... greater and far more curiously furnished than the earth he inhabits, as there are also others less so ; and the stars themselves, properly so called, which to ordinary apprehension present only lucid sparks or brilliant atoms, are to him suns of various... Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 366by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pagesFull view - About this book
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