A short course in astronomy and the use of the globes (1871)
Kiddle, Henry, 1824-1891 · New York, Chicago, Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & co. · leaf 156
ofwhich he published in 1784, and which seems to establish thehypothesis mentioned in the text. This opinion he arrived at bytaking observations at different distances from the zone of theGalaxy, and counting the stars within the field of view. On thesupposition that the stars are uniformly… … SECTION OP THE GALACTIC STRATUM, The annexed figure represents the general form of a section ofthis vast cluster, S being the position of the sun. 249. Proper Motion of the Stars.—The stars donot always remain precisely in the same places with re-spect to each other, but in long periods of time…
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