. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... The great nebula of Orion surrounds amultiple star, $ Orionis, consisting of six,apparently revolving round their commoncentre of gravity. It has been found to alterits form very slightly. The lato Earl of Rosae. 1. Spiral Nebula; X Crab Nebula; 8. and his assistant, Mr. Storey, detected in itsdensest part multitudes of minute stars, buttlie bluish light of of


. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... The great nebula of Orion surrounds amultiple star, $ Orionis, consisting of six,apparently revolving round their commoncentre of gravity. It has been found to alterits form very slightly. The lato Earl of Rosae. 1. Spiral Nebula; X Crab Nebula; 8. and his assistant, Mr. Storey, detected in itsdensest part multitudes of minute stars, buttlie bluish light of of it has remained ir-resolvable, and Dr. Huggins has ascertaiiied bymeans of spectrum analysis that this portionof it is a gaseous body, containing hydrogen,nitrogen, and an uuidentitled substance. Thenebula in Andromeda is ditlereut, and mayperhaps be wholly resolved into stars. 2. Pathology: (1) A slight speck on the cornea. [Calico.] (2) A mist or cloud suspended in the urine. neb-u-lar, a. [Kebcla.] Of or pertainingto nebul^;.nebularbypothesis, s. Astron. : An hypothesis first suggested bySir William Herschel in a paper read beforethe Royal Snciety, on June 2iJ, ISll, thoughthe germs of it may be found in Kants GeneralNatural History and Theory of the Heavens,printed in 1755. It was developed by La Place,with whose name it came to be hypothesis assumes that originally allsuns were in a nebulous or ultra-


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