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A study of the sky (1896)

Howe, Herbert A. (Herbert Alonzo), 1858-1926 · Meadville, Penna., Flood and Vincent · leaf 341

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ispower who canunderstand ? We have beenthreading themazes of thepast: what shallwe say of thefuture ? In thechapter on the sun we have already considered thefuture of the solar system, and we now turn to thesidereal universe. The stars seem to be radiating away their stores ofenergy, just as the… … Fig. 144.—The Ring Nebula in Lyra. The Nebula. 335 New ones ap- Why repine r shall we not prophesy the same fate for the lesser orbs ?To be sure, their places may be filled by new starscondensed from nebulae now seen and from others which Pear and die in turn. are not yet bright enough to show…

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