Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PLATES
- PART I THE FORM OF THE EXISTING UNIVERSE
- LETTER I General Considerations on the System of the Universe—Shape of our Firmament
- LETTER II The power and reach of Telescopes
- LETTER III Aspects, Forms, and Distances of remote Firmaments
- PART II THE CONSTITUENT MECHANISMS, OR THE PRINCIPLE OF THE VITALITY OF STELLAR ARRANGEMENTS
- PART III THE ORIGIN AND PROBABLE DESTINY OF THE PRESENT FORM OF THE MATERIAL CREATION
- NOTES
- Additions and Corrections
LETTER II - The power and reach of Telescopes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- PLATES
- PART I THE FORM OF THE EXISTING UNIVERSE
- LETTER I General Considerations on the System of the Universe—Shape of our Firmament
- LETTER II The power and reach of Telescopes
- LETTER III Aspects, Forms, and Distances of remote Firmaments
- PART II THE CONSTITUENT MECHANISMS, OR THE PRINCIPLE OF THE VITALITY OF STELLAR ARRANGEMENTS
- PART III THE ORIGIN AND PROBABLE DESTINY OF THE PRESENT FORM OF THE MATERIAL CREATION
- NOTES
- Additions and Corrections
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- Views of the Architecture of the HeavensIn a Series of Letters to a Lady, pp. 28 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1837