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Excerpt from A Treatise on Astronomy, in Which the Elements of the Science Are Deduced in a Natural Order, From the Appearances of the Heavens to an Observer on the Earth: Demonstrated on Mathematical Principles, and Explained by an Application to the Various Phenomena
The public to transfer their exclusive encouragement to his own performance; on the contrary, he cannot refrain from giving his suffrage to the real value and obvious utility of the labours of several of his predecessors in this depart ment of science. The eks of Mr. Bonnyeastle, Mrs. Bryan, Mr.' Ferguson, and Dr. Long, are admirably Calculated to conifey'in a popular manner, but in a manner which often' unites familiarity with elegance, a clear and correct state ment of the various facts which Astronomy brings to light, and ingenious explanations of the principal phenomena of the Heavens Among the scientific treatises, those of Dr. Gregory, M. De la Gail/e, and Mr. Professor yince, merit dis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
