Excerpt from The Twentieth Century Atlas of Popular Astronomy: Comprising in Sisteen Plates a Series of Illustrations of the Heavenly Bodies HE progress of Astronomy during the nineteenth century has T exhibited itself in two distinct forms, the march of scientific discovery and the increasing interest shown in the science by. 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.