 ... 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
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 616 pages
...enlarged on his imagination into vast globes : the one approaching in magnitude to the earth itself ; the other immensely surpassing it. The planets which...spacious, elaborate and habitable worlds : several of them much greater and far more curiously furnished than the earth he inhabits, as there are also others... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1873 - 490 pages
...brighter than the rest, are to him spacious, elaborate, and habitable worlds, several of them much greater, and far more curiously furnished, than the earth he inhabits, as there are also others less so j and the stars themselves, properly so-called, which, to ordinary apprehension,... | |
 | Michael J. Crowe - Science - 1986 - 708 pages
...examples of such carefully supported conclusions the following two: (1) "the planets ... are . . . spacious, elaborate and habitable worlds; several...greater and far more curiously furnished than the earth . . .," and (2) "the stars ... are ... suns of various and transcendent glory - effulgent centers of... | |
 | 1834 - 788 pages
...the one approaching in magnitude to the Earth itself, the other immensely surpassing it. The PluneU, which appear only as Stars somewhat brighter than...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... | |
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