Recreations in astronomy : with directions for practical experiments and telescopic work (1879)
Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 233
the Milky Way. It seems like two irregular streams of opacted stars. It is n<>t supposed that they are nec- trily nearer together than the stars in the sparse re- ibout the pole But the L8,000,000 suns belong- a to our system are arranged within a -pace repre- by a flattened disk. If one… … -Sprayed (luster below q inHercules. extending a few inches on each side of the inner planeof the hoop: an eye in the centre, looking out towardthe edge,would see a milky way of lights; looking i toward the sides or poles,would see comparativelyfew. It would seem as ifthis oblate spheroidal…
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