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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The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world's most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering and medicine, and is the oldest scientific academy in ...