Astronomy and the Bible;

234 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE beenstudied orthe success which has attended the effortstolearnsomethingofitscharacter.... Even wholevo ...

GOD'SDWELLINGPLACE,WHERE? 235 Flammarionsays: "Letus dohomagetothemag- nificentOrion,mostsplendidofalltheconstellations. ... Iti ...

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THEOPENSPACEINORION 237 Now,letusdelveintothescienceofastronomywith referencetothismatter,andseeifthetermisdueto ignorance. Poss ...

238 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE likeasolidwall,andthenebulaasortofcurtain-like opening-intoanotherroom,sotospeak—aplacebetter lighted. ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION 239 wroteandrequestedhimtopayparticularattentionto thetailoftheScorpion,becauseSirWilliamHerschel hadbeenmuc ...

240 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE tioninthenebulawhichcaused"thefounderofmod- ernastronomy"touse theexpression,"ahole inthe heavens." The ...

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THEOPENSPACEINORION 241 wemaylookintotheremotestdepthsofspace. Other starsmaycertainlylie inthosepartswherethestrata formingthec ...

242 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE issituated,however,justwhereonemightleastexpect tofindit;namely,inthemiddleandbrightestpartof thenebula ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION^243 "The most remarkable feature connected with the nebulaofOrionistheso-calledtrapezium... .That thesefours ...

244 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE is severalhundred degreesbelowzero. Otherssug- gestthatthelightisduetotheheatoffinesolidparti- cles, an ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION^245 "Thenebulais aluminousbody,butordinarygas isinvisible. Wedonotseethegaseswhichsurround us,andwhichformth ...

246 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Insteadofthecontinuous bandofcolors, crossedby darklines,whichischaracteristicofthespectrumof astar,the ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION 247 Thesystematicstudyofthenebulaebeganwiththe gigantic laborsof William HerschelatSlough. He determined tom ...

(^248) ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE Hechosethelong,finewinternights,whenthestars were shiningbrilHantly. Herschelstood atthe eye- pieceo ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION 249 andunknown. Thereisavastnetworkofglittering light,arobeofmajesticgloryladenandbedeckedwith gemsofstars. ...

250 ASTRONOMYANDTHEBIBLE amazingdeepsofinterstellarspace,andtoaidinthe exploration of a huge cave, depth, orrecess in the nebula ...

THEOPENSPACEINORION 251 thanthesupernalvisionoftheinteriorofthecavern— theabyss,thechasmininfinity. "ThenebulaofOrioniswiderinan ...