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IN most of the earlier attempts which were made to explain the origin of new stars, the leading idea was that of a single body being suddenly disturbed in some way, with the possible result that the heat of its interior became manifested at the surface. Thus Zöllner, in 1865, suggested that the phenomena might be produced by the bursting of the crust which had just formed on the surface of a star approaching extinction. Again, in connection with the new star in Corona, I pointed out in 1866 that all that seemed necessary to get such an outburst in our own sun was to increase the power of his convection currents, which we know to be ever at work. Dr. Huggins at that time believed that the appearances were due to gaseous eruptions in a single body, and that “possibly chemical actions between the erupted gases and the outer atmosphere of the star may have contributed to its sudden and transient splendour.”
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LOCKYER, J. The Sun's Place in Nature: IX. Nature 52, 327–329 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052327b0
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