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Download or read book Astronomical Observations Made at the Naval Observatory, Washington, Under Orders of the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, Dated August 13, 1838 (Classic Reprint) written by J. M. Gilliss and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Astronomical Observations Made at the Naval Observatory, Washington, Under Orders of the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, Dated August 13, 1838 Ta 3 following pages are presented to the astronomical public with great deference; not that I presume to class them with even the least of the high] y valuable contributions to science annually emanating from long-established observatories of the old world, but solely in the hope that they may add somewhat to the precision of our knowledge of the right ascensions and magnitudes of some of the smaller mm. 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.