Celestial Scenery, or the Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed: Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and a Plurality of Worlds (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Celestial Scenery, or the Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed: Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and a Plurality of Worlds

The author, having for many years past been a. Pretty constant observer of celestial phenomena, was under no necessity of adhering implicitly to the descriptions given by preceding writers, hav ing had an opportunity of observing, through some of the best, reflecting and achromatic telescopes, the greater part of the phenomena of the solar sys tem w...