Nebulae hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular, planetary, ring-formed, or elliptic, exist within the limits of the sidereal system. They all form part and parcel of that wonderful system, whose nearer and brighter parts constitute... Modern Astronomy, Its Rise and Progress - Page 151by Hector Macpherson - 1926 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Anthony Proctor - 1874 - 480 pages
...approaching, and t) receding more slowly, the five are all receding at the rate of twenty miles per second. larger than the least. All the nebulae hitherto discovered,...parts constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens. It has been supposed that the new views to which I have been led would, if accepted, tend to reduce... | |
| 1875 - 332 pages
...orders of real magnitude, the greatest being thousands of times larger than the least. All the nebulas hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular,...parts constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens " (pp. 201, 202). The careful reader will find ample argument in this volume in support of these views,... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1878 - 500 pages
...orders of real magnitude, the greatest being thousands of times larger than the least. All the nebulee hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular,...system whose nearer and brighter parts constitute the glory of our nocturnal heavens." It is impossible, with a theme like this, for a thoughtful mind not... | |
| Gaston Tissandier - 1882 - 828 pages
...and close with Mr. Proctor's remark in his " Universe of Stars." " The sidereal system," he says, " is altogether more complicated, altogether more varied...constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens." And a little reflection will show how true this is. Not very long ago in the world's life the solar... | |
| John J. Prince - 1885 - 274 pages
...of many orders of real magnitude are gathered together. All the star cloudlets hitherto discovered, gaseous or stellar, irregular, planetary, ring-formed,...system whose nearer and brighter parts constitute the splendour of our nocturnal heavens. I reason thus because I have been led to the conclusion that our... | |
| Richard S. Peale - 1890 - 548 pages
...to be independent of the others. " The sidereal system," says Proctor, in his Universe of Stars, " is altogether more complicated, altogether more varied...constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens." And a little reflection will show how true this is. Not very long ago in the world's life the solar... | |
| John Ellard Gore - 1893 - 480 pages
...All the nebulae hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular, planetary, ring formed, or elliptic, exist within the limits of the sidereal...nearer and brighter parts constitute the glories of onr nocturnal heavens." CHAPTEE XVIII. INFINITE SPACE AND A LIMITED UNIVERSE. One Wonderful, enough... | |
| Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - 1919 - 1112 pages
...of astronomers were prepared to subscribe to the dictum of Proctor, in 1872, that "all the nebulte hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular,...parts constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens. Proctor, it is true, did not hold this view rigidly. For instance, in 1869 he considered it "not improbable... | |
| 1928 - 414 pages
...orders of real magnitude, the greatest being thousands of times larger than the least. All the nebulre hitherto discovered, whether gaseous or stellar, irregular,...elliptic, exist within the limits of the sidereal system " *. Proctor maintained that this view did not reduce the scale of the stellar Universe. " I do not,"... | |
| Michael J. Crowe - 1994 - 468 pages
...more complicated, altogether more varied in structure, than has hitherto been supposed. Within one and same region co-exist stars of many orders of real...brighter parts constitute the glories of our nocturnal heavens.1 Moreover, Proctor argued for the rejection of the disk theory of the Milky Way. He urged... | |
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