Shuler, Molton Ancrum. [from old catalog] · New York, Broadway publishing company · leaf 212
E*PARALLACT/C EUfPSgACCORD me TO THE D/STANCE OFTHE STAR the infinitesimal and imperceptible. The diagramshows the position of the earth for the several seasons,and illustrates the difference between the apparent el-lipses of a star comparatively near and one more re-mote in the azure depths. The… … Region of Milky Way. (XIX., p. 171.) THE FAMILY CELESTIAL Although the stars appear to be fixed, there is nodoubt that they are traveling with tremendous veloc-ity. Even in a century their apparent position changesbut little. It is computed that 61 Cygni, one of ournearest stellar neighbors,…
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