind., Press of Express printing co.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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s of theatmosphere of the earth. We know they are solid be-cause many of the larger ones reach us, and are foundto be thus. We also know their light goes out whenthey strike the earth. Hence their luminosity lastsonly while passing through our atmosphere. 80 theyare distinctively dead bodies—graveyards of thesky; and, as the writer surmises, are particles fromexploded or collided planets or other bodies, whichonce shown with their own primeval light, and thuswere luminous, living worlds. Comets are self-luminous bodies—atoms, perhaps, thrown off fromour sun or some other distant sun—and not vetgraveyards. Dr. Winchell says, The sun is cooling off. Theclock of eternity ticks not seconds, but centuries.Though at present it is a living, self-illuminatedbody, and as such in the far distant future though 138 NON-LUMINOUS BODIES OF THE SKY. it may appear to us, but in the lifetime of a nebulaour sun is nearing the goal when it, also, will becomea graveyard of the sky! LOOKING SKYWARD.
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Rev. Frederick Stovenour. A.M.. D.I). THE BIBLE AND ASTRONOMY. CHAPTER XVII. THE BIBLE AND ASTRONOMY. By Rev. Frederick Stovenour. Religion and Science have not always been going-side by side as they are today. The difficulty hasnot been in either branch of study, but rather in adeficiency of knowledge of both branches of the sub-ject. The scientist belieyed the question of religioncould not be studied bv him in his work, and thereligious Bible teacher refused to allow science to beconsidered by him and his school. When bothbranches were thoroughly understood a new eradawned upon the religious and the scientific world. The combined forces of the two branches are to-day revealing important interests, and producingresults of incalculable value to everv student in anyor all departments of study. This changed condition is due to such men as J. P.Smith. Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Harris, Dr. Buchland,Professor Sedgwick, Professor YYnewell. and HughMiller. These men informed themselves thoroughlyupo

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