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I AM not mathematician enough to form any opinion on the merits of the controversy as to the “fuel of the sun;” that is to say, I am not able to decide whether it is consistent with the conditions of the equilibrium of the solar system that the sun's heat should have been kept up through, the ages of geological time by the falling in of meteors. But I wish to state some evidence which proves that meteors are constantly falling in, though it does not touch the question whether this source is sufficient to account for the whole or any large part of the total supply of heat radiated away by the sun.
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MURPHY, J. Fuel of the Sun. Nature 2, 451 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002451b0
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