Intellectual beings inhabit other worlds Intellectual views, progressive expansion of, necessary to PAGE 288 317 267-269 Isaiah xl., 15, 17, considered as implying a plurality of Job, his allusion to the constellations 275-278 84, 85 Kepler's description of a new star in Serpentarius. Lambert's views of the system of the universe La Place, his opinion respecting new stars Light, aberration of (see Aberration) Motion and velocity of For what purpose created. Of comets 173, 238 87 361, 364, 365, 372 57 61, 217 221, 222 291, 294 350 Locomotive powers of the inhabitants of other worlds 294, 295 When it passes the meridian, and when near the ho- rizon & Lyræ a quadruple system Magnitude of the stars, difficulty of determining this point 72-74 Man, whether he may ever traverse the spaces of the uni- verse. Is the object of Divine care and beneficence 151, 273, 274 Messier's catalogue of the larger nebula, with descrip- Their appearance at New-York, Boston, Philadel- 242-245 Delineation of their appearance Their appearance at Cumana, Mocha, Florida, &c., Remarkable circumstance attending these phenom- Meteoric showers, observations made on them in France in 1836 Dr. Olmsted's deductions respecting their nature and Arago's opinion respecting these phenomena Delineation of the orbit of the body whence they are General reflections and remarks on this subject Michell's opinion respecting double stars Milky Way, particular description of its position, phenom- Constellations through which it passes (delineated in Its varied appearances Countless multitude of stars it contains PAGE 248 249-251 251, 252 250, 251 252 253 110 142-160 144 145 145-148 Sir W. Herschel's observations on the 146-158 Number of stars it may contain 148 Schroeter's observations on this zone Distances of some of the stars connected with it Reflections on the scene it exhibits 149 149, 150 150-152 Supposed to belong to the class of nebula 152 Position of the solar system in the 152 Its structure and form delineated 153-157 Sir J. Herschel's description of, in the southern hem- Moral order, in what it consists, moral evils, &c. 304 Motion of the new star of 1572 92 &c. General description of the One of the causes of the phenomena of variable stars Motions complex in multiple stars Of immense velocity in relation to double stars Table of proper motions Of double stars, their velocity, &c. Immense and astonishing motions in the universe 315, 316 131-142 Representation of a treble and quadruple system of 134, 135 198, 201, 315 171 Nebula in Orion, Huygens's and Herschel's description of, 106 137 123, 225 223 225 ib. Nebula, Sir W. Herschel's observations and remarks on Lambert's views on this subject Number of, already discovered Their great magnitude, distance, and grandeur In the shape of a dumb-bell, and of a luminous ring Round, extended, brightest in the middle, &c. Planetary, their immense size, &c. Irresolvable, opinions respecting Catalogue of the most remarkable Nebular hypothesis PAGE 172 173 174, 175 175, 194 194 194 195-198 205-207 209-216 205-209 Nebulosities joined to nebula and diffusive nebulosities 192, 193 ing Nehemiah ix., 6, considered as illustrating the popula 207-209 278-280 New stars, their number and diversified phenomena 80-86 89, 92, 93 Figure illustrating the position of one in Cassiopeia Untenable opinions on this subject Newton, Sir Isaac, his opinion of new and blazing stars Occultation of one star by another Orion, its position in January, its belt, &c. Huygens's description of its nebula, the author's ob- vations on Sir W. and J. Herschel's descriptions of it Whether liable to change PAGE Orion, Reflections and remarks in relation to this object 204, 205 Oscillating suns Ovid's description of the Milky Way Of the Pleiades Pegasus, square of Periods of double stars Perseus, its situation described A cluster of stars in, described Parallax, annual, of the fixed stars 137 144 160, 161 24 114, 115 25 163 54-57 54-57 57, 58 59 Galileo and Hooke's modes of investigating it Bessel's determination of the parallax of 61 Cygni Inhabited by sensitive and intellectual beings Their inhabitants furnished with visual organs, &c. Their immense size. Planetary system contrasted with the Milky Way Planetary Nebula, description of Sir W. Herschel's remarks on them Their enormous magnitude a plurality of worlds 273-275 Positions of some of these bodies Planispheres, how the stars should be depicted on Pleiades, description of the Telescopic view of this cluster Progressive improvement of intellectual beings Psalm viii., 3, 4, considered as imbodying the doctrine of Psalm ciii., 19; cxlv., 9-13; cxii., 4-6; xix., 1; cxlvii., Reflections on the distances of the stars and the immense On the grandeur of the Deity Reflections on the immensity of creation On the grandeur of the sidereal heavens Religion and science connected 272-287 Revelation, arguments deduced from, for a plurality of Robison, Professor, his reflections on new stars Savory, his method of finding the distances of double stars Difficulty of putting it in practice 130 131 108, 121, 122, 289, 313, &c. Scenes of grandeur in the heavens Description of his large reflecting telescope Science and religion connected Scriptures, various passages of, illustrated at large. Predictions contained in the Scriptural representations of the immensity of Deity Sentient beings inhabit other worlds Serpentarius, its position. Account of a new star which appeared in 149, 150 338-341 342, 343 325 272-287 352, 353 70 291-296 288 24 84 Sirius, its brightness when viewed through large telescopes 230 Situation of man in regard to the remote regions of creation 14 Solstitial points defined 58 Somerville, Mrs., on meteoric stones 240 South, Sir James, his catalogue of double stars Northern region of the, in April and in October. polar regions Grandeur of the Scenes they present to view Seldom contemplated by the eye of reason Views of particular portions of the Remarks on the phenomena of the stars in the north Stars, their division into magnitudes ib. 16 17 Their comparative light Catalogues of the |