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" The distance of the fixed stars is too great to admit of their exhibiting a sensible disc ; but, in all probability, they are spherical, and must certainly be so if gravitation pervades all space, which it may be presumed to do, since Sir John Herschel... "
The Connection of the Physical Sciences - Page 296
by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 356 pages
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On the Connection of the Physical Sciences

Mary Somerville - 1871 - 490 pages
...celestial phe HH Qoinena. The whole number of stars registered amounts to about 150,000 or 200,000. The distance of the fixed stars is too great to admit...probability they are spherical, and must certainly be so it' gravitation pervudos all space, which it may be presumed to do, since Sir John Herschel has shown...
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Godey's Lady's Book, Volumes 44-45

Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 1216 pages
...other celestial phenomena. The whole number of stars registered amounts to about 15,000 or 20,000. The distance of the fixed stars is too great to admit of their exhibiting a sensible disk : but, in all probability, they are spherical, and must certainly be so if gravitation pervades...
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