Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544735429)

The number visible to the eye is about three thousand; but when a telescope of small power is directed to the heavens, a great number more come into view, and the number is ever increased in proportion to the increased power of the instrument. In one place, where they are more thickly sown than elsewhere, Sir William Herschel reckoned that fifty thousand passed over a field of view two degrees in breadth in a single hour. It was first surmised by the ancient philosopher, Democritus, that the faintly white zone which spans the sky under the name of the Milky Way, might be only a dense collection of stars too remote to be distinguished. This conjecture has been verified by the instruments of modern astronomers, and some speculations of a most remarkable kind have been formed in connexion with it.

Author: Robert Chambers
ISBN-10: 1544735421
ISBN-13: 9781544735429
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2017
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d