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" Herschel says, that in the most crowded part of the milky way he has had fields of view that contained no less than 588 stars, and these were continued for many minutes, so that, in a quarter of an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field... "
Elements of Natural Philosophy: Embracing the General Principles of ... - Page 252
by Leonard Dunnell Gale - 1838 - 276 pages
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The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Volume 6

William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...100,000 X 194,000,000 x 497 miles. And Dr. Herichel says, that in the most crowded part of the milky way, he has had fields of view that contained no less than...these were continued for many minutes, so that, in a qnarter of an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field view of a telescope of only 15'...
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The Monthly correspondent on physical and prognostic astronomy ... &c

560 pages
...reach 100,000 + 190,000,000 + 497 miles; and he says, that, in the most crowded part of the milky way he has had fields of view that contained no less than...an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field of view of a telescope of only 15' aperture; and at another time, in 41 minutes, he saw 258,000...
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The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of ..., Volume 1

James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 684 pages
...194,000,000><497 miles. And he observes, that in the most crowded part of the milky way, he has bad fields of view that contained no less than 588 stars,...for many minutes ; so that, in a quarter of an hour, be has seen 1 16,000 stars pass through the field of view of a telescope of only 15' aperture; and...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...the purpose. ' In the most crowded part of the milky way I have had fields of view that contained not less than 588 stars; and these were continued for many minutes ; so that, in one quarter of an hour's time, there passed no less than 116,000 through the field of my telescope.'...
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British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 11

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 384 pages
...in the most crowded part of the milky way he has had fields of view that contained no less than 58S stars, and these were continued for many minutes, so that, in a quarter of an hour, he has seen 1 16,000 stars pass through the field view of a telescope of only 15' aperture : and at another time,...
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American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of ..., Volume 11

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 382 pages
...100,000 x 194,000,000 x 497 miles. And Dr. Herschel says, that in the most crowded part of the milky way he has had fields of view that contained no less than...an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field view of a telescope of only 15' aperture : and at another time, in 41 minutes, he saw 258,000...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - 1821 - 408 pages
...for 1785, ol . Ixxv. page 244. Dr. Herschel says, "In the most crowded part of " the milky way I have had fields of view that contained no less than •...these were continued for many minutes, so that in one " quarter of an hour's time there passed no less than 116OOO stars " through the field of view...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1822 - 440 pages
...leastreach 100,000 x 190,000,000 X 497 miles; and he says, that, in the most crowded part of the milky way, he has had fields of view that contained no less than...an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field of view of a telescope of only 15' aperture : and at another time, in 41 minutes, he saw 258,000...
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A Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy ...: With One Hundred ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 236 pages
...Hersche.1 says, that in the most crowded part of the milky way, he has had fields of view that contained DO less than 588 stars, and these were continued for...an hour, he has seen 116,000 stars pass through the field view of a telescope of only 15'. aperture: and at another time, in 41 minutes, he saw 258,000...
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A Grammar of Natural and Experimental Philosophy ...: With One Hundred ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...X190.000.000.X497 miles. And Dr. Herschel says, that in the most crowded part of the milky way, he has had field* of view that contained no less than 588 stars, and...continued for many minutes, so that in a quarter of an hoar, he has seen 1 16,000 stars pass through the field view of a telescope of only 15'. aperture:...
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