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THE title of this work is so suggestive of pictures that one cannot help feeling disappointed with the limited number of illustrations, especially as the book is designed for general readers. We look in vain, for example, for representations of Saturn and Mars, solar prominences, and many other celestial objects, of which no descriptions can convey so much to the mind as good illustrations. Some of the illustrations are reproduced more or less faithfully from photographs by Mr. Roberts and the Brothers Henry, but we regret to note that the wonderful photograph by Mr. Roberts of the Great Nebula in Orion is not amongst these. We may suggest also that in future editions some account be given of the instrument which reveals to us the greater part of the “scenery of the heavens.”
The Scenery of the Heavens.
By J. E. Gore, F.R.A.S. (London: Roper and Drowley, 1890.)
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The Scenery of the Heavens. Nature 41, 391 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041391a0
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