Britannica1768: The Scale of the Sun’s System

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Britannica1768: The Scale of the Sun’s System

<img alt="" src="http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/17/119817-004-5EB38A71.jpg" width="162" height="270" align="right" />"To assist the imagination in forming an idea of the vast distances of the sun, planets, and stars, let us suppose, that a body projected from the sun should continue to fly with the swiftness of a cannon-ball." Step inside for more on the Sun's system from the astronomy entry of the first edition of the <em>Encyclopaedia Britannica</em>.

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