Excerpt from Notes on the Nebular Theory in Relation to Stellar, Solar, Planetary, Cometary, and Geological Phenomena What 1 most regret in this matter is that I am unable to fully discuss many theoretical ideas that have been pro posed by scientific men without extending this sketch very much beyond the limit necessary for the brief statement of my own ideas. This is unfortunate, as I find in reading up the subject, for the most part since I wrote these pages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.