Astronomy
1. Our knowledge of the stars is based on their _apparent_ attributes, obtained from the astronomical observations. The object of astronomy is to deduce herefrom the real or _absolute_ attributes of the stars, which are their position in space, their movement, and their physic...
1. Our knowledge of the stars is based on their _apparent_ attributes, obtained from the astronomical observations. The object of astronomy is to deduce herefrom the real or _ab...
2. Chapter 218. In this chapter I shall give a short account of the publications in which the most complete information on the attributes of the stars may be obtained, with short notices of...
3. Chapter 329. The number of cases in which all the eight attributes of the stars discussed in the first chapter are well known for one star is very small, and certainly does not exceed on...