and who must not have thought more than once, before he could have told how many leagues sound travels in an hour? What time a ray of light takes up in its journey from the sun to us? How many fathoms it is from hence to Saturn?
zenbat izan diren hemendik Saturnoraino; nolakoa behar duen izan itsasontzi baten Babel bihurgunea ahalik eta belarririk hoberena izan dadin.