The Architecture of the Heavens, Том 80J.W. Parker, 1850 - Всего страниц: 242 |
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... bodies which we term of the first magnitude , they fade through every degree , down towards absolute invisibility ; and if the eye be armed with a telescope , new multi- tudes are discovered , which also diminish until a farther limit ...
... bodies which we term of the first magnitude , they fade through every degree , down towards absolute invisibility ; and if the eye be armed with a telescope , new multi- tudes are discovered , which also diminish until a farther limit ...
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... bodies in the sky , are immersed so profoundly within space , that with all the consummate powers and ingenuity of art , we can yet do nothing more than assign a limit , nearer than which they cer- tainly do not lie . Among those ...
... bodies in the sky , are immersed so profoundly within space , that with all the consummate powers and ingenuity of art , we can yet do nothing more than assign a limit , nearer than which they cer- tainly do not lie . Among those ...
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... bodies are strewn around with some approach to uniformity . Unless on the ground of some such maxim , we clearly could not cal- culate the probable number of stars belonging to any of the spheres A , B , C , D , & c . , ( page 5 ; ) nor ...
... bodies are strewn around with some approach to uniformity . Unless on the ground of some such maxim , we clearly could not cal- culate the probable number of stars belonging to any of the spheres A , B , C , D , & c . , ( page 5 ; ) nor ...
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... so recently has enabled us to compute accurately the distances of several of the stars . The difficulty lay in the exceeding remoteness of these bodies - a remoteness that seemed 10 DEPTHS OF THE SKIES . immeasurable by any unit.
... so recently has enabled us to compute accurately the distances of several of the stars . The difficulty lay in the exceeding remoteness of these bodies - a remoteness that seemed 10 DEPTHS OF THE SKIES . immeasurable by any unit.
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... bodies ; from whose distances we now gather the correct position of the spheres proper to bodies of the first and second magni- tudes ; and analogy , guided by the considerations which influenced M. STRUVE , enables one to infer ...
... bodies ; from whose distances we now gather the correct position of the spheres proper to bodies of the first and second magni- tudes ; and analogy , guided by the considerations which influenced M. STRUVE , enables one to infer ...
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61 CYGNI amid apparent magnitudes appear arrangements assuredly astronomer binary systems bodies CENTAURI central centre chart cluster comparatively compression connexion considerations constitution course depths diagram direction disc discern distance double stars ellipse existence extraordinary fact farther foregoing galaxy globular globular cluster gorgeous grand gravity heavens hypothesis idea illustration imagined immense indicate infer infinite inquiry instance instrument irregular light limit Lord Rosse luminary magnitude majestic mass Milky mirror MIZAR mysterious naked eye nature number of stars object observation Octavo optical orbit orbs Parsonstown peculiar penetrate period phenomena planet planetary planetary nebula PLEIADES position precise present probability proper motions proximity refer regard regions relations remarkable remote right ascension scheme seemed seen separate shape singular Sir JOHN HERSCHEL skies solar space speculation sphere spherical spiral of Plate splendour starry stellar stratum STRUVE stupendous supposed telescope tion truth universe velocity volume wonder zone