Mattison, Hiram, 1811-1868 · New York, Huntington and Savage, Mason and Law · leaf 35
ce to meet another world in the line of theirflight, it would soon be passed, like a ship met by a mariner upon the ocean, andbeyond it space would still invite them onward to explore its immeasurable depths.And thus they might go on forever, without changing their position in respect tothe center… … 114. What is the Celestial Sphere ?It is the apparently concave surface of the heavens, in whichthe stars seem to be set, andwhich surrounds the globe onevery side. [The relation of the Terrestrial to the Celes-tial Sphere may be understood by the annexeddiagram, in which the stars surround the…
Astronomy
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