The heavens above: a popular handbook of astronomy (1882)
Gillet, J. A. (Joseph Anthony), 1837-1908 · New York, Chicago, Potter, Ainsworth, & Co. · leaf 296
ns Ring. — The theory now gen-erally held by astronomers is, that the ring is composed of acloud of satellites too small to be separately seen in the tele-scope, and too close together to admit of visible intervalsbetween them. The ring looks soHd, because its parts aretoo small and too numerous to… … Fig. 300. the cloud, the duskiness being due to the blending of light anddarkness. Some believe, however, that the duskiness is causedby the darker color of the particles rather than by their beingfarther apart. Uranus. 275. Orbit and Dimensions of Uranus. — Uranus, thesmallest of the outer group…
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