Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871 · London : Longman, Rees Orme · leaf 58
of the earth, large as it is, are compa-ratively nothing, absolutely imperceptible, when com-pared with the interval which separates the stars fromthe earth. If an observer walk round a circle not more CHAP. X. DISTANCE OF THE STARS. 51 than a few yards in diameter, and from different pointsin its… … he will at once be advertised, by the difference of the re-sults, of his change of distance from them arising fromhis change of place, although that difference may be sosmall as to produce no change in their general aspectto his unassisted sight. This is one of the innumerableinstances where…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-325-217.webp)
