| William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 sider
...milky way is that in which Ihe sim is placed, though perhaps not in the centre of it» thickness, hut not far from the place- where some smaller stratum...from it. S,uch a supposition will satisfactorily, and witli great simplicity, account for all the phenomena of the milky way, which, according to this hypothesis,... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 sider
...their being resolvable into stars. " It is very probable that the great straturn called the milky-way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness. We gather this from the appearance of the galaxy, which seems to encompass... | |
| William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 sider
...their being resolvable into stars. " It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky-way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness. We gather this from the appearance of the galaxy, which seems to encompass... | |
| James Smith - 1815 - 684 sider
...fainter mottled kind of light, which denotes their being resolvable into stars. Galaxy and nebula1. " It is very probable that the great stratum called...which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness. We gather this from the appearance of the galaxy, which seems to encompass... | |
| 1816 - 420 sider
...others shine with a fainter, mottled kind of light, which denotes their being resolvable into stars. ' It is very probable that the great stratum, called...which the Sun is placed, though, perhaps, not in the very centre of its thickness. We eather this from the appearance of the galaxy, which seems to encompass... | |
| 1823 - 626 sider
...which, for want of light, I could only see now and then, by faint, glittering, and interrupted glimpses. It is very probable that the great stratum called...which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness. We gather this from the appearance of the galaxy, which seems to encompass... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 236 sider
...too small to be seen by the naked eye. In a paper on the constructions of the heavens, Dr. Herschel says it is very probable, that the great stratum called...which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the cent re of its thickness, but not far from the place where some smaller stratum branches from it. Such... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 sider
...shine with a fainter mottled kind of light, which denotes their being resowable into stars. 192. ' It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which thé sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness. We gather this from the... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 642 sider
...cluster in which our sun is placed. In a paper on the construction of the heavens, doctor Herschel says, it is very probable, that the great stratum,...perhaps not in the centre of its thickness, but not tar from tho place where some smaller stratum branches from it. Such a supposition will satisfactorily,... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1831 - 646 sider
...the heavens, doctor Her-ditl says, it is very probable, that the ïtr-л stratum, called the AJUky Way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the centre of its thickness, Ixit ii"t far from the place where some smaller лпturn branches from it. Such a supposition will... | |
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