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The planetary and stellar worlds: a popular exposition of the great discoveries and theories of modern astronomy (1852)

Mitchel, O. M. (Ormsby MacKnight), 1809-1862 · New York, C. Scribner · leaf 342

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ot, or dumb-bell; hence its name. With more power its outlines arechanged, until, with Lord Rosses great telescope, it is seen under the figureshown in the plate. I have seen the object very nearly under the form inthe drawing, but cannot say that I have ever fairly resolved it into stars.The… … I

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