TRA AND GROWTH OF STARS 



wan 1 1 i-. H - liol more than half * century 



ing wan Iwil. 



paper also he embo i mi* speculations 



'- growth of etar* h t hlmuM sob- 



in to the star, as seems to be indicated by tho 

 suntned form of the fan-shaped nebula?, the star 

 1 receive an increase of matter proportional to 

 the magnitude an nebulosity in contact 



>ts specially stu Ilerachel 



.in early ti his career wan tin- white clouds 



or ii.-l.ul.T Seen. vi-n uitli ih- nak-.i ,-y,-. in nvfaXM 



places among the stars. The telescopes of astronomers 

 had not done much to add to th< ir number or reveal 

 ir prculiar forms till he took in hand. 



<\ before the Royal . w "catalogue 



of a thousand nebulas ami clusters of stars." Three 

 yearh m presented the Socirty with a "catalogue 



of a second thousand new nebulas and clusters of stars"; 

 and in 1802 he added "a catalogue of 500 

 nebula) ai < ro of stars." A Held of discovery so 



rich he had been left to reap alon* in the assist- 



ance, iluable assistance, which h< received from 



tod sister Caroline. lie looked upon star- 

 clusters and nebula) as building stones used by 

 Creator in constructing the universe; to catalogue, 

 to w measure these building stones was a 



long step taken in ascertain in.; tho plan on which the 

 AlinL ct proceeded. H creche 1 was laughed 



i ly laughed at, as a " lively and amusing " 

 dreamer ; science has \ i 10 was a noble pioneer 



of modern discovi ; tnkiml with awe. 



