Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 35
Fig. 3 —Gi bular C ust i^,. Of these star-clusters tiie first are certainly spherical;others elongated, the thickness of which we see graduallydiminished. These are probably also circular, but flattened 24 Marvels of ihe Heavens. in the form of lenses ; instead of being presented to us in frontthey… … be At the sight of these globular masses one may ask withArago, What is the number of stars contained in some of General Arrangement of the Universe. 25 these clusters. The astronomer himself replied to his question.It would be impossible to count in detail and accurately thetotal number of stars…
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