A high-school astronomy: in which the descriptive, physical, and practical are combined .. (1853)
Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, F. J. Huntingdon [etc.] · leaf 208
equable, or only a very little mottled, which,in some of them, approaches in vividness to that of theactual planets. Whatever be their nature, they must beof enormous magnitude. 461. Stellar JVebulce, or Nebulous Stars, are such aspresent the appearance of a thin cloud, with a brightstar in or near… … shaped, and look like a star with a burr around it, or acandle shining through horn. It was an object of thiskind, says Prof. Mitchel, whichfirst suggested to Sir W. Herschelhis great theory of the formationof suns out of a nebulous fluid.He thought it impossible to ac-count for the central…
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