A HANDBOOK OF DOUBLE STARS

With a Catalogue of Twelve Hundred Double Stars and Extensive Lists of Measures, With Additional Notes Bringing the Measures Up to 1879, for the Use of AmateursThe recalculation of orbits, also, is occupying much attention, both among foreign astronomers and at home, and every year will enable this to be done with greater accuracy, and to be attempted for a greater number of stars.This work, then, consists of four parts. The first part is historical, and descriptive of instruments and methods, the second is mathematical, the third part contains lists of measures of the most interesting double and multiple stars, with historical notes on those which are of Special interest, the fourth part is bibliographical.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.