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 290

An illustration from Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds, 1845, leaf 290 — al, and that it is impossibleor human beings to arrive at any thing like certainty, or evenprobability, in regard to distances so immensely great, and tomagnitudes so far surpassing every thing we see around uson this globe. Hence it is that the assertions of astronomersas to these points are apt… … hence such persons are anxious to inquire, How can as-tronomers find out such things ? Tell us by what methodsthey can measure the distances of the planets and determinetheir bulks V Such questions, however, are more easilyproposed than answered ; not from any difficulty in statingthe principles on…

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