...details. Here are his words (he is speaking of the Laputans, an imaginary race of pseudoastronomers) : "They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or...about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the planet exactly three of its diameters, and the outermost five of its diameters; the former revolves...

...ix. In the temple all might enter the outmost court. FARRAR, Early Chr. , I, 422, Note. ') outermost. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or...exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five. SWIFT, Gul. , 111, Ch. HI, (170a). Longstone (Is) one of the outermost of the Fame Islands. Mrs. MCCUNN,...

...thousand fixed stars, whereas the largest of ours do not contain above one third part of that number. They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or...the centre of the primary planet exactly three of the diameters, and the outermost five ; the former revolves hi the space of ten hours, and the latter...

...is made to say, " They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or satellites, which revolve round Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the centre of the primary planet exactly three of its diameters, and the outermost five ; the former revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter...

...conceptions upon all subjects except mathematics and music. He writes, however, of the Laputans, " They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or...innermost is distant from the centre of the primary exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five." In one of his satires, Voltaire abo represents...

...planet and go round very rapidly. In Gulliver's travels we are told that "the Astronomers of Laputa have discovered two lesser stars or satellites which revolve...innermost is distant from the centre of the primary exactly -three of his diameters and the outermost five; the former revolves in the space of ten hours...

...their conceptions upon all subjects except mathematics and music. He writes, however, of the Laputaus, "They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or...about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five." In one of his satires...

...earlier by Dean Swift in his epic Gulliver's Travels. Writing of the Laputan astronomers he said: — 1 They have likewise discovered two lesser stars or...outermost five. The former revolves in the space of 1o hours, the latter in 21 y2.' This was incredible guesswork. In fact Phobos revolves at a distance...

...events, as described in the next chapter. Phobos and Deimos [The astronomers of Laputa] have . . . discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which...about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary planet exactly three of his diameters and the outermost five . . . SWIFT, 1720,...

...events, as described in the next chapter. 148 Phobos and Deimos [The astronomers of Laputa] have . . . discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which...about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary planet exactly three of his diameters and the outermost five . . . —DEAN SWIFT,...