Giberne, Agnes, 1845- [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, National book company · leaf 275
the heavens—what is it that side-real synthesis teaches us on our real situation ininfinitude ? In the calm and silent hours of beautiful evenings,what pensive gaze is not lost in the vague windings 270 STORY OF THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. of the Milky Way, in the soft and celestial gleam ofthat… … A TELESCOPIC FIELD IN THE MILKY WAY. the horizon, the other sinks below it, and if we re-moved the earth, or if it were rendered transparent,we should see the complete Milky Way, under theform of a great circle, making the whole circuit of thesky. The scientific study of this trail of light, andits…
Astronomy
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