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 296by Mary Somerville - 1834 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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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