Excerpt from The Elements of Astronomy: A Text Book for Use in High Schools and Academies, With an UranographyWhile, therefore, the author has tried to treat every subject simply and clearly, he has not undertaken to make it milk for babes, but rather to stimulate thought, to discourage narrow and one-sided ways of looking at things, and to awaken the desire for further acquisition. The book presupposes pupils willing to learn, and an instructor who understands the subject in hand and the art of teaching.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.