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chemistry of the heavens, but also of detect-
ing any motion in the line of sight from less
than a mile a second and upwards in any
star, however distant, provided it be bright
enough.
[Illustration: SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL,
F.R.S.–1738-1822. Painted by Lemuel F.
Abbott; National Portrait Gallery, Room
XX.]
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