Star-land; being talks with young people about the wonders of the heavens (1899)
Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840- [from old catalog] · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 368
Paris Observa-tory (Fig. 87). There are such multitudes of nebulae that I can onlyshow a few of the more remarkable kinds. In Fig. 86will be seen pictures of a curious object in the constel-lation of Lyra seen under different telescopic powers.This is a gigantic ring of luminous gas. To judge ofthe… … Fig. 87. —A Great Reflecting Telescope. 356 STAR-LAND. you think this journey would require ? I recollect sometime ago a picture hi Punch which showed a train aboutto start from London to Brighton, and the guard walk-ing up and down announcing to the passengers thealarming fact that this train…
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