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 106
ences be easily described ? Are the stars equally diffusedthrough space ? What are these groups called ? How are thesefirmaments separated from each other ? What forms do these firma-ments assume ? What stars belong to our firmament ? OUR FIRMAMENT. 101 nearly all seen through telescopes of… … The general form assumed by the millions of stars Of how many worlds does our firmament probably consist ? Whatis the general form of our firmament ? 10.2 THE YOUNG ASTRONOMER. which compose our firmament is that of a circle, some-what resembling a grindstone. Nichol thus describesthe general form…
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