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e seen that they increase infrequency as we depart from the Milky Way. 236. The Universe.—So far as our knowledge of thegreat sidereal system extends, which is only a verylittle way, we maj7, then, consider it to be either a flatdisk or ring of stars, of which the sun is one, and thatits greatest… … 276 ASTRONOMY. it are moving in all conceivable directions, and, sofar as can now be known, do not revolve about anycommon centre, as is the case with the solar system.1In all probability, around these suns are moving mul-titudes of dark worlds, while comets are speeding inall directions,…
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