Giberne, Agnes, 1845- [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, National book company · leaf 337
hed him in less than fourthousand years. The distance of those stars had not, and has not,been mathematically measured. Herschel judged of 332 STORY OP THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS. it by their dimness, by the strong power needed tomake them visible, and by the rules which he hadadopted as most likely… … A CLUSTER OF STARS IN PERSEUS. mistakeno The limit might lie there, or thousandsmore of small stars might extend in that very direc-tion, too far off for their little glimmer to be seenthrough the most powerful telescope. If this latter idea about the Milky Way beingformed of a great many brilliant…
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