Our solar system is like a little colony, separated from the rest of the universe by an ocean of void space almost immeasurable in extent.


Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science, Chapter I (p. 1)

Simon Newcomb Quotes

Our solar system is like a little colony, separated from the rest of the universe by an ocean of void space almost immeasurable in extent.

Our solar system is like a little colony, separated from the rest of the universe by an ocean of void space almost immeasurable in extent.

Our solar system is like a little colony, separated from the rest of the universe by an ocean of void space almost immeasurable in extent.

Our solar system is like a little colony, separated from the rest of the universe by an ocean of void space almost immeasurable in extent.