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... matter of which they are com- posed can be seen like masses of tufted flocculi , sometimes piled up , and at other times promiscuously scattered , resembling in appearance the foam on the crested billows of a surging ocean rendered ...
... matter of which they are com- posed can be seen like masses of tufted flocculi , sometimes piled up , and at other times promiscuously scattered , resembling in appearance the foam on the crested billows of a surging ocean rendered ...
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... matter would arrange themselves ; each nucleus , when condensation had been completed , would become a star , and the entire nebula would in this manner be transformed into a cluster of stars . Herschel believed that he could trace the ...
... matter would arrange themselves ; each nucleus , when condensation had been completed , would become a star , and the entire nebula would in this manner be transformed into a cluster of stars . Herschel believed that he could trace the ...
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... matter called facule ; they are found over the whole surface of the Sun , but are most numerous near the limb and in the immediate vicinity of the spots . They have been compared to immense waves - vast upheavals of photospheric matter ...
... matter called facule ; they are found over the whole surface of the Sun , but are most numerous near the limb and in the immediate vicinity of the spots . They have been compared to immense waves - vast upheavals of photospheric matter ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY | 1 |
ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 45 |
MILTONS ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE | 81 |
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