Pierre-Simon Laplace Quote

If in a fine night, and in a place where the horizon is uninterrupted, we follow with attention the appearance of the heavens, it will be seen to vary at every instant.


Translated by John Pond, The System of the World (Volume 1)


If in a fine night, and in a place where the horizon is uninterrupted, we follow with attention the appearance of the heavens, it will be seen to...

If in a fine night, and in a place where the horizon is uninterrupted, we follow with attention the appearance of the heavens, it will be seen to...

If in a fine night, and in a place where the horizon is uninterrupted, we follow with attention the appearance of the heavens, it will be seen to...

If in a fine night, and in a place where the horizon is uninterrupted, we follow with attention the appearance of the heavens, it will be seen to...