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The wonders of the heavens (1871)

Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925, Lockyer, Winifred James, Mrs., d. 1879 · New York, C. Scribner & co. · leaf 46

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thing, and this something suffices toattract our attention and awaken our reverie. An indefinableimpression is communicated to us by the stellar rays whichdescend silently from unexplored abysses; one feels it withoutanalysing it, and the traces of it remain ineffaceable, like thosefelt by a… … Fig. 11.—Spiral Nebula iu the Constellation of the Hunting Dogs Nebulce. 37 trions author of Cosmos, when he presents the MagellanicClouds, vast nebulae close to the Southern pole, as a uniqueobject in the world of celestial phenomena. The magnificentzones of the Southern heavens comprised between…

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