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" It will then be evident that the most unsubstantial clouds which float in the highest regions Of our atmosphere, and seem at sunset to be drenched in light, and to glow throughout their whole depth as if in actual ignition, without any shadow or dark... "
Popular cyclopaedia of natural science (by W.B. Carpenter). - Page 527
by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843
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Astronomy

sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...illuminated, and the extremely small mass which there is ground to attribute to these bodies. It will then be evident that the most unsubstantial clouds which float...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Accordingly, whenever powerful telescopes have been turned on these bodies, they have not failed to...
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Astronomy

Sir John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1833 - 444 pages
...illuminated, and the extremely small mass which there is ground to attribute to these bodies. It will then be evident that the most unsubstantial clouds which float...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Accordingly, whenever powerful telescopes have been turned on these bodies, they have not failed to...
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An Elementary Treatise on Astronomy: Adapted to the Present Improved State ...

John Farrar - Astronomy - 1834 - 504 pages
...illuminated, and the extremely small mass which there is ground to attribute to these bodies. It will then be evident that the most unsubstantial clouds which float...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Accordingly, whenever powerful telescopes have been turned on these bodies, they have not failed to...
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A Treatise on Astronomy

John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1835 - 414 pages
...most unsubstantial clouds which float in the highest regions of our atmosphere, and seem at sunset te be drenched in light, and to glow throughout their...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Accordingly, whenever powerful telescopes have been turned on these bodies, they have not failed to...
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A sketch of the the life of the rev. John Brown, sometime minister ... in ...

Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...unsubstantial clouds which float in the highest regions of our atmosphere, not above ten miles high, and seem at sunset to be drenched in light, and to...the filmy, and all but spiritual texture of a comet. Accordingly, whenever powerful telescopes have been turned on these bodies, they have not failed to...
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An Introduction to Astronomy: Designed as a Textbook for the Use of Students ...

Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1839 - 504 pages
...than a cubic inch.f This is incredible, but still the highest clouds that float in our atmosphere, must be looked upon as dense and massive bodies, compared...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. J 394. The small quantity of matter in comets is proved by the fact that they have sometimes passed...
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A Compendium of Astronomy

Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1839 - 300 pages
...more than a cubic inch. This is incredible, but still the highest clouds that float in our atmosphere, must be looked upon as dense and massive bodies, compared...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet. 285. The small quantity of matter in comets is proved by the fact, that they have sometimes passed...
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Peter Parley's Illustrations of the Animal Kingdom: Beasts, Birds, Fishes ...

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Zoology - 1840 - 382 pages
...Herschel says that ' the most unsubstantial clouds that float in the higher regions of our atmosphere, may be looked upon as dense and massive bodies, compared...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet.' It is even probable that the substance is not to be conv pared for density, with the air we breathe;...
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Letters on Astronomy: Addressed to a Lady; in which the Elements of the ...

Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1841 - 486 pages
...sky like a thin cloud. " The highest clouds that float in our atmosphere," says Sir John Herschel, " must be looked upon as dense and massive bodies, compared...the filmy and all but spiritual texture of a comet." The small quantity of matter in comets is proved by the fact, that they have at times passed very near...
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Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy

William Benjamin Carpenter - Astronomy - 1843 - 604 pages
...That comets are not selfluminous, appears from the fact, that when they recede from us, they do not retain their brilliancy whilst their apparent size...between the head itself and the portion of the tail that corned up and surrounds it ; an appearance analogous to that which we frequently witness in our own...
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