Huygens carried his thoughts so far, as to believe it not impossible that there may be stars at such inconceivable distances, that their light has not yet reached the earth since its creation ; although the velocity of light be a million of times greater... The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator - Page 9by Tobias Ostrander - 1832 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Squire - Astronomy - 1836 - 332 pages
...twenty-eight thousand yeais in passing through the same distance! 11. The celebrated Huygens believed it not impossible, that there may be stars at such...that their light has not yet reached the earth since its creation. 23J. The number of stars visible to the naked eye, in both hemispheres, is not more than... | |
| John Adams (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 166 pages
...worlds revolving round them, whose distances are incommensurable? Then what are we to think of infinity? The celebrated Huygens carried his thoughts so far,...inconceivable distances, that their light has not reached our earth since its creation ; nor can this thought be considered as extravagant, when we reflect... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - England - 1868 - 592 pages
...; so that we can set no limits either to their number or distances. The celebrated Huygens carries his thoughts so far as to believe it not impossible...that their light has not yet reached the earth since its creation, although the velocity of light be a million of times greater than the velocity of a cannon... | |
| Charles Porterfield Krauth - Lutheran Church - 1871 - 862 pages
...conceive, with Huygens, that it is not impossible that there may exist stars placed at such enormous distances that their light has not yet reached the earth since their creation." * Now, if the presence of Christ is merely local, if He is above all heavens only by confinement to... | |
| Charles Porterfield Krauth - Lutheran Church - 1872 - 894 pages
...conceive, with Huygens, that it is not impossible that there may exist stars placed at such enormous distances that their light has not yet reached the earth since their creation." * Now, if the presence of Christ is merely local, if He is above all heavens only by confinement to... | |
| Charles Porterfield Krauth - Lutheran Church - 1875 - 886 pages
...conceive, with Huygens, that it is not impossible that there may exist stars placed at such enormous distances that their light has not yet reached the earth since their creation." * Now, if the presence of Christ is merely local, if lie is above all heavens only by confinement to... | |
| Education - 1914 - 668 pages
...conceive, with Huyghens, that it is not impossible that there may exist stars placed at such enormous distances that their light has not yet reached the earth since their creation. The schools of the people should give to children : Ample provision for exercise and joyous play. Buildings,... | |
| Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...years in passing through the latter. The profound Astrologer Huygens, pursued speculations of this kind so far, as to believe it not impossible that there...that their light has not yet reached the earth since the creation! " Holt distant some of these nocturnal suns ! So distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd... | |
| Raphael - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 264 pages
...years in passing through the latter. The profound Astrologer Huygens, pursued speculations of this kind so far, as to believe it not impossible that there...that their light has not yet reached the earth since the creation ! " How distant some of these nocturnal suns ! So distant, says the liage, 'twere not... | |
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