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... Herschel are still further from the earth ; the comets are of different sizes , and traverse the heavens in all directions and at different distances ; the fixed stars are evidently placed at different distances from the earth and from ...
... Herschel are still further from the earth ; the comets are of different sizes , and traverse the heavens in all directions and at different distances ; the fixed stars are evidently placed at different distances from the earth and from ...
Page 367
... Herschel , which is removed from the sun at more than double the distance of Saturn ; namely , above 1800 millions of miles . The orbit of this planet includes the orbits of the whole of the bodies of the solar system that have hitherto ...
... Herschel , which is removed from the sun at more than double the distance of Saturn ; namely , above 1800 millions of miles . The orbit of this planet includes the orbits of the whole of the bodies of the solar system that have hitherto ...
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... Herschel remarks , that this shadow , to be dis- tinguished , " must be thrown upon a white ground . An open window in a whitewashed room is the best exposure ; in this situation I have observed not only the shadow , but the diffracted ...
... Herschel remarks , that this shadow , to be dis- tinguished , " must be thrown upon a white ground . An open window in a whitewashed room is the best exposure ; in this situation I have observed not only the shadow , but the diffracted ...
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... Herschel , who has given a Maraldi , a celebrated French mathematician great variety of delineations of the different and astronomer , made particular observations appearances of Mars in the Transactions of on these spots in the year ...
... Herschel , who has given a Maraldi , a celebrated French mathematician great variety of delineations of the different and astronomer , made particular observations appearances of Mars in the Transactions of on these spots in the year ...
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... Herschel , in his paper on this subject in the Philosophical Transactions . " In the year 1781 , " says this astronomer , " the south polar spot was extremely large , which we might well expect , as that pole had but lately been ...
... Herschel , in his paper on this subject in the Philosophical Transactions . " In the year 1781 , " says this astronomer , " the south polar spot was extremely large , which we might well expect , as that pole had but lately been ...
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