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Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)

Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 179

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inner part of the ring. It wasnot, however, till Sir W. Herschel began to make observa-tions on this planet with his powerful telescopes that Saturnwas recognised as being invested with two concentric rings.The following cut {Fig. LVIII,) exhibits a view of Saturn * See Philosophical Transactions1… … and his rings, nearly in their respective proportions, as theywould appear were they placed perpendicular to our line ofsight; but, on account of the oblique angle they generallyform to our line of vision, we never see them through thetelescope in this position. The following are the dimensions of…

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