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" We may also have surmised nebulae to be no other than clusters of stars disguised by their very great distance, but a longer experience and better acquaintance with the nature of nebulae will not allow a general admission of such a principle, although... "
The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science - Page 65
by Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 101

Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1811 - 462 pages
...their very great distance, but a longer experience and better acquaintance with the nature of nebulae, will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...were composed, when it was of a certain appearance, resolvable ; but when I perceived that additional light, so far from resolving these nebulas into stars,...
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A Popular Grammar of the Elements of Astronomy: Adapted to the Use of ...

Thomas Squire - 1836 - 332 pages
...experience, and better acquaintance with the nature of nebula", will not allow a general admission of snob a principle, although undoubtedly a cluster of stars...us to discern the stars of •which it is composed. 8. Impressed with an idea that nebulae, properly speaking, were clusters of stars, I used to call the...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 99

1840 - 460 pages
...such a principle ought not to be universally admitted, although a cluster of stars may undoubtedly assume a nebulous appearance when it is too remote...for us to discern the stars of which it is composed. When he perceived that additional light had no effect in resolving certain nebula; into stars, he was...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science ..., Volume 14; Volume 77

1871 - 808 pages
...their very great distance, but a longer experience and better acquaintance with the nature of nebulae will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...us to discern the stars of which it is composed." The new views respecting the constitution of the heavens, introduced in this paper, related chiefly...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 110

1871 - 880 pages
...very great distance, but a longer I experience and better acquaintance with I the nature of nebulas will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...although undoubtedly a cluster of stars may assume j a nebulous appearance when it is too re- j mote for us to discern the stars of which it is composed."...
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The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, LL. D. ... Eleven Volumes in Two..., Volume 2

Thomas Dick - 1857 - 878 pages
...such a principle ought not to be universally admitted, although a cluster of stars may undoubtedly assume a nebulous appearance when it is too remote for us to 96 97 discern the stars of which it is composed. When he perceived that additional light had no effect...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 24; Volume 27

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1871 - 790 pages
...their very great distance, but a longer experience and better acquaintance with the nature of nebulte will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...assume a nebulous appearance when it is too remote for as to discern the stars of which it is composed." The new views respecting the constitution of the...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 33

Royal Astronomical Society - 1873 - 672 pages
...very great distance ; but a larger experience and a better acquaintance with the nature of nebulae will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...us to discern the stars of which it is composed." Another hypothesis adopted by Herschel, though it was not eventually abandoned like those on which...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 33

Royal Astronomical Society - 1873 - 654 pages
...very great distance ; but a larger experience and a better acquaintance with the nature of nebulas will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...us to discern the stars of which it is composed." Another hypothesis adopted by Herschel, though it was not eventually abandoned like those on which...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1873 - 486 pages
...their very great distance, but a longer experience and better acquaintance with the nature of nebuhe will not allow a general admission of such a principle,...us to discern the stars of which it is composed." In fact, M. Arago's memoir of Sir William Herschel, as well as the numerous papers of himself and Sir...
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