| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1837 - 406 pages
...that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but an annulus; or, at least, that our system [the Solar System] is placed within one of the poorer and almost...that eccentrically, so as to be much nearer to the part about the Cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it. stars, clusters of irregular form,... | |
| John Pringle Nichol - 1839 - 342 pages
...would take on to a spectator at a vast distance, looking from not a mere stratum, but an annulus ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one...cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it." t-AO->'VII,L v ••' f '•' J'HlM l.MKN'f. . -V .-,•!• jll !]i.- .• jiv iblfTils ; foi. ha... | |
| Mary Somerville - 1840 - 858 pages
...an impression amounting almost to conviction, that the milky way is not a mere stratum, but annular, or at least that our system is placed within one of the poorer or almost vacant parts of its general mass, and that eccentrically, so as to be much nearer to the... | |
| 1840 - 460 pages
...impression amounting almost to a conviction that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but an ammlux ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one of the poorer 01 almost vacant parts of its general mass, and that eccentrically, 10 as to be nearer to the parts... | |
| 1841 - 496 pages
...an impression, amounting to a conviction, that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but an annulus ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one...cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it.' "—Architecture of the Heavens, pp. 21, 22. The other classes are, Resolvable nebulae; Nebulae, properly... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...impression, amounting almost to conviction, that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but annular ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one of the poorer or almost vacant parts of its general mass ! The cluster of which our Sun is a member, and which includes... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 344 pages
...impression, amounting almost to conviction, that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but annular ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one of the poorer or almost vacant parts of its general mass ! The cluster of which our Sun is a member, and which includes... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 614 pages
...an impression, amounting to a conviction, that the Milky Wav is not a mere stratum, but an annulus ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one...cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it." When a telescope is directed to the heavens, the actual space it renders visible at one time, technically... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 580 pages
...an impression, amounting to a conviction, that the Milky Way is not a mere stratum, but an annulus ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one...parts of its general mass, and that eccentrically, so an to be much nearer to the parts about the cross, than to that diametrically opposed to it." J of... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1846 - 580 pages
...an impression, amounting to a conviction, that the Milky Wiy is not a mere stratum, but an annulus ; or, at least, that our system is placed within one...poorer and almost vacant parts of its general mass, and ihn eccentrically, so as to be much nearer to the parts about the cross, than to that diametrically... | |
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