Sun, moon, and stars. Astronomy for beginners (1893)
Giberne, Agnes, 1845-1939 · New York, American tract society · leaf 88
nine hundred mil-lions of miles, for the same distance which sepa-rates the pathway of Saturn from the pathway ofUranus separates also the pathway of Uranus fromthe pathway of Neptune. Cold and dark anddreary indeed seems to us the orbit on which thisbanished member of our family circle creepsround… … The Leading Members of Our Family. 71 a hundredth part of that which we are accustomedto receive on earth. But by the time we reachNeptune the great sun has faded and shrunk inthe distance until to our eyes he looks only likean exceedingly brilliant and dazzling star. We know little of this far-off…
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