Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 158
ension of the Sunsatmosphere, while othershave regarded it as nebu-lous vapor, of the natureof comets. 727. Is it thought to be atrest, or in revolution ? It is believed to revolve with the Sun on his axis,and to be flattened out as we see it, by that revo-lution. [See the effect of the revolution… … 152 PEIMARY ASTEONOMY. A slight periodical revolution around the commoncenter of gravity of the Solar System. [This motion resembles that of the Earth, illustrated on page 133, to which thestudent is referred. The Sun never deviates from his apparent fixed position to theamount of more than twice…
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