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The young astronomer; or, The facts developed by modern astronomy, collected for the use of schools and the general reader (1847)

Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877 · New York, J.C. Riker [etc.] · leaf 101

An illustration from The young astronomer; or, The facts developed by modern astronomy, collected for the use of schools and the general reader, 1847, leaf 101 — Describe the third theory. yb THE YOUNG ASTRONOMER. FOURTH THEORY. Il is also suggested, as possible, that there may beplanets of majestic size, vastly surpassing our sun inmagnitude, around which a sun of lesser magnituderevolves, and that in its revolution it is periodicallyhidden behind the… … FIFTH THEORY. The phenomenon may be caused by a vast sun, moving with inconceivable velocity in an immenselyelliptical orbit, the longer side of which is nearly in a Let E be the Earth. The star revolves in the orbit A B C D,disappearing in the distance, as it passes towards the extreme of Describe…

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