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Chapter 2
Whichvariousfeaturesoftheconstellationswereinturnconsidered?
Thevariouscolourssignificantofvariousdegreesofvitality(white,yellow,crimson,vermilion,cinnabar):theirdegreesofbrilliancy:theirmagnitudesrevealeduptoandincludingthe7th:theirpositions:thewaggoner’sstar:Walsinghamway:thechariotofDavid:theannularcincturesofSaturn:thecondensationofspiralnebulaeintosuns:theinterdependentgyrationsofdoublesuns:theindependentsynchronousdiscoveriesofGalileo,SimonMarius,Piazzi,LeVerrier,Herschel,Galle:thesystematisationsattemptedbyBodeandKeplerofcubesofdistancesandsquaresoftimesofrevolution:thealmostinfinitecompressibilityofhirsutecometsandtheirvastellipticalegressiveandreentrantorbitsfromperiheliontoaphelion:thesiderealoriginofmeteoricstones:theLibyanfloodsonMarsabouttheperiodofthebirthoftheyoungerastroscopist:theannualrecurrenceofmeteoricshowersabouttheperiodofthefeastofS.