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308 (Doc. 85.
SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE.
centre ; for this could only show itself within our solar vortex,
outside of which there is no possibility of any parallax with
the sun showing itself, unless one should
one should appear which
could not be distinguished before. The greatest matter of
surprise is, that such a leap should have been made within
one or two years, when yet no comet has lately hurled itself
into our larger vortex, nor has any other planet, so far as I
know, so approached our terrestrial vortex, that it could have
forced us inwards. In case there have been some violent
cause of this description, we may presume that it will again
recede to its proper distance, inasmuch as this always adapts
itself to the speed and to the course, so that our phaeton will
again return to its proper orbit. It does not seem reasonable
that this should have taken place in a natural manner in so
short a time, unless it is deduced from observations made
within 100 years. I am glad, however, that I treated public
ly a similar subject about a year ago, in my treatise “Con
cerning the Earth’s Motion and Duration,” * in which I
maintain that the earth moves more and more slowly both
in its annual and diurnal revolution, from which it must
necessarily follow, that it approaches nearer and nearer to
our sun; for the more rapid the motion and revolution of the
planets within the solar vortex, the greater is the distance to
which they are carried from the centre ; but the slower the
motion, the more they are drawn inwards ; moreover, it is
known in what proportion the centrifugal force increases
according to the velocity with which a body either tends
outwards or inwards. Isaac Newton’s Principia treats of this
subject.
The case with the planets is, also, as if a long arm were
made, with a ball upon it, which was free, and could slide
either forward or backward on the arm , and thus could move
* "Om Jordenes och Planeternas Gång och Stånd," Skara, 1718. (On
the motion and orbit of the earth and the planets ; i. e. some arguments
showing that the earth diminishes in its course, and goes more slowly than
heretofore; causing winter and summer, days and nights to be longer in
respect to time, than heretofore). The date of this little book which on the
death of Charles XII was dedicated to the Crown-prince, is Dec. 16, 1718.
See also Document 83.
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