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The ways of the planets (1912)

Martin, Martha Evans, d. 1925 · New York and London, Harper & Brothers · leaf 5

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s, 57-58;transits, 61; distance fromecliptic, 72; seen fromMercury, 105; density,no; beauty, 122; howand when to see, 123-131; distance and bright- ness, 132-137; likeness toearth, 138-140; atmos-phere and seasons, 141-147; transits, 147-149;sign of, 150; Bodes lawand, 245; how to… … A WHIRLING SPIRAL NEBULA, TYPICAL OF THAT FROM WHICH THE SUNAND PLANETS WERE PROBABLY EVOLVED In the process of evolution the dense center becomes the controlling sun and thesmaller spots of condensation form the planets. This particular nebula lies justunder the end of the handle of the Big…

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