"A sensible parallax of about one second has been ascertained in the case of the double star [ Alpha Centauri ] of the…"

"The evidence of the existence of other astral systems besides our own is much more decided than might be expected whe…"

"The elder Herschel, directing his wonderful tube towards the sides of our system, where stars are planted most rarely…"

"We have seen that the law which causes rotation in the single solar masses, is exactly the same which produces the fa…"

"Seeing in our astral system many thousands of worlds in all stages of formation, from the most rudimental to that imm…"

"The first idea which all this impresses upon us is, that the formation of bodies in space is still and at present in …"

"A parish where life is precarious pays more poor-rates than its neighbors."

"All, we see, is done by certain laws of matter, so that it becomes a question of extreme interest, what are such laws…"

"We advance from law to the cause of law, and ask, What is that? Whence have come all these beautiful regulations? Her…"

"Geometry is that of mathematical science which is devoted to consideration of form and size, and may be said to be th…"