Excerpt from Lessons in Astronomy, Including Uranography a Brief Introductory Course Without MathematicsThe most important change in the arrangement of the book has been in bringing the Uranography or constellation-trac ing, into the body of the text, and placing it near the begin ning, a change in harmony with the accepted principle that those whose minds are not mature succeed best in the study of a new subject by beginning with what is concrete, and appeals to the senses, rather than with the abstract principles.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.