Excerpt from Scientific Dialogues, Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People, Vol. 2: In Which the First Principles of Natural and Experimental Philosophy Are Fully Explained; Of Astronomy James. It is uncommonly clear; and the longer I keep my eyes fixed upwards, the more stars seem to ap pear: how is it possible to number these stars? And yet I have heard that they are numbered, and even. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.