212 



" (<£. 182.) (Struue, tliidt-s d'Aslr. sie Ilairc p. 41. 

 " (®. 182.) Äo«ttio^ 93b. 1. @. 156 uub 415 5(nni. 79. 

 •" (©. 183.) »Stars slanding on a clear black ground {<§.av- 

 reife p- 391). This rcmarkable bell (Ihe milky way, when 

 cxamined Ihrough powerfiil lelescopes) is found (wondertul to 

 ri'late!) (o consist eutirely of stars scattered by millions, like 

 i^iiltering dust, oii Ihe btack yround of ihc general heavens.a 

 (Oiillines p. 182. 53T liuD 539.) 



** (ö. 183.) ^>Globular Clusters, cxcepl in one region of 

 small cxlcnt (belween IG"" 45' and 19'' in R.4.), and nebulae of 

 regulär elliptic forins are coinparalively rare in the Milky Way, and 

 are found congregated in Ihe grealest abiindance in a part of the 

 heavens the most remote possible froni Ihat circle.« Outlines 

 p. 614. @d)on J^uD^en^ war feir 1656 auf i>e\x ^Öiangel aüe6 9(e- 

 belö unb «Her ^ii'belflecfe in ber 9)iild)ftra^e aufmerffatti. 3u t>ex-- 

 felben ©teile, in iveUter er bie erfle (Jntbecfung unb 3(Mnlbung 

 be^ großen 9(ebelflecte^ in bcm ®ürtel be^ Orion biird? einen 28^ 

 fü^igeu Oiefractor (1656) envaljnt, fagt er {wie Ulj fct^on oben im 

 2ten 58anbe be^ .Äüj^mo-i ©. 514 benierft): viam lacteam pcrspicil- 

 lis mspeciam nulias habere nebulas; bie 9)iilcl)ftra§e fei Wie aüei, 

 wa^ man für 9(ebelfierne l)alre, ein großer ®terul)aitfen. Sie ©teile 

 ift abgebrucft in Hugenii Opera varia 172i p. 593. 



«« (®. 183.) eap reife 5 105, 107 unb 328. Ueber ben 

 ■Diebelring 9(0. 3686 f. p. 114. 



*^ (©. 184.) »Inlervals absolulely dark and completely void 

 of any star of the sraallest lelescopic magnilude.« Outlines 

 p. 536. 



''^ (@. 184.) »No region of Ihe heavens is fuller of objecls, 

 beautiful and remarkabie in themselves, and rendered still 

 more so by their mode of association and by the peculiar fea- 

 tures assumed by the Älilky Way, which are wilhout a parallel 

 in any olher part of its course.« ((Jap reife p. 386.) ®iefer fo 

 lebenbige 2fuö|>rucf> »on <Bit 3ol)n .^erfd^el ilimnit ganj mit beu 

 (Jinbrücfeu iiberein, bie id) feibfl empfangen. Sap. 3acob (Bombay 

 Engineers) fagt »on ber Sidjti^ntenfitat ber 9}rilcl)|1rape in ber 

 9(äl)e beö füblic^en .Sreuje'^ mit freffenber 20al)rl)eit: such is the 

 general blaze of star-light near the Gross from that part of the 

 sky, Ihr.t a person is immediately made aware of ils having riseu 



