The London General Gazetteer, Or Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1838 PDF Download

Author: R. Brookes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781391632414
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 830

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Excerpt from The London General Gazetteer, or Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1838: Containing a Description of the Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Ports, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Mountains, Capes, &C. Of the Known World; With the Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of Each Country The fixed stars are distinguished from the planets b being more luminous, and by exhibiting that appearance termed the twinkling of t 0 stars. They shine by their own native light, and are therefore by analogy, and with the highest probability, supposed to be so many suns, each illuminating a considerable number of planets or worlds, which circulate round it. Indeed, it is incredible to think that these vast bodies of light and fire should be placed at such immense distances in the infinity of space, for no other purpose than to give a feeble light to the earth and the other planets in our solar system. Their distance from our earth is so inconceivably great that, were the nearest of them to be removed out of in: present situation 200 millions of miles in any direction, its change of place would not be in the smallest degree perceived by any observer on the earth, although aided by the best instruments hence it appears that a luminous spherical body, 200 millions of miles in diameter, if viewed at the distance of the nearest fixed star, would appear as a mere lucid point, without any sensible diameter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.