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DURING the six years that have elapsed since the publication of the second edition of Miss Clerke's classical history of astronomy, new light has been thrown upon a number of old ideas, and many important discoveries have been made. It became necessary, therefore, for the authoress to revise her work, to add here, and substitute there, and in all cases to incorporate the recently-acquired facts without breach of continuity. There is no suggestion of interpolation, and nothing but praise can be given for the manner in which the selected material has been assimilated.
A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century.
By Agnes M. Clerke. Third Edition. (London: A. and C. Black, 1893.)
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Astronomy of the Nineteenth Century. Nature 49, 2 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/049002a0
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