Excerpt from Modern Astronomy: Being Some Account of the Revolution of the Last Quarter of a Century IN the following pages an attempt is made to show how powerfully Astronomy has been affected by the scientific events of the last quarter of a century, and especially by the invention Of the photographic dry-plate. So. Great are the changes in method which either have actually been made, or are rendered immediately possible, that the word Revolu tion is used in referring to them; and though so strong a word may cause ...
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Excerpt from Modern Astronomy: Being Some Account of the Revolution of the Last Quarter of a Century IN the following pages an attempt is made to show how powerfully Astronomy has been affected by the scientific events of the last quarter of a century, and especially by the invention Of the photographic dry-plate. So. Great are the changes in method which either have actually been made, or are rendered immediately possible, that the word Revolu tion is used in referring to them; and though so strong a word may cause surprise even to astronomers, who might be expected to be fully conscious of the magnitude of such changes, it must be remembered that their attention has been much occupied by the additional work involved; they may easily have been swept along a considerable distance in twenty-five years without realizing how far they have come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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