text_original: The possibility first occurred to Tobias Mayer (1726), John Michel (1767) and Joseph Jerome Le Francois Lalande (1776), but the prob  lem was not attacked with any degree of success until Sir William Herschel in 1782 began to draw conclusions from his study of the Milky Way and decided that the entire solar system was drifting toward the constellation Hercules. But Herschel's theory did not meet with general acceptance for many years.
text_transcription: THE POSSIBILITY FIRST OCCURRED TO TOBIAS MAYOR JOHN MICHEL AND JOSEPH JEROME LA FRANCOIS DE LAN BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT ATTACKED WITH ANY DEGREE OF SUCCESS UNTIL WILLIAM HERSCHEL IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY TWO BEGAN TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM HIS STUDY OF THE MILKY WAY AND DECIDED THAT THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE CONSTELLATION HERCULES BUT HERSCHEL'S THEORY DID NOT MEET WITH GENERAL ACCEPTANCE FOR MANY YEARS
phonemes: ðə pˌɑːsəbˈɪlᵻɾi fˈɜːst əkˈɜːd tə təbˈaɪəs mˈeɪɚ (wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti sˈɪks), dʒˈɑːn mˈɪtʃəl (wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən) ænd dʒˈoʊsəf dʒˈɛɹoʊm lə fɹˈænswɑː lˈælənd (wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɪks), bˌʌt ðə pɹˈɑːb lˈɛm wʌz nˌɑːt ɐtˈækt wɪð ˌɛni dᵻɡɹˈiː ʌv səksˈɛs ʌntˈɪl sˌɜː wˈɪljəm hˈɜːʃəl ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː bɪɡˈæn tə dɹˈɔː kəŋklˈuːʒənz fɹʌm hɪz stˈʌdi ʌvðə mˈɪlki wˈeɪ ænd dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ðætðɪ ɛntˈaɪɚ sˈoʊlɚ sˈɪstəm wʌz dɹˈɪftɪŋ təwˈɔːɹd ðə kˌɑːnstɪlˈeɪʃən hˈɜːkjʊlˌiːz. bˌʌt hˈɜːʃəlz θˈiəɹi dɪdnˌɑːt mˈiːt wɪð dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ɐksˈɛptəns fɔːɹ mˈɛni jˈɪɹz.