History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present time

CHAPTER VI.--THE INSTRUMENTS AND AIDS OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE

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NEWTONIAN PERIOD.

_Sect._ 1. Instruments. 470 _Sect._ 2. Observatories. 476 _Sect._ 3. Scientific Societies. 478 _Sect._ 4. Patrons of Astronomy. 479 _Sect._ 5. Astronomical Expeditions. 480 _Sect._ 6. Present State of Astronomy. 481

_ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD EDITION._

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