This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ...to present the readers of the Messengei with engravings of all these wonderful objects. They appear to be sunk in space at all possible distances, and while there is great variety of form, the elliptical seems to predominate. How wonderful the thought that space is so thickly strewed with these island universes, that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 Excerpt: ...to present the readers of the Messengei with engravings of all these wonderful objects. They appear to be sunk in space at all possible distances, and while there is great variety of form, the elliptical seems to predominate. How wonderful the thought that space is so thickly strewed with these island universes, that we have already described no less than ten within the limits of a single constellation, without exhausting its riches! From many of these objects the light has been on its journey thousands of years, with the speed of 12 millions of miles in every minute of time? It is in wandering among these stupendous objects that the mind becomes overwhelmed and bewildered with the boundless universe of God. Each point of light a sun. each stain upon the blue vault composed of millions of glorious orbs as grand as our own sun. Engirdle each and every one with its retinue of circling worlds, and no power of arithmetic can compute their number. Truly "the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth forth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth forth knowledge. There is no speech nor language; their voice is not heard," and yet with how much power do these silent orbs, these "island universes" tell of the majesty of God? Probable order of Astronomical Discovery, Phases of the Moon, Motions of the Moon and Sun among the Fixed Stars. TJie Constellations. The North Star. (Continued.) By keeping an exact record of the length of the shortest shadow cast by the Gnomon on each day throughout the year, these lines were found to vary according to a certain law. The shortest shadow on any given day was cast at noon, and may by way of distinction be called the noon shadow. The noon shadows were never ...
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