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@pdimagearchive@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body (1750) by Thomas Wright, from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/482a4338-3dfd-4c22-882d-ed00bfd860cc

#diagrams #orbits #space #astronomy #cosmos #universe #stars #spheres #celestial #art #publicdomain

illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
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‘Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body’ by Thomas Wright from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body — “not only the Phenomena of the Milky Way may be thus accounted for, but also all the cloudy Spots, and irregular Distribution of them”.
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@pdimagearchive@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body (1750) by Thomas Wright, from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe.

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/482a4338-3dfd-4c22-882d-ed00bfd860cc

#diagrams #orbits #space #astronomy #cosmos #universe #stars #spheres #celestial #art #publicdomain

illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
illustration from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe
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‘Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body’ by Thomas Wright from An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe (1750)

Plane and profile views of stars moving around a central body — “not only the Phenomena of the Milky Way may be thus accounted for, but also all the cloudy Spots, and irregular Distribution of them”.
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