Theoretical stellar structures and a ring nebula Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Cup Final Muscle

Cup Final Muscle

London in 1872

Sweden 11th June 1956

Giulio Foresti's crash at Pendine Sands

Theoretical stellar structures and a ring nebula Size:XS: 40 x 30cm Cup Final MusclePlate 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