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Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. There are three conspicuous clusters in the northern sky that are visible to the naked eye - viz . the Pleiades in Taurus , the Great Cluster in the sword - handle of Perseus , and Praesepe in Cancer , commonly ...
Thomas Nathaniel Orchard. There are three conspicuous clusters in the northern sky that are visible to the naked eye - viz . the Pleiades in Taurus , the Great Cluster in the sword - handle of Perseus , and Praesepe in Cancer , commonly ...
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... clusters the constituent stars are distinguishable as minute points of light ; in others , more remote , they are of a coarse granular texture , and in those still more distant they resemble a ' heap of golden sand . ' Some clusters are ...
... clusters the constituent stars are distinguishable as minute points of light ; in others , more remote , they are of a coarse granular texture , and in those still more distant they resemble a ' heap of golden sand . ' Some clusters are ...
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... clusters could be observed sufficiently near , they would most probably expand into vast systems of suns occupying immense regions of space . The largest and most magnificent globular cluster in the heavens is a Centauri , in the ...
... clusters could be observed sufficiently near , they would most probably expand into vast systems of suns occupying immense regions of space . The largest and most magnificent globular cluster in the heavens is a Centauri , in the ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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