Studies in Astronomy: Being a Lecture on the Science, Elaborated With Numerous Additions for General Readers; Embracing Its Sublimity, History, Progress, Wonders and Utility (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Arthur K. Bartlett

9780656812202: Studies in Astronomy: Being a Lecture on the Science, Elaborated With Numerous Additions for General Readers; Embracing Its Sublimity, History, Progress, Wonders and Utility (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Studies in Astronomy: Being a Lecture on the Science, Elaborated With Numerous Additions for General Readers; Embracing Its Sublimity, History, Progress, Wonders and Utility

The subject to which I have the pleasure Of inviting your attention, is not only sublime, but one Of stupen dous magnitude. I intend to speak upon the general subject Of astronomical science, - its sublimity, its his tory, its progress, its wonders, its utility, and its en couraging prospects for still further advancement in the distant future. If those present will but give me their earnest and unbroken attention while I introduce them in succession to the grand truths Of astronomy, my task, will be an exceedingly pleasant One.

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