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Sweden 11th June 1956
Their dandyism is echoed by a black poodle on the right
Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) physicist
Balloch Castle Country Park Balloch
A gold watch chain is visible
Theoretical stellar structures and a ring nebula Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Sweden 11th June 1956Plate 8 figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 from the paper 'On the construction of the heavens', by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 75 (1785), pp. 213 266. Illustrations to support Herschel's speculations on the larger structures formed by stars. Figure 1 shows an ideal arrangement of four sections of cones of stars, the stars filling the space most evenly. Figure 2 shows an alternative arrangement with one star at the apex
