Excerpt from A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, Being the Catalogue of the Late Sir John F. W. HerschelIn the case of form, the scale was supposed arranged in the order round, very little extended, elliptic or oval, considerably extended, pretty much extended, much extended, very much extended, extremely extended.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.