The phenomena and order of the solar system (1843)
Nichol, J. P. (John Pringle), 1804-1859 · New York : Dayton & Newman · leaf 174
he supplement to part first, I minutelyspecified the essential characteristics of all planetary mo-tions ; to these, the comets own no allegiance ; they arefound in all quarters of the heavens, quite irrespective ofthe Zone of the planets ; they move in most elongatedellipses—often probably in… … 136 COMETS. ous courses ! Surely they belong to another state ofthings ; surely they belong, however mysteriously, to thefar heavens ; perhaps they are an agency binding ourhome system, with external phenomena ; linking oursmall and compact scheme to other modes of Being ; andpromising to the…
Solar system
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