 In the nebulae, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or ' shining fluid ' out of which the heavens and the earth had been slowly fashioned. For a time this view of the nebulae gave place to that which regarded them as external galaxies, cosmical...  The Observatory - Page 2401910Full view - About this book
 | 1891 - 346 pages
...remarkable star ?/ Argus may belong to this class of the heavenly bodies. In the nebulae, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or "shining fluid"...been slowly fashioned. For a time this view of the nebula: gave place to that which regarded them as external galaxies, cosmical " sandheaps," too remote... | |
 | 1891 - 482 pages
...The opening sentences of the next section we quote verbatim : — "In the nebulae, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or ' shining fluid,'...resolved into separate stars; though, indeed, in 1858 Mr. Herbert Spencer showed that the observations of nebulae up to that time were really in favour of... | |
 | 1891 - 466 pages
...opening sentences of the next section we quote verbatim : — " In the nebula;, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or ' shining fluid,'...resolved into separate stars; though, indeed, in 1858 Mr. Herbert Spencer showed that the observations of nebulae up to that time were really in favour of... | |
 | 1891 - 680 pages
...star ij Argus may belong to this class of I ho heavenly bodies. In the nebulre, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or "shining fluid"...resolved into separate stars ; though indeed, in 1858, Mr. Herbert Spencer showed that the observations of nebulse up to that time were really in favour of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 1146 pages
...remarkable star 17 Argus may belong to this class of the heavenly bodies. In the nebulae, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or ' shining fluid...resolved into separate stars ; though indeed in 1858 Mr. Herbert Spencer showed that the observations of nebulas up to that time were really in favour of... | |
 | 1892 - 790 pages
...of the heavenly bodies. Gaseous Nebulas. — In the nebulae the elder Herschel saw portions of tbe fiery mist or " shining fluid " out of which the heavens...which regarded them as external galaxies, cosmical " sand heaps," too remote to be resolved into separate stars ; though indeed, in 1858, Mr. Herbert... | |
 | 1892 - 946 pages
...from the deceptive influences of our surroundings. Of the nebulœ he told how the elder Hersehel ew portions of the fiery mist, or " shining fluid " out...been slowly fashioned. For a time this view of the nebulse gave place to that which regarded them as external galaxies, cosmical " sand heaps," too remote... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1892 - 1258 pages
...remarkable star 17 Argus may belong to this class of the heavenly bodies. In the nebulae, the elder Herschel saw portions of the fiery mist or 'shining fluid '...of which the heavens and the earth had been slowly Wiioned. For a time this view of the nebnlœ gave place to that which regarded them as external galaxies,... | |
 | James Edwin Odlin - 1892 - 314 pages
...commencing age ; the third star is nebulous, and all the stars of Orion are seen against that nebulae, the fiery mist or shining fluid out of which the heavens and earth [have] been slowly fashioned." Belted Orion, then, is constant witness of God's might, every... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 816 pages
...of the heavenly bodies. Gaxeowt Nebulae. — In the nebula? the elder Herschel saw portions of tlie fiery mist or " shining fluid " out of which the heavens...which regarded them as external galaxies, cosmical " sand heaps," too remote to be resolved into separate stars ; though indeed, in 1858, Mr. Herbert... | |
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