These astronomers are of opinion that the fluid ring is not of very recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change ; and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion, that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huygens, been... The Photographic News - Page 95edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
| 1857 - 662 pages
...conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the Urne of Huygens, been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the ring united with the body of the planet " VOL. 17—35. [The following poem, written... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1860 - 360 pages
...recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change , and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has,...since the time of Huygens, been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see... | |
| David Brewster - 1870 - 358 pages
...recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change ; and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion, that the inner border of the ring has,...gradually approaching to the body of Saturn, and that ive may expect sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the rings united with the body... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1873 - 358 pages
...recent formation, and that It is not subject to rapid change , and they have come to the extraordl.iary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huygens, burl gradually i-.pproachlng the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or ihtt r, perhaps... | |
| Elijah Hinsdale Burritt - 1873 - 360 pages
...recent lorn-Hti.in, and that It ia not subject to rapid change, and they have come to the extraord-.iary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has, since the time of Huyxens, 1WM gradually »pproaching the boily of Saturn, and that we mny expect, sooner or J* r, perhaps... | |
| Robert Patterson - 1875 - 554 pages
...they have come to the extraordinary conclusion, that the inner border of the ring has, since the day of Huygens, been gradually approaching to the body...expect, sooner or later — perhaps in some dozen years — to see the rings united with the body of the planet. With this deluge impending, Saturn would... | |
| Robert Patterson - 1875 - 542 pages
...they have come to the extraordinary conclusion, that the inner border of the ring has, since the day of Huygens, been gradually approaching to the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later—perhaps in some dozen years—to see the rings united with the body of the planet. With this... | |
| Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1876 - 1012 pages
...recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change ; and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has since the time of Huygens been gradually approaching the body of Saturn and that we may expect sooner or later, perhaps in some dozen of years, to see the... | |
| William Wirt Kinsley - 1881 - 392 pages
...recent formation, and that it is not subject to rapid change ; and they have come to the extraordinary conclusion that the inner border of the ring has since the time of Huygcns been gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect sooner or later to see... | |
| Joseph Harvey Ward - 1884 - 224 pages
...and Sir David Brewster are agreed that Saturn's third ring is fluid, that it is gradually approaching the body of Saturn, and that we may expect, sooner or later, to see it united with the body of the planet. With this deluge impending, Saturn would scarcely be... | |
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