spiral nebula
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With their heads in a spiral nebula of billions, Congressmen were treated to a floor show which brought the question of budgets down to its simplest terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around and around they would whirl in a spiral nebula, till one got a head start on a race for home and mother.
From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen
Mr. A. E. Fath thinks that “no spiral nebula investigated has a truly continuous spectrum.”
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
In the centre of a spiral nebula is seen a mass both more luminous and more resolvable than the rest.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
If very close, the interaction of gravitation will give rise to intense strains, or tides, which will entirely disintegrate the bodies, and a spiral nebula will similarly result.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius
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