"As we are used (says he) to call the appearance of the heavens, where it is surrounded with a bright zone, the milky-way, it may not be amiss to point out some other very remarkable nebulae, which cannot well be less, but are probably much larger, than our own system ; and being extended, the inhabitants of the planets that attend the stars which compose them, must likewise perceive the same phenomenon; for which reason that may also be called milky-ways, by way of distinction."