Construction of the solar system. Matter out of which
it was formed 261
Domains of the sun out of which the matter was collected 262
Stars nearest to the sun. Table VII. showing distances 263
Remarks on Binary Stars. Table VIII. showing spheres of
attraction between the sun and a very few 265
Sirius actually our nearest neighbour. Form of the sun's
domains of a very jagged nature 266
Creation of matter for the nebulæ, out of which the whole
universe was elaborated. Beginning of construction 267
The law of attraction begins to operate through the
agency of evolution 267
Form of the primitive solar nebula. The jagged peaks
probably soon left behind in contraction 268
How the nebula contracted. Two views of the form it might
take. Comparison of the two forms, solid or hollow 269
The hollow centre form adopted. The jagged peaks left behind 272
The nebula assuming a spherical form. Shreds, masses,
crescents separated from one side 273
Probable form of interior of nebula. Compared with envelopes
in heads of some comets 274
Reflections on the nebula being hollow.
Opinions of others quoted 275
The matter of a sphere solid to the centre must
be inert there 276
Further proofs of the nebula being hollow 277
How rotary motion was instituted 278
Such a nebula might take one of two forms 279
The form depending on the class of nebula. Planetary in the
case of the solar system. A similar conception of how
rotary motion could be instituted 280