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Moulton, Forest Ray. [Introduction to astronomy.] *$1.25. Macmillan.
“In the first fourteen chapters the book sets forth the methods by which the science is developed, the important features of the solar system and the mechanical principles involved in celestial dynamics.... On the firm grounding of facts set forth in the first fourteen chapters, the evolution of the solar system is discussed with a fulness and precision found in no other astronomical work of its grade.... The final chapter is devoted to stars and nebulæ in which, as before, the selection of the important things is notable.”—J. Geol.
“The book is well brought up to date.”
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“There is sometimes a tendency to expand verbosely.”
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