Excerpt from The Evolution of Planetary Motion: A New Synthesis of Familiar Facts and Assumptions, Embracing an Analysis of Some Current Views on TidesThe vortex above referred to. Which seems so fascinating to his youthful mind, is so Simple and so inevitable withal. That its absence under the circumstances stated, uould indeed be passing strange. For in order that it should be absent, we. Should have to conceive of a condition in which the forces advancing from all points to meet at the centre of the orifice, should meet so truly as to give no lateral resultant - a thing scarcely imaginable under the conditions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.