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"The Milky Way, which forms so conspicuous a part of the firmament, is a vast and somewhat flattened stratum or congeries of stars, encircling the heavens in a broad band, split through one part of its circumference into two streams of stars, bearing a strong resemblance to fig. 5, plate 5. It is contorted and broken in some places, and occasionally lengthened into branches stretching far into space. Its thickness is small compared with its length and breadth; yet in some places it is unfathomable even with the best telescopes; in others there is reason to believe that it is possible to see through it, and even beyond it, in its own plane. There is a gradual but rapid increase in the crowding of the stars on each side of the flat stratum towards the centre."

"Elliptical nebulæ are very common; by much the finest may be seen near the star υ in the girdle of Andromeda. It is visible to the naked eye, and has frequently been taken for a comet. With a low optical power it has the spindle-shaped form of fig. 6, plate 5, the brightness being at first gradually and then rapidly condensed towards the centre, so that it has been compared to a star shining through horn, but had never appeared resolvable even with high optical powers till Mr. Bond examined it at the observatory of Cambridge in the United States. He found that its brightness extends over 21⁄2 degrees in length, and more than a degree in breadth, including two small adjacent nebulæ, so that it is oval. It is strongly and rapidly condensed into a nucleus on its northern side; and although it was not all resolved, it was seen to be strewed over with star dust, or extremely minute visible stars, which leaves not a doubt of its being a starry system. The most remarkable part of Mr. Bond’s discovery are two very narrow dark lines which extend along one side of the oval parallel to its major axis. These black streaks, difficult to distinguish, indicate a stratified structure, and are not the only instance of that arrangement in nebulæ. Fig. 1, in plate 9, is from Mr. Bond’s drawing of this nebula."