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Thomas Wright, English astronomer, scientific instrument maker and teacher, 1793. Artist: Unknown

Thomas Wright, English astronomer, scientific instrument maker and teacher, 1793. Artist: Unknown

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Thomas Wright, English astronomer, scientific instrument maker and teacher, 1793. Wright (1711-1786) was the first to propose that the Milky Way consisted of layers of stars. From The Gentleman's Magazine. (London, 1793).

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