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i58 A TOUR THROUGH
the sun, which their violent motion to-
wards him seemed to indicate.—Indeed, I
have often wished that this discovery might
be made, as it would in some measure
account for what has as yet been looked
upon as unaccountable : that the sun, not-
withstanding his daily waste, from enlight-
ening the universe, never appears dimi-
nished either in size or light.—Surely this
waste must be immense, and were there
not in nature some hidden provision for
supplying it, in the space of six thousand
years, supposmg the world to be no older,
the planets must have got to a much
greater distance from his body, by the vast
diminution of his attraction; they must
likewise have moved much slower, and
consequently the length of our year must
have been greatly increased.—Nothing of
all this seems to be the case : the diameter
of the sun is the same that ever it was: he
neither appears diminished, nor our di-
stance from him increased: his light,
8 heat,
the sun, which their violent motion to-
wards him seemed to indicate.—Indeed, I
have often wished that this discovery might
be made, as it would in some measure
account for what has as yet been looked
upon as unaccountable : that the sun, not-
withstanding his daily waste, from enlight-
ening the universe, never appears dimi-
nished either in size or light.—Surely this
waste must be immense, and were there
not in nature some hidden provision for
supplying it, in the space of six thousand
years, supposmg the world to be no older,
the planets must have got to a much
greater distance from his body, by the vast
diminution of his attraction; they must
likewise have moved much slower, and
consequently the length of our year must
have been greatly increased.—Nothing of
all this seems to be the case : the diameter
of the sun is the same that ever it was: he
neither appears diminished, nor our di-
stance from him increased: his light,
8 heat,