The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 73
d be needed. I will tell youthat it would take more than a million ofthem—more than a thousand thousands ofthem. Think of it—first there is one earth—then a heap of ten earths—then a hundredsuch heaps. Let us imagine all these hundredheaps put into one large pile. Now we have a thousand earths in a… … would take very many of the little black dotsto fill up a hollow globe as large as the whitecircle. 46 THE EARTH AND SKY. Great as the earth seems to be the sun isimmensely greater; and even the sun is themerest speck in comparison to space. The picture on page 45 is worth lookingat, Master Frank.…
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