Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 268
d, a Dutch astronomer, Huyghens byname, set another one afloat in the sea of scientificthought. His alphabetical agglomeration, when mar-shalled in correct array, took the following form : Annulo cingitur, tenui, piano, nusquam cohserente,ad eclipticam inclinato (It is girdled by a thin, flatring,… … 262 A Study of the Sky. Phases ofthe rings. Divisions ofthe ring. a rotating ball the polar axis of which is 70,000 mileslong, while its equatorial diameter is 76,000 miles.Encircling this ball and lying in the plane of its equatoris a thin flat ring, the outer diameter of which is173,000 miles,…
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