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" Nebulae, first opened the road to the conception that what was called the universe might be, and in all probability is, but a detached and minute portion of that interminable series of similar formations which ought to bear the same name. "
A Glance at the Physical Sciences, Or, The Wonders of Nature, in Earth, Air ... - Page 40
by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1852 - 352 pages
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 12

1838 - 524 pages
...our own ; while his magnificent speculations on the Milky Way, the constitution of nebula), &c. |&c., first opened the road to the conception that what...series of similar formations which ought to bear the name. [MILKY WAY ; NEBUL.B ; STARS, DOUBLE, &c.] Imagination roves with ease upon such subjects ; but...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 12

1839 - 524 pages
...our own; while his magnificent speculations on the Milky Way, the constitution of nebulas, &c. ;&c., first opened the road to the conception that what...series of similar formations which ought to bear the name. [MILKY WAY; NKBUL.E; STARS, DOUBLE, &c.] Imagination roves with ease upon such subjects ; but...
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A Glance at the Physical Sciences; Or The Wonders of Nature,: In ..., Volume 1

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 370 pages
...constitution of the Nebulce, first opened the road to the conception that what was called the<tiniverse might be, and in all probability is, but a detached...which the solar system belongs. About 2000 of these stare are visible to the naked eye ; but when we view the heavens with a telescope, their number seems...
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A History of All Nations, from the Earlier Periods to the Present ..., Volume 1

1851 - 614 pages
...our own ; while his magnificent speculations on the Milky Way, and the constitution of the Nebulœ, first opened the road to the conception that what...similar formations, which ought to bear the same name. We have not space to pursue this topic at length, and can but briefly notice the FIXED STAUS, or that...
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Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and the Useful Arts: A Book ...

John Timbs - 1860 - 478 pages
...besides our own; while his magnificent foreseeings of the Milky Way, the constitution of nebulae, etc., first opened the road to the conception that what...series of similar formations which ought to bear the name. Imagination roves with ease upon such subjects ; but even that daring faculty would have rejected...
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Stories of Inventors and Discoverers in Science and the Useful Arts ...

John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...besides our own ; while his magnificent foreseeings of the Milky Way, the constitution of nebulae, &c., first opened the road to the conception that what...probability is, but a detached and minute portion of that intermmable series of similar formations which ought to bear the name. Imagination roves with ease...
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Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain: Living in the ...

William Walker - 1862 - 256 pages
...that motion. Herschel's magnificent speculations on the Milky Way, the constitution of nebula), &c., first opened the road to the conception, that what was called the universe was, in all probability, but a detached and minute portion of that fathomless series of similar formations...
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MEMOIRS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE

ROBERT HUNT F.R.S, F.S.S. - 1862 - 256 pages
...that motion. Herschel's magnificent speculations on the Milky Way, the constitution of nebuke, &c., first opened the road to the conception, that what was called the universe was, in all probability, but a detached and minute portion of that fathomless series of similar formations...
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A History of All Nations: From the Earliest Periods to the Present ..., Volume 1

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1864 - 678 pages
...general views with a habit of scrupulous obedience to the intimations of existing analogies, he wras precisely the man to quit paths which, through familiarity,...similar formations, which ought to bear the same name. We have not space to pursue this topic at length, and can but briefly notice the FIXED STARS, or that...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 24

1864 - 876 pages
...the constitution of nebulae, etc., first opened the road to the conception that what was called Hhe universe might be, and in all probability is, but...series of similar formations which ought to bear the name. Imagination roves with ease on such subjects; but even that daring faculty would have rejected...
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