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" ... diameter ; the star is perfectly in the " centre, and the atmosphere is so diluted, faint, " and equal throughout, that there caji be no surmise " of its consisting of stars ; nor can there be a doubt of the evident connection between the atmosphere... "
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Page 234
by Royal Astronomical Society - 1914
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A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an ..., Volume 2

Charles Hutton - 1815 - 686 pages
...phenomenon ! A star of the S th magnitude, with a faint luminous atmosphere, of a circular form, and of about 3' in diameter. The star is perfectly in the centre, and the atmosphere is so diluted, taint, and equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of ils consisting of stars, nor can there...
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The Principles of Hydrostatics: Designed for the Use of Students in the ...

Samuel Vince - 1820 - 472 pages
...luminous atmosphere, of a circular form, and of about 3' diameter. The star is perfectly in the center, and the atmosphere is so diluted, faint, and equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of it's consisting of stars ; nor can there be a doubt of the evident connexion between the atmosphere...
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Elements of Plane Astronomy

John BRINKLEY (Bishop of Cloyne.) - 1836 - 334 pages
...faint luminous atmosphere, " of a circular form, and of about 3' diameter ; the star is per" fectly in the centre, and the atmosphere is so diluted, faint,...equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of its con" sisting of stars ; nor can there be a doubt of the evident con" nection between the atmosphere...
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Views of the Architecture of the Heavens: In a Series of Letters to a Lady

John Pringle Nichol - 1839 - 342 pages
...phenomenon ! A star of about the eighth magnitude with a faint luminous atmosphere of a circular form, and about 3' in diameter. The star is perfectly in the centre, and the atmosphere so NEBULOUS STARS. 133 diluted, faint and equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of its consisting...
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The Gallery of Nature: A Pictorial and Descriptive Tour Through Creation

Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...line, " a star of about the eighth magnitude, with a faint luminous atmosphere, of a circular form, and about 3' in diameter. The star is perfectly in the centre, and the atmosphere so diluted, faint, and equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of its consisting of stars."...
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Astronomical Essays Historical and Descriptive

John Ellard Gore - 1907 - 412 pages
...about the 8th magnitude, with a faint luminous atmosphere, of a circular form, and about 3 minutes in diameter. The star is perfectly in the centre, and the atmosphere is so delicate, faint, and equal throughout, that there can be no surmise of its consisting of stars, nor...
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Mirror, Mirror: A History Of The Human Love Affair With Reflection

Mark Pendergrast - 2009 - 448 pages
.... . with a faint luminous atmosphere, of a circular form. . . . The star is perfectly in the center and the atmosphere is so diluted, faint and equal...there can be no surmise of its consisting of stars." The cloudy atmosphere was clearly related in some way to the star. "Perhaps it has been too hastily...
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