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Chapter 1
FOUNDATION OF SIDEREAL ASTRONOMY
State of Knowledge regarding the Stars in the Eighteenth Century-- Career of Sir William Herschel--Constitution of the Stellar System-- Double Stars--Herschel's Discovery of their Revolutions-- His Method of Star-gauging--Discoveries of Nebulae--Theory of their Condensation into Stars--Summary of Results 9