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 108
Suppose, secondly, that the grindstone is considerablymore porous than stone is. Then, let its minute atomsrepresent stars, the pores, or intervals, representingthe spaces between the stars ; and observe what aninhabitant of a sun or world, near the centre of a clus-ter of such configurations,… … be comparatively unadorned—dark space, loomingfrom behind the visible stars; while, in the direction 104 THE YOUNG ASTKONOMEK, of the circumference, a countless mass of small, remotestars would, although separately unseen, illumine thesky, forming a splendid zone, divided, like our MilkyWay,…
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