Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony), 1837-1888 · New York, P.F. Collier and son · leaf 279
system, is yetsufficient to indicate the probability that an impor-tant error has been made in the hypothesis whichunderlies the accepted theories respecting the galaxy.But, be this as it may, in regarding the Milky Wayas shaped like a flat ring (cloven through one half of 270 OTHER WORLDS THAN… … Pig. 2.—The Galactic Cloven Flat Ring (plan). which exaggerates the difficulties presented by thedisk or ring theory of the Milky Way. The cross-section would be somewhat as shown in Fig. 3. Now, accepting this modified figure, as better ac-cording with the results of star-gauging than Sir W.
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