Joly, in discussing the age of the earth, assumes the truth of the nebular hypothesis, though he admits that “there was indeed some scanty sedimentation in Archæan times.” ...

The Nebular Hypothesis and Modern Cosmogony: being the Halley Lecture delivered on May 23, 1922. By J. H. Jeans. Pp. 31 + 4 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press ...

Pierre Laplace, French mathematician (1749-1827), devised the celebrated “nebular hypothesis”: that the solar system was originally a diffuse, whirling, gaseous mass. As this nebular mass ...

This model of solar system formation is known as the nebular hypothesis. The solar system is structured in a roughly flat plane called the ecliptic, with most planets orbiting the sun in the same ...

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Guyot deliver-ed a course of lectures in this city, purporting to be at the request of a number of orthodox ministers and others, in which he inculcated the nebular hypothesis, which involves the ...

Prof. Lockyer was interviewed by a reporter of the Post of that city, and in speaking of the bearing of the result of his observations upon the nebular theory said. View Full Article in ...

1. Nebular hypothesis believed planets are formed out of cloud of material, mainly containing hydrogen and helium. 2. Big bang theory was the first to provide evidence that planets are rotating ...