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1 Text, 9 | position. From this he is to estimate how far off the other mountain 2 Text, 11| is an exceedingly rough estimate, but let us make the supposition 3 Text, 11| the result of a very rough estimate, that the number of stars 4 Text, 14| are also able to form an estimate as to what proportion of 5 Text, 14| visible universe. If we cannot estimate its extent with the same 6 Text, 16| other, it is possible to estimate the average distance by 7 Text, 16| through space. So far as an estimate can be made, it seems to 8 Text, 16| several methods of making the estimate, that nearly all the stars