What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis ? Are the two lesser stars consumed after the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children? The Story of the Heavens - Page 237by Robert Stawell Ball - 1885 - 551 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 588 pages
...all his observations, as having no foundation in nature. This was a trial somewhat hard to bear. " What," he remarks, "is to be said concerning so strange...metamorphosis ? Are the two lesser stars consumed, after tho manner of the solar spots? Have they vanished and suddenly fled ? Has Saturn perhaps devoured his... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1867 - 888 pages
...4, 1612, in which he expresses his feelings on the subject, is still extant. He remarks : — "What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis?...the manner of the solar spots? Have they vanished or suddenly fled? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children ? Or were the appearances • Phil.... | |
| 1877 - 730 pages
...one of our powerful modern telescopes. rounded as the disc of Mars or Jupiter. ' What,' he wrote, ' is to be said concerning' so strange a metamorphosis?...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his children ? Or were the appearances indeed illusion... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Astronomy - 1877 - 968 pages
...4, 1612, in which he expresses his feelings on the subject, is still extant. He remarks : — " What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children ? Or were the appearances indeed... | |
| Belgravia - 1877 - 696 pages
...golden-tinted disc of the planet as smoothly rounded as the disc of Mars or Jupiter. ' What,' he wrote, ' is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis?...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his children ? Or were the appearances indeed illusion... | |
| English periodicals - 1877 - 564 pages
...one of our powerful modem telescopes. rounded as the disc of Mavs or Jupiter. ' What,' he wrote, ' is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his children ? Or were the appearances indeed illusion... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - Astrology - 1878 - 498 pages
...golden-tinted disc of the planet as smoothly rounded as the disc of Mars or Jupiter. ' What,' he wrote, ' is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenlyfled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his children ? Or were the appearances, indeed, illusion... | |
| Richard Anthony Proctor - Astronomy - 1879 - 312 pages
...was perplexed beyond measure. "What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis?" he asked. " Are the two lesser stars consumed after the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children ? Or were the appearances indeed... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Astronomical instruments - 1889 - 736 pages
...4, 1612, in which he expresses his feelings on the subject, is still extant. He remarks: — " What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis...the manner of the solar spots ? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children? Or were the appearances indeed illusion... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - Solar system - 1904 - 200 pages
...disappeared. Galileo writing to his friend, Welser, in December 1612, thus expressed himself: — " What is to be said concerning so strange a metamorphosis...the manner of the solar spots? Have they vanished or suddenly fled ? Has Saturn, perhaps, devoured his own children ? Or were the appearances indeed... | |
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