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THE
CONCISE
KNOWLEDGE
LIBRARY
ASTRONOMY
Photograph of the Moon taken at Paris by MM. Loewy and Puiseux with the great Coudé Equatorial, February 14, 1894.
THE CONCISE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY
ASTRONOMY
❧
BY
AGNES M. CLERKE
AUTHOR OF A POPULAR HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
A. FOWLER, A.R.C.S., F.R.A.S.
DEMONSTRATOR TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
J. ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A.
AUTHOR OF THE SCENERY OF THE HEAVENS, THE WORLDS OF SPACE, ETC.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1898
Authorized Edition.
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