Astronomy: or The perfections of God displayed in his works (1836)
Mann, Cyrus, 1785-1859. [from old catalog] · Boston, Massachusetts Sabbath school society · leaf 46
er thanVenus ; three times as large as Mars; andmore than a million times as large as Pallas,But Jupiter is more than fourteen hundredtimes as large as the earth ; Saturn above athousand times as large; and Herscheleighty times as large.5 Saturn is also dis-tinguished by two rings. The outer… … 44 THE SOLA K SYSTEM. William. Why do the planets appearso very small, if they are in reality of suchvast magnitude ? Mr. Sanford. It is owing to their greatdistance. Have you never observed theeagle or hawk, or even your kite, ascend sohigh, that they could scarcely be discerned ?The monument…
Astronomy, Juvenile and popular
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