Astronomy and the Bible;

56 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Buttheattractionofthesunis determined,outside ofthesunitself,bytheamountofmatterintheearth. Ifthereweres ...

THEPOWEROFGRAVITATION 57 whichholdseach elementofthewholeinitsrelative place, andguidesallintheirinfinitepaths. The Word declare ...

&8 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Butitwasnotdesignedthat,havingseentheworkings ofinfinitepower,we shouldcease ourinvestigations, unti ...

THEPOWEROFGRAVITATION 59 inwhat way itisthat 'attraction' comes about,—is stillunknown,—apparentlyasinscrutableasthevery nature ...

60 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Thefirstfactmaybestatedthus:Thepoweracting betweenbodiesofequalmassincreaseswhenthenum- berofparticlesis ...

THEPOWEROFGRAVITATION^61 ance,thirty-sevenandahalfpoundsateightthousand milesfrom thecenter,andninepoundssixouncesat sixteen tho ...

62 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE conflictbetween them. Each ishelpfultotheother, andeachshedslightupontheother. Andthisisanexampleofallot ...

CHAPTERVI TheTransferofEnergy THE book ofJob containsmany references to thethingsofthematerialworld. TheCreator, intheclosingcha ...

64 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE listentohimforatime;buteventuallytheirpent-up feelingsfindvent,andtheirphilosophythatsuffering isalwaysv ...

TheLandoftheMidnightSun Astheearthmightappearifonecouldonly"standoff" lookatitwhenthesunis"farthestnorth." ...

ATypicalSunSpot—HighlyjMagnified PhotographedfromadrawingbyScrivenBolton. ...

THETRANSFEROFENERGY 65 In imagination,Hecarriedhim back tocreation's morning,thenoutintothegreatuniverse,andfinally broughthimto ...

66 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Asapebble,droppedinwater,causesripplesinthe watertotraveloutward acrossthesurface, so notes andtones cau ...

THETRANSFEROFENERGY 67 hiddenas ever. Inregard tothe law ofgravitation weknowa greatdeal;butinregardtotheforceof gravitation—wha ...

68 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE this force?—"Itis theforce whichdrawsbodies to- wardeachother." Buthowdoesthis forceproduce thiseffect? ...

THETRANSFEROFENERGY 69 tous. WefindthattheHghtandtheheat,inpassing fromthesuntous,haveconsumedsomeeightminutes. Now, inthisinsta ...

70 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE All matter is assumed by scientists to consist of atoms,orparticles,whichattractandrepeleachother. Ifthe ...

THETRANSFEROFENERGY 71 showswhatwemean. Thelargecirclerepresentsthe sun,thesmalleronetheearth,andthedotstheether. Letusaskagaint ...

n ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE thatmatter,whetherponderableorimponderable,and whetheraggregatedor inits hypothetical units,acts uponmatt ...

THETRANSFEROPENERGY 73 mysteriesthatmust,inthenatureofthecase,forever surround the manifestations of God Himself. He is incompre ...