THE object of the present treatise is to establish in a modified form the nebular theory of Laplace, by the introduction of some original views which have long occupied the attention of the author.

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THIS book contains a very imperfect account of the nebular hypothesis of Laplace and Kant, with certain variations which must be incorrect, because they violate mechanical principles, and with certain ...

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