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 18
size ? What would represent the size of Herschel ? At what dis-tance should it be placed ? GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 13 dinary orreries and diagrams, but a feeble idea can becommunicated of the comparative magnitude and dis-tances of the worlds which compose the Solar system.The… … 14 THE YOUNG ASTRONOMER. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE SUN. The Sun is the centre of the Solar system. Formany ages that vast luminary was supposed to be aglobe of liquid fire. But now the body of the Sun isascertained to be a solid and dark mass, of stupendousmagnitude; somewhat resembling in its aspect…
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