William Herschel Quote

The sun is the celestial body which should first attract our notice, not only on its own account but since the fixed stars are, by the strictest analogy, similar bodies.


On the Nature and Construction of the Sun and Fixed Stars, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 85, 1795 (p. 46)


The sun is the celestial body which should first attract our notice, not only on its own account but since the fixed stars are, by the strictest...

The sun is the celestial body which should first attract our notice, not only on its own account but since the fixed stars are, by the strictest...

The sun is the celestial body which should first attract our notice, not only on its own account but since the fixed stars are, by the strictest...

The sun is the celestial body which should first attract our notice, not only on its own account but since the fixed stars are, by the strictest...