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The elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies (1901)

White, Charles J. (Charles Joyce), 1839-1917 · New York, J. Wiley & sons; · leaf 241

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Thelast of these theories was advanced by Sir William Herschel,in 1783; and although doubts were afterwards expressed as toits truth, later observations have tended to support it, and it isnow generally accepted by astronomers. If we suppose for amoment that the solar system is approaching any… … Fig. 78. opposite point will appear to close up around that point; and in-deed all the stars will apparently move in an opposite directionto that in which we suppose the solar system to be moving, thos* MOTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 237 stars having the greatest motion which lie in a direction at…

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